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August 25th, 2010 by Jill Perri

Many owner are worried when their dog leaves and they are forced to look for it. Dogs can sometimes wander too far off, and get hurt. The worst part is that some don’t come back at all. One effective way of keeping your dog at home, while giving him room to roam, is to install a dog fence. Some pet owners are sceptical about this kind of pet containment system, so here’s more info on the matter to help you decide.

An invisible fence is exactly what it is

An dog fence essentially aims to prevent your dog from leaving the designated area. It may be possible to keep your dog from leaving your house, if you lock him in, the same effect a physical, prison-like, fence is said to achieve. The inconvenience there is even if you pay contractors to install the physical fence, your dog might find away to scale it, or injure himself trying. And it’s impractical to set up an electric fence in an urban setting, unless you want passers-by and other people’s kids to get hurt.

The solution is to have an electronic fence installed. This set up can work in several ways. Many electric fence set ups simply involve a wired buried in the ground surrounding a designated space, say your front lawn. Every time the dog approaches the boundaries, a distinguishable tone is heard, a warning. If the dog ignores the warning and continues to move past the boundaries, it receives a corrective shock. So, over time, even though there’s no physical barrier fencing it in, the dog learns to stay in the designated area.

Other pet containment systems also work in the same way. One way is to use radio signals sent from a central device. When the dog leaves a specified radius, the collar it wears sends out a warning, and later on a shock. Another way is to rely for marking the area and tracking the dog on the Global Positioning System. Both methods avoid having to bury wires around a designated area.

The aesthetic benefits of the electronic dog fence

For some people who are only renting, putting up physical fences may not be allowed. And then there are area where ordinances prevent the same installation. The work-around, to protect your dog, is to install electronic dog fences. You don’t have to ruin the landscape of your home with such a fence, and neither will your dog look like it’s hemmed in. Your dog can run around without its view partially hidden by anything.

With an electronic dog fence, you can effectively deter your dog from gallivanting as it pleases, bothering passers-by, and running after cars

Stop worrying whether your dog will come home tonight. Keep it safe at home with a dog fence. People who rent and those who live in areas where putting up physical fences are prohibited find the dog fence as the ideal solution to keeping their dogs at home.