Most of the dog owners who are concerned about the safety of their dogs use dog containment systems to fence their yards where the dogs are allowed to stay. Basically, these are electronic systems that provide for aversive stimuli in the form of a loud beep followed by a safe, mild and painless electric shock delivered from the transmitter placed inside the house to the collar around the dog’s neck. The aversive stimuli are delivered to the dog only in the case it approaches too much of the proximity sensors that border the containment area considered safe by the dog owner.
The aversive stimuli make the dog feeling uncomfortable while it attempts to cross the invisible boundary and it will learn very fast to avoid these unpleasant sensations by simply stopping at the warning beep.
These pet containment systems have numerous benefits that millions of pet owners have enjoyed and continues to enjoy. Among these advantages we can count:
• The dogs are better protected against various mishaps, like road accidents or animal run-ins that can happen when they are outside the safe area. You will then be able to save on the psychological and financial costs of such accidents. The dog is protected in two ways.
Firstly, the loud beep issued by the collar will alert you and you’ll have enough time to prevent the dog from escaping.
Secondly, the beep startles the dog and determines it to stop its activity.
If he still persists, then the electric shock will be delivered that will stop him in his tracks. You dog will then not go into the road in the line of passing cars or not be engaged in fights with other animals. Train your dog to come in house when it hears the warning beep.
• Just a single shock is often sufficient for any dog to learn of the association between his bad behavior and the possible consequences. You can adjust the level of shock that will be delivered to your dog depending on its size, its temperament and the general circumstances surrounding the attempt to cross.
Such adjustability is necessary since your dog will require lesser amounts of electric shock as his training progresses. After a few weeks your dog will get used to stop when it hears the sound of warning, and then you can set the minimum level of intensity for the electric shocks to be delivered just in case.
• You will be able to avoid spending time, money and effort to build a material fence.
You will also avoid spending on the maintenance and the additional real estate taxes required by the physical fences.
You don’t need another system for another safe containment place, just move the transmitter on the center of the new containment area and install the sensors on its borders. After you have delimited the area where you want your dog to be contained, by placing the proximity sensors in some points of its borders, all you need to do is to set ON the transmitter of the dog containment system.
The dog containment systems reduce the risks your dog is exposed to, and also its possibilities to run away or produce damages to neighbors or in your own house.
