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    keeping a dog in a fenced yard?

    When we had trouble at first with Chester, we replaced the batteries in the collar and then had the collar replaced. We tested the transmitter and the underground wire. The more powerful collar AND another strand on top of the fence is what we're going with. As far as letting the dogs out...
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    keeping a dog in a fenced yard?

    Thanks! I think you're right, on the temptation to get out. There's plenty of kids and other dogs around that Chester has a tendency to stand at the fence even when you can see he's getting shocked! I had kiddingly mentioned putting an electric fence up, but am now seriously considering it...
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    keeping a dog in a fenced yard?

    elctric fencer I've considered an electric fencer wire around the top of the chain link. However we have alot of kids in the neighborhood and have hesitated. Is this common? I suppose that placing the fencer strand overhanging to the inside, should prevent little kids from touching it?
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    keeping a dog in a fenced yard?

    We have a 3 year old Shiba Inu that loves to run. And rather than run around in his 1/2 acre fenced in yard, he's taken to jumping the fence to run around the neighborhood. 6 months ago we bought an electonic invisible fence in addition to the 4 foot high chain-link fence. That has worked...
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