Fencing Questions

[BlackShadowCaneCorso]

Okay so we have just moved into our new location that has a couple of acres that we are looking at fencing in for the dogs but are trying to decide the best options for fencing.

I was planning on privacy fencing around the runs so that they can run in the fenced in area when we are home and when at work are in the runs.

Friends of ours that have hunting labs and rotties have suggested we try an underground fence put out by PetSafe called the Stubborn Dog Fence (they know Hemi and her love for chasing anything that moves). I have attached a link to the actual specks for the underground fence so you can see what it is like.

http://www.canadapets.com/Stubborn_Dog_Fence.htm
http://www.petsafe.net/Products/Fencing/In-Ground-Fences/Stubborn-Dog-In-Ground-Fence.aspx

I am contemplating an underground for a couple of reasons...

1. This is our in-between house ( we have a lot of 12 acres that we are planning on building on in a couple of years our dream house)

2. I don't want to only have my dogs feeling like they are contained in 4 walls, I want them to have the appearance of freedom (at least when we are home as that would be the only time they will be allowed out, whether underground or just fenced area.)

So I guess I am asking if any of you have experience with this type of fencing and if it works for a higher energy corso.

thanks in advance,
Mary

 

[Vicki]

I don't like the underground fence.

If your dog does have incentive to go through it, he sure as hell doesn't have the same incentive to come back through it to come home! Nine times out of ten, when he rips through it after that squirrel, or after that neighbor's dog, who just peed on your lawn, and is taking a leisurely stroll home, he's not ging to feel a thing. When he wants to come back home, it's a different story. He's going to feel that shock, and he's going to be locked out of his own yard. You now have a dog who can't get to the safety of his own home.

Other dogs and animals can still wander into your yard. With a physical fence, you limit the chances of that happening.

And, there are now towns passing ordinances against underground fences, because of the illusion they give of the dogs being loose. Strange, but true.

 

[Atlanta Bully Rescue]

I do not recommend electric fences. I won't adopt dogs out to peolpe that plan on using them. One of the biggest reasons is because they don't protect your dog from another animal coming into yard.

 

[skidreams28]

I am curious too. I have a yard that is 95% fenced, but one section that looks out over a marsh, and it makes the yard feel so much open. Also part of the yard has 4 ft fencing, while the rest is 6 ft privacy.....any thoughts on the 4 ft section for a bullmastiff?