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Originally Posted by diva pup Although I DO understand the need to keep a dog where he is supposed to be for his own good, I have to say that I think an electric fence is dangerous to little dogs. At the very least very painful. Whoever said it is most humane has quite a pain tolerance and is a bigger woman than me. I DO understand electric wire, It is made for LIVESTOCK. I use it to keep 1500 lb horses from going places I don't want them to be. The statement that you can adjust the voltage is true but please remember this is fencing used to contain large animals they did not have yorkies in mind. Unless you have been shocked by one of these wires you have no idea how much it hurts. I still remember the first time I got shocked -I was 5 yrs old. 42 yrs ago, it made quite an impression.
I wasn't even aware that you could use the underground fencing on toy dogs. They have come a long way since I looked into them. At that time they were not recommended for toy dogs.
Kimberley I KNOW you have had problems keeping Rebel in and I do appreciate that you have to do what you have to do but I would hate for anyone reading these posts to think it is a totally safe fence for any dog. This is in no way an attack on you. I also would rather see Rebel get the crap shocked out of him than hit by a car but in all honesty I think that kind of shock could possibly kill Mignon. I don't know for sure but I wouldn't test it. |
Wow, I bet a wire meant for livestock would hurt like crap to a 5 year old! Ouch! But actually, you can by the hotwires for smaller dogs--the voltage can be adjusted. We found this out years ago when we had a baby goat that didn't want to stay put and had to have one installed. There is some equation about the setting vs the pounds, but I honestly don't remember...like I said, it was years ago. (It's like, X volts per pound up to Y pounds, then 2xX volts per pound up to Y pounds...blah blah blah...I don't remember.)
Of course, we had to get a higher voltage for a goat, but we looked into it for the pekes we had at the time that took great pleasure in taking off after the cows next door when they saw them. It kept the goats in place nicely...you know how goats will (try to) eat anything...well, that doesn't stop w/ fences...nasty little lesson for them I must say...