My other dog was very soft and was terrified of getting shocked and became very fearful in the yard.
I don t have a fence for my dog.
We recommend the diy approach to building a cheap dog fence but it does take time to build.
The bottom material is flared in towards you and secured with unique ground stakes to create a dig guard.
If you can squirt them with a hose or make a loud noise as they are going over under or through the fence it might be unpleasant enough that they won t want to do it again.
Also consider getting your dog involved in something that keeps him busy like lure coursing events and racing if he has so much energy that you just can t keep up.
If you have a backyard with a lot of space you may want to consider a wireless dog fence that has the ability of having a larger boundary zone.
Lastly take an honest stock of how much time you have.
Our diy dog fence acts as a flexible net that prevents dogs and other animals from climbing.
I have to use one of those invisible fence things because i can t keep one of my dogs in the chain link fence.
I also had a problem with a neighbor dog coming in my yard and attacking my dogs whenever it got loose.
Thanks to new developments in training collars wifi and wireless dog fences dog owners are able to let their dogs play in the backyard without the use of a physical fence.
You don t want to go to all the effort of building a fence only to find out after the fact that it is 1ft too short.
The first big tip that dog owners should follow if they don t have a fenced in yard is to routinely give their dog long walks through the neighborhood.
They have never seen a fence they don t want to scale a lock they don t want to break open or a yard they can t dig out of.
Also some pet owners with long haired dogs have said that these collars feel more natural than the standard petsafe collar.
The stay and play offers a large acre space for fido to.
I have cinder blocks tent stakes rocks and a bunch of other crap lined up all around the bottem of my fence but he just keeps pushing out under it.
You don t have to dig any holes mix cement or make any changes to your landscape.
So the fence hugely undermined the trust my dog had in me trust that cannot easily be re established.
Some dogs are born roamers.
Only correct your dog if you can administer correction at the moment your dog is escaping and only if they don t associate the correction with you.
It was either the shock collar or the chain and i think he is happier with the collar.
Unfortunately for pet owners that don t have a fenced in yard they have to tether their dogs to a post or keep them on a leash.
This is truly the best way to take care of a dog when you can t or don t want to have a fence.