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  • 45tex

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    I have some active and escape prone Mutts. Siberian mixes. They are very smart. Smallest is 40lbs+.
    Put up a new fence and a friend gave me a "10 acre" electric fence. I have a large lot but its still just a subdivision yard. Installed according to instructions including a 6' deep ground rod. The doggies watched the installation and like lambs to the slaughter took turns sniffing and gettng shocked. Two ran for the house and pooped in the living room in protest. All are testing the fence at different places and are very nervious about hanging in the yard.
    The wife watched her fav dog get hit a few times. (Maybe they are not that smart after all.) She asked, If this is made to shock big animals like horses and cows, could it kill a dog? Or a neighbor cat that can't read the warning sign.
    I'm of the opinion that since it's DC it"s reasonably safe. Also I don't see it being up for more than a month or so, as their behavior should be changed pretty quick. Or they may think its fun. I know some here have acreage and may use these fences. What do you think?
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    ZX9RCAM

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    I would figure it's designed for large animals.
    I'm sure it's quite painful for your dogs, and I personally would like to see you try another option.
     

    Vaquero

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    If they go back for more, they're not smart.
    No, it won't kill them.
    Once they're "trained", if that happens, you'll need to leave the wire installed, but can remove or unplug the charger.
    Don't let them see you remove it.
     

    TxStetson

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    I never used a conventional electric fence, but I did use the invisible fence with shock collars and it worked perfectly. It vibrates and beeps to warn the dogs when they get too close, and then shocks if they get any closer. I ran the signal wire on the inside of my fence at the bottom, and they haven’t gotten out since.
     

    IXLR8

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    We had to line the fence with a similar electric fence. It kept two large dogs from digging under the fence.

    Then they discovered digging under patio concrete. I could never break that habit.

    I just told everyone that the dogs were Chinese, and they were trying to get back home.
     

    TxStetson

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    When I lived in Corpus Christi, I had a Blue Heeler that could dig through that sand and be under the fence before I could stop her. It wasn’t unusual to put her out in the back yard, and then find her sitting on the front porch waiting for me before I could get there.
     

    Younggun

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    As a kid we had an electric fence in the back yard that was hot as hell. I user to cut grass stalks with it. Got in to it a few times. No residential or ag fence on the market that will injure a dog. No even that old one we had.

    Watch the grass around it though. The grass can give it a path to ground making it ineffective.
     

    TheMailMan

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    My youngest sister, who by the way is blonde, could grab and electric fence and it never bothered her. She would then convince our middle sister, who isn't blonde, that the fence wasn't hot. Or she would grab the fence and then touch her.
     

    pharmaco

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    We used to have one to keep in our acrobat black lab, who thought nothing of a 7 foot wall.

    We ran a wire along the top, and he finally stopped escaping when he burned his ballsack.

    All of the pigeons and doves that landed on the wire would just slump over dead.
    We'd have to go get them before the dog could jump up and grab a snack
     

    karlac

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    I never used a conventional electric fence, but I did use the invisible fence with shock collars and it worked perfectly. It vibrates and beeps to warn the dogs when they get too close, and then shocks if they get any closer. I ran the signal wire on the inside of my fence at the bottom, and they haven’t gotten out since.

    A neighbor in Arkansas kept two Doberman's on his property with one of these setups. Very effective.
    Still hard to trust when they came running to the street from the front porch.
    IOW, worked like a charm for both parties ...
     

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    We used to have one to keep in our acrobat black lab, who thought nothing of a 7 foot wall.

    We ran a wire along the top, and he finally stopped escaping when he burned his ballsack.

    All of the pigeons and doves that landed on the wire would just slump over dead.
    We'd have to go get them before the dog could jump up and grab a snack

    How was it shocking them?

    Typically you need to be grounded in order to become part of the circuit. It's what allows birds to sit on a powerline with 14k volts running through it.
     

    Lunyfringe

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    just like with pepper spray, you have to have it used on you in order to have it...

    so go out there and grab the fence wire and you'll have your answer!
     

    pharmaco

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    How was it shocking them?

    Typically you need to be grounded in order to become part of the circuit. It's what allows birds to sit on a powerline with 14k volts running through it.
    No idea.
    All I remember seeing was fat pigeons slumped over on the wall.

    It was a cinderblock wall made to look like stone; not an electrical engineer, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

    It could be a memory fabricated by my psyche for all I know. Lol

    EDIT:

    You know, now that you mention it, I remember standing on the smaller wall that led to the back with my brother and cousins.

    We'd dare eachother to touch it and get zapped.
     
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