Training Your Dog to Respect Your Underground Dog Fence

Posted by Thinker on Jan 30, 2009 in Thinkable |

Electronic Dog Fence should never be taken as a substitute for dog training. In order to make your invisible fence effective in teaching your dog, time and patience is necessary. Aside from that, you need to follow strict rules and guidelines to make the invisible fence system work effectively.

Using the invisible fence system for training your dog can either be done on your own or with a help of a professional dog trainer. You need to consider this closely, since with or without professional trainer, you need to be hands-on with this process especially when the trainer is not around.

Training the dog to recognize an invisible fence is both time-consuming and stretches your patience. However, this task is much easier when you are well-bonded together and the dog listens to your instructions.

This training system could span from 2-6 weeks, depending on how fast your dog can learn.

At the start, small red flags are lined up along where the cables are. If you are using Wireless Dog Fence the flags will be placed along the circular perimeter where the signal ends. The tiny flags will signal the dog where his boundaries are. To prevent shocking your dog at this stage of the training, you must cover the prongs on the collar with a tape.

Then, put on your dog’s leash whenever they go out within the fence boundaries. Let your dog explore because a warning beep will sound whenever he attempts to go beyond the fence boundary. When this happens, pull off the dog right away and praise him if he obeys.

By doing this several times in a day, you can allow your dog to familiarize with the system and train himself to go back once the beep is activated.

Once you have allowed the dog to be acquainted with this system, you can now remove the tape from the prongs on the collar to allow the shock. If you are worried about your dog, the shock is not painful but enough to alert the dog and cause him to return.

It is comparable to experiencing a static shock and then you come in contact with any form of metal. The level of shock is adjusted in accordance to the size of your dog and ability to respond to it.

However, every dog owner must be aware that not all shock collars can be adjusted so make sure to purchase those with adjustable settings. Then, check the collar level to ensure that it is safe enough for your dog whenever he goes exploring outside.

Make sure not to remove the dog’s leash simultaneous with the removal of the collar prongs’ cover. Keep the leash on your dog whenever he explores the area within the invisible fence.

For more information on invisible dog fence systems including Petsafe Fence be sure to click a link in the information above or visit our website at spoiled-pups.com. We hope you have enjoyed this information and would welcome your feedback.

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