The Rip Van Wrinkler, XXI, Issue 1, February 2017 |
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Our club has always had the position that invisible fences are dangerous. Below is a piece from the Wrinkler 16 years ago, plus a more recent plea on from a Greyhound Alert Group. Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2000 Aunt Susan and I were coming down the long and rocky driveway of my house with the first shift of Basenjis when all of a sudden, from our new neighbors house, (the one with all the little white flags around it), came two black lab puppies, bounding right through their electric fence, and towards us. They stopped to sniff the 'senjis and were caught by their owner. She was stunned that they had not even flinched as they went through the electric fence, which was supposed to be on. She had quite a time trying to get both puppies in her grasp, while we stifled our giggles. Then came the problem. She was worried because she could not take the collars off the dogs because she would have nothing to hold on to keep them from running away. They would have to be dragged back through the fence and get shocked. There was no other way to get them home. By the way, she said the guys who installed the invisible fence had said the first real test of the fence would be people walking dogs anywhere around. & Michael J. McCann to Greyhound Amber Alert - December 15, 2015 I got a call from my vet last night: her daughter had put her dogs in the yard when she got home from school, and an hour later, one of them, a terrier mix, was missing. She told me that she thought a coyote had grabbed him. I ran over with my infrared camera, as it was after dark. It took us over an hour, but, we found him a couple hundred yards from home. He had fought off the coyote and most likely tried to get home. The shock collar around his neck had prevented his return, so he went back into the woods to lay down to die. When we found him he was pretty torn up with a temp of 94°F. It looks like we got to him just in time. Invisible fencing is not going to keep animals, or other threats out of your yard. If your dog runs through the barrier in pursuit of a critter, he's going to get corrected by that collar if he tries to get back.
Malley Heinlein has written a piece for Clean Run on Shibas in agility.
Check for it in their March issue. M on their cover, March 2010. Vegan collarsCollars by Jennifer Marks. Ember Skye DesignsFern design for Fernie. Gift from Linda Butterworth. Liner looks handsome in it.
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