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There are many ways to keep your dog confined to certain areas on your property, especially if you’d like to protect your landscaped lawns, garden, swimming pool and fish pond. Having an electric dog fence installed is one of the best ways that you can keep your dog from going to areas of your property that you don’t want it to go, or even better, from going to the houses of your neighbors, who would complain to you.

The Way An Electric Dog Fence Works

In an electric dog fence, there are two main components - a receiver (also known as radio collar), which the dog will be required to wear; and a transmitter, which is basically an electric wire placed underground around the perimeter of your garden where you’d like your dog to be kept in.

When the dog nears the protected boundary, this wire will transmit a weak signal to the dog’s collar battery, causing it to beep. Most dogs will instantly return by the way they came when they hear the sound, but if a dog decides to cross the fence, then the collar will administer a mild, non-hurtful electrical shock. When a dog receives the shock, it learns to keep away from the fence.

With the advancement of technology today, you can find wireless dog fence receivers as well as some waterproof dog collars, in many stores

Benefits of an Electric Dog Fence

The most obvious benefit of an electic dog fence is that it protects you property as well as your neighbors’ from your dog’s games, but that’s not all. Since this fence has wires buried underground, you won’t need to put up any traditional fences, around your home and garden, to spoil the beautiful landscape. With time, your own plants will grow without any hindrance and they’ll become a much prettier natural fence.

Another advantage of the electric dog fence is that your dog will not be able to cross the border if people are walking on the road, thus preventing it from hurting anyone. And of course, your dog will be able to run around the area you design for it, with the freedom of not having to be locked in or tied up to a tree.

With the use of an electric dog fence, your view from inside and outside of your home will not be obstructed, and is also beneficial to you if your neighborhood community forbids the installation of traditional fences

If you do decide to go for it, compare the prices and the quality of several products before you make a choice; don’t forget to check online stores too. Some of these electric dog fence systems are reasonably priced. Remember that you’re investing in your dog’s safety. You’ll be glad you got one.

If there’s one problem most dog owners share, it’s all that noisy barking. Whether you own a small or a big dog, the annoyance can be the same. It can get worse when you own several dogs who all bark incessantly. The problems can go on and on. What’s a dog owner to do? You can get your dog a Petsafe bark collar.

How a No-Bark Collar Works

You first have to be aware of the three types of deterrent systems available: spray, ultrasonic, and static. A no-bark collar works in this way: when it detects your dog barking, it releases a stimulus in the form of a dog-safe spray, a high-pitched sound only dogs can hear, or a low-voltage electric shock. Each of these pose no harm whatsoever to your dog. The purpose of the collar is for your dog to link, by experience, the unpleasant disruption with his barking.
You’ll notice over time that your dog will be a barking a great deal less compared to when he was not wearing the no-bark collar.

How to settle on the collar that’s right for your dog?

Dogs come in many sizes, so do the collars - small, medium, and large. The point is to get a collar that is fit - not overly big, not too tight. Remember that the device on the collar is essentially a small, bulging box. So keep in mind how big your dog is when you search online or shop in a pet store.

The collar that’s worth the money

Sometimes, dogs can be too playful.
That means there’s big chance your dog can ruin his collar’s device by bumping it around, or soaking it wet.
Further, if the adjustment controls on the device are of poor design, your dog might inadvertently adjust the settings by jostling it around during play. You also have a problem if the device, which triggers on the sound of your dog’s barking, can’t tell if the sound’s source is a dog or a loud, passing truck.
The result would be a dog that keeps on barking, since the deterrent is not consistent with the occurrence of the behaviour to be curbed.

You want a collar that works as advertised

So, to sum up, a collar that fits your dog’s size, works well even when exposed to water, withstands getting jostled around, and can tell whether the loud sound is a bark or a truck passy by. Of the many collars in the market that does all these and more is the Petsafe bark collar.