You have saved up for the home of your dreams and you have finally been able to close on the house. It has all that you dreamt of, including a garden that crowns it all. You go outside to look at your garden and you notice that some of the flowers have been dug up. It makes you freak out, because the day before it was ok. Then you notice the family dog coming at you with mud all over his paws and muzzle. It’s maybe time to invest in an invisible fence.

Advantages and Disadvantages of An Invisible Fence

An invisible fence comes in handy when people own a dog that’s specially playful and active. Because of their nature, dogs tend to experiment with things by barking at them, digging them, or munching on them. That’s when an invisible fence can be helpful. The fence will limit the dog to an area so that it doesn’t destroy flowers or gardens by accident. It works by administering a small “punishment” when your dog tries to cross the set boundaries.

The punishment is normally some sort of electric shock that stings the animal for a bit. You might have heard of experiments where they train animals to modify or learn certain behavior patterns by a reward and punishment system. In this case, the punishment is the above mentioned static shock.

The shock is administered through a collar that the dog wears. It should be at a setting that won’t hurt the dog to the extent of abusing it but it should sting enough to so that anytime the dog tries to cross the fence it will remember what might happen to it. It might take a few tries to get it right (not on the dog, of course), but once you do, you won’t have to worry about your dog damaging your property or the collar damaging your dog.

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