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[QUOTE=janmcn;621753]The problem I see with invisible fences is they keep your dogs in, but don't keep other animals out. This is fine for those that constantly watch their dogs, but for anyone who would leave their pets unattended, another dog could attack them, or worse yet, a coyote.[/QUOTE

Just my opinion, but I'm thinking folks that go to the expense and training time to make this system work are not going to leave their dogs unattended for very long in any event, especially around here where there are coyotes and gators. What about the guy who had to jump into a pond and fight an alligator to get his little dog out of the gator's mouth? My guess is if he had an invisible fence, the dog would never have gotten down to that pond.

We had an electronic fence for our first golden, in Michigan. We also had a domestic turkey that escaped from a farm and showed up in the woods behind our house, stayed in the neighborhood from November harassing everyone, till someone finally cornered it in their garage, closed the door and called Critter Catchers to have it removed, in May. Everyone had tried to chase it of,f including me by letting the dog out the back door. The turkey (don't ever let anyone tell you they're stupid) figured out where the invisible fence line was up in the woods and would skirt along the fence while the dog chased him. But the dog never ran through the fence.

I'm a believer.