I've got one of those expensive electronic invisible fences that you plug in to a room in your house and then set the boundry. It's worked really well...actually a little to well. Lucky is fine with it and she'll test it ever other day to make sure it's still working LOL......Happy on the other hand...... I plugged it in when we moved in and let them out after testing the boundries and all with the collars to make sure the perimiter is what I wanted.....what I didn't notice was one of the collars was set on the fourth setting of six :-[ and Happy ran down to the new bushes and got shocked pretty good. That was in....october I believe the dog still will not travel far from the house and by far I mean five feet!!! If I have the collar off of him he's fine and runs around and we take walks to the walking trail and they go swimming in the lake near our house. They're both fine with the collars off...they both realize that when the collars are on to stay in bounds. But Happy is terrified to go out in the yard. He never leaves the back porch except to do his business...which is right against the porch and in the front yard right against the house....under my bedroom window.
I've been putting a leash on him and walking him around the yard making sure I don't let the collar beep cause if it does he hightails it back to the house...no shock needed. What else can I do to help him enjoy the yard this summer? I hate not having the collar on when I'm working in the yard or have to go inside for a minute. I live in a neighborhood of ...either dog owners......or people who are terrified of my dogs and Happy loves to greet the kids walking on the sidewalk which terrifies their mothers for some reason :-[
What are my options? My dogs gotten fat this winter too and we need to work off that girth!!!
I've been putting a leash on him and walking him around the yard making sure I don't let the collar beep cause if it does he hightails it back to the house...no shock needed. What else can I do to help him enjoy the yard this summer? I hate not having the collar on when I'm working in the yard or have to go inside for a minute. I live in a neighborhood of ...either dog owners......or people who are terrified of my dogs and Happy loves to greet the kids walking on the sidewalk which terrifies their mothers for some reason :-[
What are my options? My dogs gotten fat this winter too and we need to work off that girth!!!