Training Your Dog to Stay In Your Invisible Dog Fence
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 | Places
Invisible 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 dog fence training to teach your dog about his boundaries can be done on your own or with professional dog training help. 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, when both you and your dog become accustomed to this system, it should be easy then.
The length of the invisible fence training varies depending on how fast or slow your dog acquires the needed training.
At the start, small red flags are lined up along where the cables are. If you are using Wireless Dog Fencing the flags will be put in the ground along the circle where the collar starts beeping. The tiny flags will signal the dog where his boundaries are. Make sure to tape the prongs on the collar to prevent sending out shocks to your dog.
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. As soon as you hear the beep, bring your dog back and praise him for following your instructions.
Do this exercise throughout the day so the dog can get accustomed to this setup and will immediately back off when the warning beep is activated.
After the association part of the stage, now you can allow the shock to work by removing the tape around the collar prongs. Although the shock is not painful to the dog, it is enough to get their attention and alert them to turn back.
It works the same way as static shock wherein you feel a twinge of sensation but not enough to inflict pain. 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.
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