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| I thought it was the fence...however after a very expensive service call the delay was too long, the collar was on a very low setting and my dog was just walking right through it without anything. Since I got the adjustment it only took once and both dogs stay well back from the beep. OES's are very smart and I think you can train them on the electric fence. I, too have several acres and fencing it would have been over $5,000 plus setting posts almost impossible with the rocky ground. The thing I don't like about it is other animals can enter your yard easily so I am out with my dogs anyway just to make sure they are okay. I love being in a setting like i am but do miss having a nice yard fenced in and my dogs running around safely. However, we had a OES that never left our property of 3 acres and was never leashed or fenced in on it for over 6 years...when we moved to a house with a big privacy fence in the back she was scared to go into the yard...we had to go with her for 2 weeks because she wasn't used to a fence. I guess it really depends on the dog. Daisy never left our side and her thrill was letting her walk out into the front yard to just lay there and watch everyone without a fence. She was special and so low maintenance. Listening to everyone else I wonder now if she had a thyroid problem as she just wasn't terribly active even as a young one and she never barked, chewed, etc... She just laid around getting her love every now and then! |
| we use the e fence for our two OES. We plan on adding the newf to the collared crew as well. We do have friends who use one for a newf. I think you just have t have the collar up high enough.
I also think they all run through it at least once - only my crazy sheepies ran back through  |
| erm what happens in a power cut?
Is the neighbourhood full of wandering hounds?  |
| well tthe first thing is these are herding dogs and they really respect perieters -so if its off they don't necessarily notce, or when you get up in the middle of the night and forget to put on their collars. also they have a battery backup so I have never had a true outage. |
| Good point already raised, other dogs can enter your property and cause problems.
Plus, the larger the dog, the more "juice" it takes to correct them. I've know Pyrs who just blew thru the fence, no matter what effect the fence "beeper" was having on them. (but then I also knew a Newf who figured out an electric fence.....they can be grounded if you dig up one of the fence posts...  )
Batteries fail. Friend had to get her dogs twice from shelter as their "beeper" batteries had failed. (thank goodness they were in the shelter!!!) Those fences aren't cheap, but then neither is a fence. It's a hard decision. |
kerry wrote: well tthe first thing is these are herding dogs and they really respect perieters -so if its off they don't necessarily notce, or when you get up in the middle of the night and forget to put on their collars. also they have a battery backup so I have never had a true outage.
Friends have it their dogs won't leave the yard with or w/o collars. I have tried, every time nope not happening. They just stop and sit. Just depends on the dog. |
We live in the suburbs but have a Holiday farm that we go to, 28 acres and I find with 4 sheepies that love to bounce and romp the easiest solution was a post and wire a large run area for them to exercise. Not a big deal or great expense to put up and it was peace of mind 
Electric fences not a fan of, because other dogs can stray onto the property and also, so often you hear the dogs with the collars on to contain them do occassionally get out of that area. So if you have 2 acres then select an area and just put up a gate and wire and post fence and make an exercise/play area for both the dogs then you can leave them to have fun and no worries then. |
We decided on vinyl fencing for Chauncey. He had a knack for slipping his collar as a puppy, and the chase was on  . We did approx 1/2 acre, it was not cheap but is attractive and he loves the free run. I also checked the electric fences, I didn't feel I could trust it and I didn't like that another dog could get in the yard. We live across the street from a dog aggressive dog ( that has been declared dangerous and vicious by the SPCA ) that came into our yard and attacked Chaunce when he was 10 months old. I had Chauncey on leash and Bob & I were playing with him. If we had not been there Chauncey would have been more seriously injured. |
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