I surrender to the white flag!!

[Lorraine Bromley]

We have had a couple of close calls with Neely getting out of our yard and running away. Our fence is not the problem it is the humans that close the fence. Neely has come home each time he has been called for but who knows how far he got or if he crossed our busy road and just got lucky.
I have been wanting to get an electric fence and my husband didn't want to. I lost it at him after the last little adventure Neely had. So he got one and we installed it today.
The wire is in and you mark it off with these little white flags so as to teach them the boundry as well. So we put it on Neely and put on his leash as well. We walked him around the perimeter saying bad flag as well. He did get too close and got a shock and did alittle dance. This happened a couple of times. That was that. He figured out very shortly that those flags are bad things and he is NOT going anywhere near them. I took down the flags in one section to see if he would cross with out them there and he did with no hesitation. Then he was shocked and got over the wires and would not go back. When we finally did get him to walk back into his yard area he smelled the places that the wire was buried even though they still weeren't marked with the flags. After that shock he wouldn't come off the front porch. We put the bad flags back up so he will learn to stay with in that boundry with a minimum of shocks neccessary. My kids didn't want the stupid fence cause Jazzie our old farm dog doesn't go anywhere or cross the road and they think Neely will learn too. They also thought that the shocking was mean. They also thought crate training was mean. It is alot better to get a few shockes now then a big ass truck run you over later. I do beleive with the fence and the electric fence my Neely will be safe and sound. No one will be able to pick him up and try and take him out of our yard either with that collar on cause he will be up and out of there lickety split!

[Lorraine Bromley]

well i did have a team. My husband and my two boys. We installed it through a grove of pines so we had some tree trimming to do as well. It took over four hours including that type of work on top.
Neely still wouldn't go anywhere near the flags today so was able to hang around with out being tied up today while we were out front.
He did get distracted when he was going for a car ride to a ball game and his black lab buddy was getting in the car first on the other side of the flags in the driveway. Those flags are bent over more and do not show up as well with out he colour contrast of the lawn instead of the gravel. He got shocked again and we had a hard time taking him back over the wired area. When we got home from ball later on he wouldn't go near the flags at all and when he had to go he went facing them and man did he keep an eye on those flags incase they snuck up on him while he was distracted. We will go really slowly removing the flags so he gets to know where it starts. I just wanted to try and see if he would realize the border with out the flags not to remove them right away. We will need a flag or two so we don't attempt to weed with any sharp tools through that wire.

[April Cliber]

Don't remove a whole section of flags. Remove every other one. Then several days later remove every other one again. That works much better. Good luck!

[Kevin Poole, Penny & Ozzy]

My wife used one foe her Doberman during her previous marriage to save her flower borders, says the dog got shocked once and that was it, no problems after that. But apparently used to worry like hell, if my wife went over it. I always thought it seemed a bit extreme, but have to admit it works.

[Sherill Lockwood]

Good job on the fence. Your kids will get over it. I agree with you--->getting run over is meaner then getting a few little shocks. He'll learn fast and then there won't be any shocks or any scares for you either. I can't believe you installed your own! I thought it took a team of people and an engineer to do that. I may have to look into it.