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Originally Posted by perrjojo

We had invisible fencing at our home in Geogria. Our Westie did great with it for four years until a bunny ran across the yard and into a neighbors yard. He couldn't resist and ran after the bunny. After that he would literally back up and get a running start on the barrier. He learned that it only hurt for a moment and the "reward" was worth the pain. Once they are out, they must cross the barrier again to get home. I agree with other posters that you must also worry about who/what can get into your yard. We built a fence after that as there was no containing him any longer. Here in the villages have a CYV.

This has happened to other people I know. Also you have to know your breed. I have sighthounds and borzoi and greyhounds are not going to respect an electric fence. They are fast enough (45mph in the case of the greyhound) that they are through it before the shock stops them but wont come back home through it once they have recovered from whatever they were originally chasing. Adopted greyhound contracts, to the best of my knowledge, even forbid adoption with these fences. For that reason we bought a CYV even though we wanted a larger Designer home and a larger garage. All the 2 car garage CYV we were shown had short rear fences that didn't work for our dogs. We made the decision based on what would work to make each and every day easier for us. We DO walk our dogs, but there have been stretches of bad weather or times we have both been exhausted or sick when we were very happy to have that fenced yard and glad we didn't have to walk dogs. It's all about what works for each individual and it's not the first decision we've made based on being dog parents. Our dogs are very well trained (all are certified CGC and Registered Therapy Dogs) but what makes their life easier makes our life easier.