Re: Keeping dogs out of perennial beds

Might have a problem with that narrow of an effect.  If the Dog is to close to the wire when it is "shocked" it might end up jumping onto the other side of the wire. I believe that is why they set the radius to around 6 feet.
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: perennials@hort.net
Sent: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:02:39 -0500
Subject: Re: Keeping dogs out of perennial beds


> We use large rocks (large rocks look good) placed by the plants that get 
> the most abuse when our coonhound starts chasing airplanes...works for the 
> most part....but the better the maze the better the results....
> Now we know folks who use an "invisable fence" around garden 
> areas....electronic collar and all that...buried wire etc....100% 
> success...

Do you know anything more about the electric fences with collars?

I have the same problems with my dog, Romeo (http://www.mallorn.com/~romeo/).
There's one bed in back that's just about devoid of plants now because he
runs back ad forth over it chasing squirrels on the power lines.

I had purchased an electric fence but never installed it because it sounded
like it radiated out a 6' radius from the wire.  My yard is too small and
has too many beds to create such ambiguous boundaries -- I need something
that works only if the wire is crossed, not if you come near it.

Is there anything out there like that?

Chris

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