If I install a hidden dog fence, how can I train my dogs on WHEN to use it? (sometimes on, sometimes off)?

The only time an underground or wireless fence works at all is in taking the time to train the dogs. You CAN NOT just put the collar on them, turn the fence on and think they will stay in the yard. You MUST work with them following the instructions that come with the system so they understand why and when the collar goes off. If not, they will just start running when they get shocked and might run outside the area and not be able to get back in because the collar acts both ways. The reciever has no way of knowing what side it is on. After you get them FULLY trained to stay in the yard, then you can work on a "safe" word or action. What I did with my dog it tought them they could cross they line only when I had there leash on. Yes, I did have to drag her over the line the first few times to make her understand she was not going to get the shock but she is a fast learner and caught on quickly. After you do this, you may have to go back and do alittle more training on staying in the yard so they understand the leash mean ok not just that the collar does not work anymore. Even the most trained dog will test the line a few times a week so I would leave the collar on even after they are trained. I had one that would beep first and she would back off. I hope that helped.

***** DO NOT BY THE HITECH FENCE. THE COLLARS ARE NOT WATERPROOF AND THE BASE UNIT WILL DIE AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

We have use the invisible fence company. We have had it for 5 years now and it works great. Only one of my dogs would escape from it a few times at first, because she had a high prey drive. She no longer leaves the yard unless her collar is off and i have her on a leash. The company you use will let you know how to train them. They might have a dvd or an instructor come to your house. its been a long time since we trained my dogs so i cant really tell you how to

NO!!! Wireless puppy fences do not paintings very good for any puppy, however they principally do not paintings good for JRT's. Scruffy, my JRT, is a cat chaser and can take off after a cat irrespective of the penalties. He's additionally a fighter, and can tackle whatever with 4 legs, despite the fact that it is whatever as enormous as a Rottweiler. This additionally reasons issues, on the grounds that different humans permit their puppies roam the vicinity they usually probably surprise into our backyard. Get a truly fence.

Electric fences work great. That first answerer was clueless. I owen a pet sitting company and all my clients who have one love it. There is no on or off. They learn very quickly where the perimeter line is and will not go near it. The way they get out is a driveway or walk way where there is no shock line. Some dogs won't even go through that. I walk one dog that is so afraid to go through it I have to back my truck in the drive way backwards, let him jump in, turn my truck around and let him jump out. They only wear the collar for the first few weeks till they learn the line, then don't even need it anymore. Then again there are some dogs who will just run right through the pain. Good luck.

Get a real fence. There are a lot of problems with hidden fences. These problems include: the battery in the collar dying and the dog getting out (resulting in your dog getting lost, getting picked up by animal control, getting stolen, getting killed by another animal, getting hit by a car, etc), stray dogs wondering into your yard and getting into a fight with your dog, stray cats wondering into your yard and getting killed by your dog (which usually results in some p-d off cat owners), someone walking into your yard and stealing your dog, stray dogs wondering into your yard and eating your dog's food (if you leave it outside), wildlife (including racoons, oppossums, coyotes, and bears) wondering into your yard and eating your dog's food (and maybe your dog), your dog seeing something irresistable on the other side of the fence and crossing it anyway...the list goes on.

Trust me, I've tried hidden fences, they cause more problems than they solve...just ask my dog Duke.

Electric fences are nothing more the expensive useless inefficiency crap. You need to build a "real fence"

* Electric fences and collars are inhuman, and dangerous, the dogs could hurt themselves trying to get out and many of them do, taking the shock multiply times to free themselves, this is especially dangerous by a lake.

* The dogs WILL NOT understand the concept of the collars being on neither will they understand the concept of being shocked repeatedly. No amount of training will help the dogs understand the concept of electricity, that is way beyond their understanding, and the pain and fear of being shocked will scare them beyond train-ability.

This whole thing seems dangerous and cruel to me.

I had a chocolate labrador that literally wouldn't shut up. Since I found http://onlinedogtraining.enle.info/?VLq8

She was 4 years old, we had our son and her barking was keeping him up at night. So my grandfather told me take a soda can put some change in it and tape the lid shut (I used duct-tape). Every time she barked I would shake the can and say quiet in a stearn voice. The sound startled her into stop barking then she heard my command. It took about a week and she stopped. You must not allow the dog to bark at all though. If you do then they will do it when they are not supposed to ie, when your not home. As far as for when your not home, I think the only none electrical, spray thing I can think of is a soft mussel. They can drink with the soft mussel on and it doesn't hurt them, they just can't bark or bite. From what I understand it is very hard to get a dog to stop barking at an advanced age. You are trying to stop something that is ingrained in them to do. Now a few questions for you, are the dogs being crate trained? If they are crated trying put a light blanket over the crate, to limit the stimuli around them. Do they have access to windows? What is the reason they are barking? Maybe it is something in there surroundings causing them to bark. Maybe people talking, people walking by, animals outside. If this is the case then maybe try limiting there access to this stimuli. Maybe crating them in a secluded area of the house to limit stimuli. Make it so they cannot see out the window any more. If it is seperation anxiety, take an old t-shirt sleep in for a night and then put it in the dogs crate with him. It will smell like you and help the dog feel more at ease. I did this when I went away to the hospital to have our son. It helped Kaylea alot.These are all thing my grandfather suggested to me for my dog. I tried them all but the crate training as I don't really believe in it. Reducing the stimuli greatly reduced her barking. The only thing that stopped it was the "noise can" I called it