One way to keep your dogs or livestock within your area is through physical fences. These are erected high enough to keep animals from getting out, and in the case of other animals, from getting in. Some fences are equipped to release a current when touched. Some dog owners who worry about where their pets run off to consider putting up such fences. 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 essentially an area bound by buried wires instead of erected fences. Flags marks them, planted in measured intervals, but these are small flags not as visually intrusive as physical fences. The dog wears a collar that emits a warning sound when it nears the boundaries. Should the dog walk past the boundary, he will receive a static correction from his collar. Given some conditioning, the dog learns to stay inside the designated area, heeding the warning sound and the static shock he will receive.
Despite the absence of an actual, physical fence, the dog acts as though there was one – a clear benefit dog owners appreciate. Humans and other animals not wearing the collar are naturally unaffected by the virtual or hidden fence. Either due to the aesthetics (virtual fences retains or avoids ruining precious yard space), some dog owners prefer the electronic dog fence to actual, physical fences.
The same principle but using other means
There are alternative ways to this pet containment system’s set up. One system offers an alternate set up – instead of buried wires, radio signals sent from a device take the form of a marked area. There is a marked radius and when the dog is detected as nearing the edge of that range, the warning sounds go off, followed by the static correction should the dog continue to leave the perimeter. Another system is possible via the use of the Global Positioning System, which some dog owners find more sophisticated compared to the other two. 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.
