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 wanted, including that lovely garden or lawn. However, the next day, when you go see your garden, you see that the best flowers have been unrooted and thrown apart. It makes you cringe, since you worked so hard on it the day before. You then turn around to see the family dog greet you and cover you with the same mud that his paws are covered with. It’s maybe time to invest in an invisible fence.
Pros and Cons of an Invisible Fence
An invisible fence comes in handy when people own a dog that’s specially playful and active. By nature, dogs like to roam, explore and chase after things. This is when an invisible fence can help you. The fence is there to keep the dog within his own boundaries so that he can’t get into flowers, gardens, or even to other animals they shouldn’t be close to. When your dog tries to cross the boundaries you’ve set for it, it’ll recieve a small “punishment,” which will prevent it from trying again.
The punishment is normally some sort of electric shock that stings the animal for a bit. You might remember some behavior experiments where dogs are rewarded and punished in order to modify their behavior. In this case, the static shock is the punishment the dog gets if it tries to leave the assigned perimeter.
The shock is given to the dog through a collar that it has to wear. The owner should adjust the intensity of the collar so that it’s not so mild that the furry and thicker skin of the dog prevents it from feeling the shock, but not so high that the shock hurts it. Owners of dogs should be extremely careful to not have the setting so high where it might seem as if the dog is being abused.
An invisible fence is a good idea to keep your dog within a fixed area without altering your property. Your dog will not be able to destroy gardens or other things in your garden. In addition, an invisible fence will protect your dog from running towards guests or running cars.
