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Nice One Rover!

23 August, 2009 - 22:34 — brenda

Rover, an aptly named Labrador, was not happy when his owner, Emily Harrison, put an anti-rambling collar round his glossy neck. As is well known, these work by emitting a warning buzz when the dog approaches a buried perimeter wire; if the dog keeps going, the buzz gets louder, then becomes a slight electric shock. The smart animal soon learns to turn back as soon as it hears the buzz.

 

So Emily was rather surprised when, after just a few days, Rover went back to his rambling ways. She fetched him home, and changed the collar’s battery. However, that very same afternoon, Rover took off again. This time Emily took the “faulty” collar back to the vets, and exchanged it for a new one. Imagine her surprise when within a few hours, Rover had absconded once more, and mysteriously, the brand new battery in the brand new collar was found to be dead yet again!

 

So this time, when Emily had replaced the battery, she decided to keep an eye on the escape artist. From her open kitchen window, she watched Rover creep slowly towards the perimeter. At the very moment when the buzzing began, he lay down. Obviously very annoyed, but at the same time admiring of her pet’s cleverness, she continued to observe. After a while, the buzz began to weaken. Eventually, it faltered, spluttered once or twice, gasped, and died. At that point, Rover sprang up, and tail wagging gleefully, took off out through the gate.

 

Asked what she was going to do next, Emily replied: “Change his name to Houdini, and keep the gate closed!”

 

This wonderful tale is just one of a number of cautionary words about these radio fences that people should be aware of - although I don't think this particular story would be too common.

One of my main concerns with these fences is that if a dog were to chase after something they might run through the pain without noticing as the adrenalin would increase their pain tolerance. If this happens the dog is then stuck outside of the property and even if they weren't normally that inclined to wander might just wander off looking for people.

Other concerns I have heard of is that while they may stop your dog from leaving the property of his own free will they certainly will not protect them from being stolen or attacked by loose dogs that wander onto the property.

I won't deny that they do seem to work quite well for some people, but I would advise careful thought and possibly consultation with a trainer before purchasing one. I actually bought one many years ago and never actually used it in the end as I realised that my dogs would probably not be good candidates due to their very high prey drive.

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