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Rob
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Rob asked in PetsDogs · 1 decade ago

Can I install an electric dog fence in a townhouse?

I live in a townhouse, and would like to install an electric dog fence. Does the underground wire have to loop the property, or can I make it surround the 3 sides of the backyard?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I might be wrong, but I think in order for an electric current to work, it has to loop and connect somehow?

    "Remember that the wire must make a loop. In other words, you can't dead end with an unattached wire—it must complete a circuit from the transmitter, around the area you wish to protect, and back to the transmitter again. "

    http://www.gooddogfences.com/plan-dog-fence-instal...

    You dont have to loop around the entire property.. you can just loop it around the area you want your dog to have access to.. but it must make a loop for the electric current to work.

  • Cola
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You should be able to make it work; the only issue is that the wire has to make a loop of some kind. You can do it by having it double back over itself along the perimeter, or you could simply circle the yard including on the 4th edge.

  • 1 decade ago

    u bury the wire in the ground and yes any point ur dog can get out needs to be in the perimeter

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes as long as it attaches to to back of the house,and the yard is blocked off in the perimeter

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