I have used an invisible fence for 10 years with our lab. The key is training, training, and training. We use at our Northern home, and we used a portable one (PetSafe) in our Motorcoach. Our dog respects it. He has only had 1 or 2 shocks in the early days and now just knows his boundaries. Honestly the shocks are just a correction strength. They will not harm the dog. It’s not pleasant, they don’t like it. It startles them as much as anything. However, I still would never, here in The Villages, let my dog outside unattended. For the reasons stated above, and because dogs are dogs. In the right circumstance, something could trigger a given dog to to bolt towards something. Having said that though, I would totally have one here myself. We bought a villa so do not have need of one currently. If we ever were to purchase a house, it would be the first thing I’d do to the home.
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