Oh,Barefoot, I hope you weren't thinking I was talking to you. I think invisible fencing is a great idea. I'm a bit jealous of all of you that can use it. It's such a great idea if you can have a dog that respects it. I have felt the shock it gives the dog before and I don't think it's more impressive than a static shock that you could get walking across a carpet. I had ScatMat's in my doorways to train my dogs to stay out of the carpet covered areas (living room/dining room) and my hounds would NEVER think of stepping on it after the first time. I would walk over it in my bare feet and it was unpleasant like a static shock, but not painful. My Great Pyrenees would walk over it any time he felt like he needed to remind me he could. He never did it if I was around, but when I left for the day he would on occasion just walk over it and walk around the table, just for the heck of it. I would come home and find footprints around the dining room table. He was proving a point. He could if he wanted to, but he CHOOSE not to most of the time he was telling me. Pyrs are like that. Great Pyrenees are another breed that won't respect the fence- too bull headed and don't really care if the shock comes or not. I used to say "What's wrong with MY personality that I'm so attracted to such a difficult breed?" I still can't be without a real fence, but oh well, I do love my pups and I totally approve of the fencing if you're lucky enough to be able to use it. I think it's a REMARKABLE tool and would use it myself if I could. For now I'll just drool over all the models of homes I can't have that are fenceless. I'm really looking forward to all the new doggy friends also and we can play in my tiny yard from time to time.
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