has anyone used an electric fence to keep dogs in?
Not on purpose, but dogs hate it! The first time they get zapped, they run a mile, so watch out for that - it may end up in Devon if you're not careful. I would worry if the area was too small; you will have your dog pinging from one side of the yard to the other - could be a YouTube winner, but not good for the dog.phil.p":k3328x4c said:has anyone used an electric fence to keep dogs in?
You owe me a new keyboard! I'd just sipped some mint tea when I read this. :lol:Trainee neophyte":3qbb1eff said:... I would worry if the area was too small; you will have your dog pinging from one side of the yard to the other -.....
It should be fine, as long as he has somewhere to run away to. You may never get him out of the house again, but that's another issue. A single strand of wire will do it, but he may not work out what causes the problem. They use white tape for horses, but it won't look very pretty. BTW you don't have to buy the expensive poles and clips etc - a bit of pvc pipe around some rebar works just as well - tie the wire to the pole with something (string works, but wire is always good, too). Easier is to pop round to Mole Valley Farmers, who will sort you out and lighten your wallet considerably.phil.p":y7iz7wve said:It's for a small area, mostly along one boundary. It's an old hedge about six or seven feet high that he can jump up on and get out of on either end. I haven't anything solid enough to fix fencing or anything to. He's soft as muck but he's a rottweiler, and people crepe themselves when they see an unaccompanied rottweiler. Some of my neighbours nice as they are aren't happy unless they find something new to whinge about every day. I just cannot afford to have him go walkabout -he might lick someone to death.![]()
So sorry! Would this work?RogerS":3qy64wxz said:You owe me a new keyboard! I'd just sipped some mint tea when I read this. :lol:Trainee neophyte":3qy64wxz said:... I would worry if the area was too small; you will have your dog pinging from one side of the yard to the other -.....
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For which, of course, any sane dog would be eternally grateful. :lol:Trainee neophyte":1ws18dz4 said:........it may end up in Devon if you're not careful.....
It is my understanding that these are now banned, and reports of dogs wearing them would be of interest to the RSPCA.Inspector":q09r0wbk said:Some of the neighbours have the collars that zap the dog when they are near or over the buried wire. ......
That's incorrect Mike, they are still allowed for this purpose.MikeG.":2gv7yedq said:It is my understanding that these are now banned, and reports of dogs wearing them would be of interest to the RSPCA.Inspector":2gv7yedq said:Some of the neighbours have the collars that zap the dog when they are near or over the buried wire. ......
Phil...I do have a fence going spare that you can borrow to try out if you like. Will run off a battery charger or car battery.phil.p":2h9eb387 said:It's for a small area, mostly along one boundary. It's an old hedge about six or seven feet high that he can jump up on and get out of on either end. I haven't anything solid enough to fix fencing or anything to. He's soft as muck but he's a rottweiler, and people crepe themselves when they see an unaccompanied rottweiler. Some of my neighbours nice as they are aren't happy unless they find something new to whinge about every day. I just cannot afford to have him go walkabout -he might lick someone to death.![]()
Containment ones are ok. Any other sort are illegal [WINKING FACE]MikeG.":25hxfg72 said:Are they? The government did promise to ban them a couple of years ago.
Seems they are banned in Wales.
You may think that. I couldn't possibly comment.MikeG.":23aughc1 said:For which, of course, any sane dog would be eternally grateful. :lol:Trainee neophyte":23aughc1 said:........it may end up in Devon if you're not careful.....
All German dogs are nuts. Says quite a lot about the Germans. I have a German friend who swears by Appenzeller Swiss cattle dogs. Psychotic, unmanageable lunatic dogs, which attack everyone and everything. Another German I met told me she had kept German shepherds for years, and showed me all the tooth mark scars on her arms as proof. I do quite hanker after a Weimaraner - pretty dogs, but I have no idea of the mentality.Nigel Burden":2w8m4arm said:It may or may not work. My daughters German Wirehaired Pointer crashes through barbed wire fences, in fact anything, without a second thought. Had a £600 vets bill due to that, fortunately he's insured. I tried getting him to touch the electric fence at Kingston Lacey House to see if it would deter him as a lady I was talking to one day said it cured her Labrador. No, it didn't. He has a very strong prey drive, and that takes over.
Nigel.