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Originally Posted by BAER I am thinking about getting a invisible fence put in for my yorkie and two cats. I had one put in at my other house and it worked fine but i had a chow
then a much much bigger dog.
I called the guy that installed it he said could use a cat collar for my yorkie.
that it wouldn't hurt him.
I am not sure if i want to take the chance of shocking my furbaby.
he said to use flags to show him his boundaries and he would hear a beeping sound first if he gets to close to the line to let him know he's to close before he would get shocked
Wondering if any one else has this for their yorkies. or any remarks about doing this. |
My dad is actually in the process of having an electric fence installed. (he has only chosen to do the I.F. because Harley is the worlds BEST escape artist and can vamoose through any actual physical fence!
) He did his research and found the best. The brand is "Invisible Fence" and when they come to install it they stay all day teaching you and training your pets one by one. The collars electricity can be turned up or down according to weight. My dad absolutely adores my Harley bear and looked for the safest option for him since he barely weighs 10lbs. I spoke to everyone I work with and even our head director(HUGE animal activist and animal protector- grandson to Anna C. Briggs!) uses "Invisible Fence" and uses it on his 155lb german shepherd beast and on his 8lb weiner doggie named Gelphie! Basically I would be really careful about WHAT BRAND you use because I have read and heard awful things about incidents with off-brand fences that are often times lethal. Everyone I have spoken to has reccomended sticking with Invisible Fence. JMO
Oh yea, Inivisible Fence uses the warning beeps and if they actually do get through the shock and pass over the 'invisible fence' the shocking stops immediately. Other off-brands have been known to continue shocking and the dog becomes confused and frightened and never makes it back into the safe zone not out of bad behavior but out of sheer confusion!
Creepy!