Invisible Fence

Today, I’m waiting for the Invisible Fence guy to come out and install our new fence so that we can start training our bad dogs.  (Very bad dogs, I just looked up and there’s Jack sitting in the middle of the dining room table looking out the window!)

We’re enclosing most of the property, so that the boys will be able to be on the paths through the woods with us.  I believe a good average of what we’re enclosing will be about 5 acres, plenty of run space for them.  And it will be so nice not to have to worry about them getting loose and running off.  Just the other night Russ and I spent nearly an hour out looking for the two Pomeranians who escaped.

They’ll be able to run and play and burn off some energy for a change instead of racing madly through the house bumping into things.

I’ve been assured by the fencing people that the collars don’t actually hurt the dog, and rarely will they feel the shock, because it’s the warning tone that you train them to avoid, so they never wander into the fence.

We’ve been debating this for nearly a year now, and have decided that it’s the best for us and our dogs.  To chainlink in an area would take a great deal of usable space out of our yard, and not allow the dogs to be free to play with us.  To enclose the whole property in chainlink is just ridiculous, especially with all the paths that branch through the woods. I mean, how would we get the skid steerer up here?  Or the tractors during berry picking season?

This just allows the dogs to be anywhere we use on the property, thus allowing them to be at our sides (or more likely in our way) anywhere we go here.  It’ll just be like in the house, you have to push three dogs out of your way every step you take!