I am in the market for an underground containment system. What one should I go with? Any feed back will be appreciated.

Tommy,
if you'll review past threads, you'll see that we've talked this subject to death in the past.

The general consensus is that underground fencing will not contain most high drive dogs - the dogs will simply run thru the area, recieve the correction, and keep going. With the result being a loose dog.

Also, there's a concern that these type of fences can stop your dog from escaping from intruding dogs that can enter your yard - the intruder dog recieves *no* correction from the fence, obviously. Not a very fair situation for your dog.

In addition to Will's advice, realize that a very soft dog may become paranoid about the fence, as my Nero is!! LOL

Also, I almost lost him because the collar one day had loosened and wasn't making a connection with him, and he went around back and took off through the woods w/ out anyone knowing. 1 hour later he was found on the next road over!!! The collar didn't really seem loose, but it was not tight enough and I was very lucky to have gotten Nero back!!
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Newbie, here, but I have successfully used Innoteck in conjunction with a 6 foot privacy fence....

The fence kept her in the zone long enough to keep her from climbing out...

Pat

I have a good example of crappy underground fencing and it happened yesterday on Thanksgiving. Our family always takes a walk after dinner on T-Day and we came across a dog...(can anyone guess the breed)....a Chow <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> nonetheless. He was loose (so it seemed) and was coming out to the road. I could hear the collar making the warning beeps and correcting him. He was growling and making frontal aggression to us and the kids we were walking with. I wasn't about to let this dog blow through the fence and hurt someone so I told everyone to walk while I kept the dog in my "contact". The dog would actually step out on the road before the fence would make a correction. He would barely flinch then continue along the "border" making threatening gestures. I was so ready to take out a chow yesterday and the sad thing is the owners didn't do anyting about it. I was yelling at the dog to get back making my own threatening moves to this nervy dog and I could see the owners staning in the window. Had this dog made one more move outside his border I was going to kick the crap out of it. I was ready for the knock down yesterday... I don't trust underground fencing as they just are not trust worthy..not to mention a big liabilty for the owner. Even if that dog had not bitten anyone but charged and caused me to fall down and break a leg...Fido's owner is still responsible...EVEN if the dog did not leave his containment system..Just a food for thought.

Karmen,

As a whole, I can understand your frustration with this. Its also important to note, that the fence like all the tools at our disposal is just that, a tool only.

The best containment is training. The fence, whether real or invisible is just a physical reminder of that training. My guess is that the training in this case was nearly non-existent. In which case. I wouldn't blame the Chow or the fence. I'd blame the owners 100%.

Just my take on it.
David Chau (pronounced "Chow", no relation)
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