huntingchic87 Report post Posted August 26, 2015 we have a couple acres up north in the Happy Jack Area. I do not mind the dogs running around but we have seen more bears and coyotes recently. I have been thinking of putting up an Electric Dog Fence to keep our two dogs within closer range. Has anyone used one and recommend it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted August 26, 2015 You're better off putting several strands of hot fence up above ground. Animals will get shocked and stay out after some negative reinforcement, and your dogs will stay in. With the invisible fencing, dogs would get shocked going over it and not want to come back in fear of being shocked again. I ran miles of electric fence on my place up north. After a few weeks most deer and elk in the area learned to respect it too. Let me know if you need help setting one up. Very inexpensive. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Sparky Report post Posted August 27, 2015 If you get one get the pulsing kind rather than solid on. When I was about 10 I grabbed the fence at my grandma and grandpa's place in KS after checking it with a weed to see if it was off. I thought it was but it wasn't. It took me a good long time to open my hand to let go where with a pulsing one breaks the contact so you can let go. The other thing I do is if the dog is jumping I run a ground wire under the top hot wire. Think of a bird not getting shocked because it is not grounded. If the dog gets off the ground on the wire they won't get shocked under the same principle. With the two wires the dog/animal makes contact with both and gets shocked. They will learn to stay away. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZbowhntr Report post Posted August 27, 2015 I have a buddy up in Idaho that has the invisible fence and loves it. Although his dogs don't. He buried it in some sort of conduit and it works great. His dogs ran around and knew exactly where to go to before stopping. I was impressed. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnie blaze Report post Posted August 27, 2015 Don't get elaborate. String a lil up and they'll learn fast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4Falls Report post Posted August 27, 2015 I ran some livestock style electric fence to keep my German Shepard in. The shock wasnt enough of a deterent for him. He'd let out a yelp as he went thru but I guess, to him, it was a small price to pay for FREEDOM. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smith2260 Report post Posted August 27, 2015 That's funny. One of my labs did the same thing. Put in an electric fence to him on my property. He would take off after a rabbit and jump the fence and yelp, then stand on the other side and refuse to come back in because he knew what was going to happen. Tried moving it away from the fence and he jumped farther. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted August 27, 2015 I ran some livestock style electric fence to keep my German Shepard in. The shock wasnt enough of a deterent for him. He'd let out a yelp as he went thru but I guess, to him, it was a small price to pay for FREEDOM. Dang, our German Shepherds must have been related. Lol Red Sparky is correct. In many soils there is insufficient mineral or moisture content to provide decent grounding. And the pulsing chargers are using a capacitor discharge. Much safer, won't start fires if dry weeds touch it but strong enough to create an electrical field capable of styming weed growth. I had some strong, solar recharging chargers capable of a 1.5 jule rating. It knocked me down a couple times. Sometimes I would see bucks running thru the area with my hot tape tangled in their racks from trying to step thru the fence strands. They too would learn, eventually. Meanwhile, I'd be repairing the fence and out collecting my wayward ponies. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
