The first time I bought a fence collar for Philips, I wanted to know everything about this security collar. In addition, I wanted to know when to take the collar off my dog. How long can a dog wear an Invisible Fence collar?
In this article, I will be answering this question and more. An invisible fence is a fence made with a wire that is buried in the ground. Another name for an invisible fence is “electric fence”.
The wire that is buried in the ground creates an electronically charged boundary that contains your dog within your yard without a physical fence you can see with your eyes. This fence is connected to an invisible fence collar by digital means, which you will wear on your dog’s neck.
The invisible fence runs on a systematic transmission of energy between the boundary line you created, your home base monitoring and transmitter device, and the receiver your dog is wearing on her collar.
The real fence is a set of wires that are buried about 3 to 4 inches into the ground around your house. These sets of wires are electronically charged.
You have to set up a transmitter in your garage or room wall or any other convenient place in your house. When your dog gets near the invisible boundary line, she will be stopped by a tone or vibration, the same way she will be stopped from barking by an ultrasonic bark collar.
Fence Collar Features
Amount of Shock
You have to take into consideration the number of levels of corrections the product you want to buy will give you. By level of correction, we mean the amount of energy in the correctional shock we earlier talked about.
Some of the questions you should ask include:
Is my dog stubborn? is she strong-willed or very energetic? Do you have many dogs of different sizes? It is very necessary you go for more correction levels, to be able to customize the corrections for your dog.
Battery-Backup Function
Some electric fences are designed with a battery backup function, but it is not the same with every other system. For a system to have a battery backup is an advantage because it is a safety feature. It takes care of you forgetting to check the battery or charging the battery late. It is risky if your system does not have a battery backup feature.
Amount of Interference
The amount of interference that will be able to have a significant correctional impact on your dog is the next thing you need to consider. Comparatively, the interference level of some wired fences is low while the interference level of others is high.
There are so many interferences available in the market these days but, it is very necessary you find out the interference capacity of the wire dog fence you are intending to buy.
Creativity In Shaping Boundaries
Finally, as you make decisions on the wired dog fence to buy, consider the wired dog fence that will give you the freedom to shape your boundaries the way you will like them be so that the beauty of your landscape will be maintained and the safety and freedom of your dog will not be compromised.
Some wired dog fences are made to be laid fairly square, some round and some are oval in shape. Some wired dog fences can get your garden area within the primary boundary blocked.
How do I take my dog for walk if I use a dog fence?
When you have instead of your electric dog fence, you have to ask the question “how do I take the dog for a walk”.
The answer to this question is very simple. The person who installed the fence must have trained your dog or cat on how to maintain her movement within the invisible fence boundary.
This training is a reverse training protocol. Most times it will take your dog between 7 to 10 days to get accustomed to leaving the boundaries.
There are 2 main points to observe:
Do not let your dog cross the boundary if she does not have contact with you. The contact could be putting her on a lead, carrying her, or by simply placing your hand on her shoulder.
When the dog is putting on the fence collar on her neck, do not allow her to cross the boundary, even if the system is switched off.
To cross the boundary when leaving the property:
- Wear off the fence collar from the neck of the dog and keep the collar somewhere safe. Do not switch off the fence. Take your dog by her lead and walk her to the exit. As you get to the boundary line, ask her to sit or stop. Do this for the first week only.
- Command her to take a slow walk out of your yard.
- Congratulate her when both of you have crossed the boundary.
- When you want to get back to your house, repeat the same process.
FAQs
Is it okay to leave a collar on your dog all the time?
A dog collar will take off the hairs and coat around your dog’s neck if she should have it on her neck at all times thereby exposing her skin. We see this happen every day and this can cause skin problems for the dog because of the harshness of the material the collar is made of and the constant rubbing of the collar on the dog’s neck.
Do invisible fences traumatize dogs?
There is not much difference between making the invisible fence boundary so uncomfortable to discourage your dog from getting near it and not traumatizing your dog to the point of affecting her well-being. So many reports are out there of dogs that have been victims of electric fence trauma.
How long can a dog wear an Invisible Fence collar?
Do not leave a dog collar on your dog’s neck for more than 12 hours in a day. If you leave the dog collar on your dog’s neck for a long time, it will cause her a health condition known as “Pressure Necrosis”.