Electronic Dog Fence – End Your Nights of Worrying About Your Dog

One way to keep your dogs or livestock within your area is through physical fences. When erected high enough, they are said to prevent animals from getting in and out. Some fences are equipped to release a current when touched. If you're worried your dog may never come home again from his neighbourhood strolls, such a pet containment system is available. Many dog owners claim that this pet containment system tends to be more cost effective over time. Further, they're more preferred in areas where ordinances prohibit installing physical fences.

Does that makes sense? A fenceless fence?

The goal of this containment system is simple – to keep your dog inside the "fence." An electronic dog fence is a system wherein wires are buried around your area. Flags marks them, planted in measured intervals, but these are small flags not as visually intrusive as physical fences. When the dog approaches the boundaries, his collar gives off a warning sound. The collar sends out a mild shock every time he leaves the boundaries. Over time, the dog will behave inside the fence as though he could not get out of it – heeding both the warning sounds and the shock correction.

The benefit is clear – despite there being no visible fence to keep the dog in the area, when a dog has been trained to heed the system, it's a better fence. Naturally, any other animal (human beings included) who does not wear the collar, are unaffected by the virtual fence. Because of the space retain, or reclaimed, some dog owners choose an electronic dog fence to physical fences.

The same principle but using other means

There are other approaches to the invisible fencing system. One of them does away with the buried wires and instead relies on radio signals sent from a central device. A designated radius replaces the buried wires, and when the dog nears the edge of that boundary, it receives a warning sound; should it continue to ignore that sound, a mild shock follow. Another set up uses the Global Positioning System to mark boundaries and track the dog's movement. Should the dog try to ignore the warning sound, the static correction sets in – this is the same condition that applies for all three sets ups: the buried wire, the radio signal set up, and the GPRS system.

You can adjust or increase the intensity of the static correction the dog receives when it tries to get past the marker flags, and ignore the warning sounds. Remember that for you to get the most of this electronic dog fence, your dog must be trained and rewarded for a specified period, until it heeds the warning tones and static corrections, and stays inside the perimeter.