Posted by admin | Posted in Dog Care Tips | Posted on 21-06-2007
Tags: containment, dog, electric, fence, underground
Upgrading your underground Dog Fence without spending a fortune
My dog was a dart. One of the dogs that see an opportunity and take off. It has been hit by a car twice now, not really so bad, and lost more times than I can count. Even in the old house, where a fence has existed for years, the laboratory 100 pounds simply hop and joy ride if no one was around. He had reached the point that she could not leave off if not on a leash or tied to something.
Just a couple of months, I moved into a new house with an enormous courtyard. The yard had a large garden on the inside, too. And to my pleasant surprise, the entire perimeter was connected to one of the underground electric dog fences. The former owner told me that the fence had been installed by a local company, and has worked hard for his poodle fifteen years of age. Just before I moved, taught me how to use electricity nearby, and I hoped to let my dog run free in the huge courtyard with no possibility of escape.
The fence worked great initially. At the time my dog has to first blow, not going near the perimeter the yard. For a good week, he played the rest of the property, while I tended to my new garden. This week, my dog never edge to the border, and this allowed me to feel safe and secure without having to watch his every move.
Unfortunately, that first week was the exception. After that, I realized one problem after another with my electric fence. First, the act of keeping my dog in the backyard seemed to make it more malicious within the limits and I came down one morning to find my newly enhanced garden destroyed. This made me give up my garden, at the moment.
Second, the dog soon gained the ability to break free of limits. While I watched, he would get a good start running, take off towards the perimeter, to absorb the impact and the bust just right through the thing. This led me to turn the power to discharge, which increased the level of impact of a force seemingly unbearable and could hardly bear to see my dog to try to break it.
However, shortly after my smart dog found a way to break again anyway. He approaching the perimeter, close enough to hear the warning tone sounds. Then I just sat there and let the sound that the battery died, a act that allowed him to cross the boundaries. Is not it amazing intelligence of dogs? As much as I wanted to punish him for that, I was extremely proud that he was smart enough to figure that one. Soon, I had no way to stop the dog from the conquest of the electric fence.
I called the local installation company to see if they could help. Apparently, most companies are now referring to the product as a "system of containment." I guess "electric fence" is a little less politically correct. We recommend a completely new configuration, including new and upgraded system, thicker wire, and a new cable configuration around the garden area, which is referred to as "professional assembly." In total, the cost of products and the installation was well over two thousand dollars, which was far beyond my budget.
On the verge of giving up, I found a couple of Internet searches and found some companies selling these systems containment line in a fraction of the cost that was cited. I called a couple of services customer services, and finally gathered the information he needed. As a result, not even need to reinstall the system. The wire was on the ground would work with any new fence that I purchased.
And the new system had everything we needed. The model I chose has a great feature called "Run Through Prevention ", which basically prevents stubborn dogs like mine to run through the fence by creating a zone of stimulation increases as the dog gets closer and closer to the limit. I have also found this feature to be more human, it is not only my dog with a blow strong, and not just punish him for accidentally wandering in the area. Instead, the level of shock it receives is only increase if you continue to the border.
In addition, new containment systems have this feature called prevention to combat flight that was created for dogs like mine who sat in Warning Zone until the warning tone caused the battery to die. When my dog tried to stay in the warning area, received a warning after discharge a couple of seconds, which continued until she moved out of the area.
And as for the garden, which was just a party "expert installation." A customer service representative told me through a simple installation process, which involved the excavation of me just a foot of wire, splice and adding another cable that went to my garden centered around the beds, and again at the original cable in the joint. And what is even better, I was instructed to twist the two wires going to and from the garden, a practice that cancels the signal, ie, the only active part of the cable was the section that surrounds the garden. As So my dog can run anywhere in the garden until he comes within five feet, and that means not eat my flowers!
The containment system again a great success, and my dog now stays within the limits, safe and secure. The entire process only cost me $ 150, a fraction of what I I paid my local company come out and do it for me. So if you're in the market for a containment system, I recommend going through the Internet. These companies have online prices, excellent products and excellent customer service.
About the Author
Ryan Heath's new containment system has yet to be broken by his loving but hard headed dog, Chief. When looking for advice or assistance for a new containment system, he recommends the following websites:
http://www.petstreetmall.com/?PetSupplies
http://www.americaoutdoor.com/?DogContainmentSystems
http://www.thepetshop.net/?ElectricDog_Fences
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