invisible fence systems?

[clint]

[QUOTE=lauralite;8739617]
Not a quick solution, but I’ve had good luck with an invisible fence reinforcing a physical fence. I had two herding dog crosses (aussie mix and a border collie mix) and a catahoula and I only had issues when the batteries would die on the collars – at which point the catahoula would jump the fence and the border collie mix would squeeze through the slats. Newer collars blink when the battery is getting low, and that solved the escaping problem.

I moved last year with the border collie mix and the catahoula and was able to use just the invisible fence because they were so well conditioned to the electric fence. Of course they were a lot older then too, but I had absolutely zero escapes, even with deer running around tormenting them. We did have several very vocal stand-offs between the catahoula and the deer but no physical encounters.

So that is an option if you build a physical fence and the dog is able to jump it.

Agree that you are probably stuck with tying her out on a leash until you can get a physical fence built[/QUOTE]

We have a GSP and that is what worked for her. We put the invisible fence wire around the bottom of the regular fence, which enclosed about a two acre pasture. That pasture was fenced with a mesh wired to the bottom, but she would dig out without the invisible part. Once that was installed she never got out again. She was very easy to train to it, as she is sensitive.

[ezduzit]

I agree, go with a physical fence. We had IV for our previous dog; she was great with it mainly because she didn’t have a high prey drive and was shy of other dogs. Because of her wariness of other dogs, she was never out alone. I wanted to be there if one came into the yard. She never tested her boundaries.

Our current Golden is a hot mess when it comes to prey drive!!! I would never trust him with IV. We have a physical enclosure that really isn’t sturdy at all but he respects it. T-posts with vinyl wire about 4 feet tall zip tied to the posts. It works. Plus we don’t have to worry about other dogs or wild critters.

[tbchick84]

The problem for you is that border collies are smart. Once he figures out he can just run through the shock, it’s over. I used invisible fence very successfully with a golden retriever, but the collie figured it out in hours and was gone.

[subk]

I’ve had great success with various forms of invisible fences. We’ve always had high energy hunting dogs–lab, GSP, Eng Setter–and as long as we kept the batteries charged we had no problem keeping them in. Im kind of surprised to see all the flat out negatives here.

[scierra]

On our lost and found dog FB pages for my small town there are 2 dogs found with invisible fence collars. When I worked at a shelter we had a box of the collars that stray dogs came in with. That’s enough for me to say no to elec fencing.