Invisible electric fence in front yard - etiquette?

[Anonymous]

It's unacceptable that the dog forces himself through the electric barrier. You need to tell the neighbors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had one and I hated it. I got it because my DH refused a real fence and it was about 1/3 of the cost of a real one. For many of the reasons mentioned it was not a good thing. If my dog escaped, which he did probably 3 times in 5 years, it I'd hate the zap he got and the fact he was in the road (no sidewalk) and I really hated the people who'd just stroll onto our lawn with their own dogs, without asking first if it was ok. Sometimes it worked out and sometimes it did not, depending on whether the dogs got along or not.

Odd. We love ours. And we have a golf course view so HOA says no fences. works great for us and we have a large golden retriever.

Not odd. Your experience is not the universal experience, not the "norm". Everyone's take is different. That's a basic life lesson for you, right there.

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I don't need a life lesson from you. I know the fence works for me and all of my neighbors with dogs. What is YOUR problem?

Different poster, but you were rude first, so sit back down instead of yelling. You should know that dogs have different tolerance levels to electricity and varying levels of motivation to get jolts. So obviously... some dogs will cross their electric fence. Just because it didn't happen to anyone you know, doesn't mean it never happens.

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Anonymous wrote:Not acceptable if the fence is not working and the dog is bounding out. My first instinct would be to let neighbors know that Rover is escaping and that you are worried about Rover's safety--first from traffic and second from people who might haul him off to animal control.

But if your neighbors don't respond, you use video + calls to animal control as needed.

Rover is not escaping. It’s just shocking to people who don’t know Rover will stop at property line but see a big dog running and barking at them.

I grew up in an area with lots of invisible fences but not a lot in the DMV. Interested to hear the responses.

Wrong. OP said he occasionally runs right through. There is a dog like this in my neighborhood and it drives me freaking crazy! And even when he isn’t running through he is barking like mad at everyone who walks by. Their house is near a walking trail and I have seen this dog out loose on the trail 4 times! Ridiculous.

Small black dog in Vienna?