[jthomas1600]

Just thought maybe others might be currious ( I was untill I bought one) about wireless perimiters with shock collars. We recently got a new dog--she's perfect for our family. We did not want her running free as we have lost two dogs to cars and she was not getting enough human contact in the back yard so I bouhgt a wireless system. I was afraid it would be hard for her to learn and she might get shocked a lot which would realy bother me. I carried the collar in the palm of my hand and crossed the perimiter. It startled me - like wow - but did not realy hurt. It beeps for a few seconds before it shocks. She got shocked twice the first day and tried to follow my wife to the mail box on the second day--oops. That was it. Now she knows the boundries and gets plenty of human contact by being able meet us when we come home etc. They're pretty expensive almost $300 but I think in our case it improved her quality of life so much it will be a worth while invesment.

[Folk_guy]

My parents had a dog that was digging under the fence and getting out of the yard all the time. The electric fence with shock collar was the answer. The dog learned very quickly and rarely was shocked after the first couple days.

[Thrash]

not trying to resurect an old thread for no reason, but...

how do these work on hilly terrain?
We need one badly for my dog, yet my dad said he checked em out and apparently he read that they do not work right on hilly terrain and that is what our yard mostly consists of

[jthomas1600]

My yards flat so I can't help with first hand experience. In the manual that came with my unit it said that the perimeter might be "irregular" on hilly terrain--what ever that means. They do have the kind where you bury a wire which I suppose would work well, but in my case would've been a lot of extra work. As I said in my initial post, dogs seem to train real easy with these, and it's so nice not to have to worry about my dog running off.