Has anyone used inground fencing? I'm considering trying it with Ziva, but it's a semi expensive trial. I have 17 acres at my house and while I don't plan on turning her loose in all of it, I'd like to give her more room to run while I'm at work.
Biggest concerns with underground fencing: While it may keep your dog in, it keeps nothing out that may hurt you dog (or you dog may hurt) Also, if the barrier is broken and the dog is shocked, they are not going to want to shock themselves to get back where they belong and could run anywhere. It isn't something I would be comfortable with, especially if it were to be used unsupervised.
I have one, because there was no way to fence the area I wanted to give access to the dogs. Some part are fence or have visual boundary. I have about 10acres fenced of my 80+ acres farm.
The dogs are never out alone, I check the system on a regular basis and I get a batteries delivery plan so they come in the mail. No forgeting those batterie.
I did and over did the training. I can trow a ball or have some wild pest run by and the dogs stop a good 10' from the correction zone.
I don't have big wild life and dogs are never out alone.
Hmm, it would actually be a secondary containment system. The area I would use it for actually has a fence around it. My concern is her digging under it eventually. I am not able to keep her inside while at work because of my hours. Right now she stays in a shaded pen that is probably 30x30.
An invisible fence sounds like an expensive solution if all you are trying to do is reinforce an existing fence. Like the others have said, I would opt for a mechanical solution such as stakes or concrete or rocks in a trench under the existing fence.
I'm glad to hear you don't intend to use an invisible fence as your primary means of keeping your dog contained while you're gone. So many reasons why that would be a bad idea. We have one for our dog and it works great but we only use it to keep her from thinking about wandering when we have her out. We never leave her out while unattended.
Do you intend to use the underground inside the regular fence. I have an underground fence for my gsd,works great for me. But my dogs stay in the house when I am gone.I think its a great method to keep a dog inside a solid fence. My dog has a rechargeable collar,blinks red when it needs charging. Maybe you can find one on craigs list. Easy to lay wire,mine is 1 acre.
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IMO, any wire/electric containment system above ground or under is for when a dog is supervised. There are too many risk factors involved (not to mention price) to even consider that type of fencing as a backup plan. Reinforcing the existing physical fencing as the method of containment is where I would focus instead of a backup. If you do a search for threads on here pertaining to kennel construction, you may get some decent ideas.
Me personally, I would never use a wire/electric fencing system. They are not secure, they are prone to fail, they don't keep out unwanted animals and/or people, and they are costly. Give me a physical fence any day, and if they can't be in a fenced area, they're tethered or leashed.
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