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From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net
BWEEEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHHAHHAAA!!!
You're a DOG ABUSER, dale.
"Dale Atkin" wrote in message
news:UBdDd.1491$L_6.1186@edtnps91...
> > Can anybody give me some idea as to what an invisible fence
goes for and
> > how it is priced?
>
> For the 2.5 acres that we're on, we got an estimate between
1500-1800
> Canadian. I probably won't be going for it though, as it isn't
my house, and
> I don't think I'll be here long enough to justify it. Traffic
really isn't
> bad here either, so not that much of a concern.
> The collars were about $300 each.
> I think weather it is worth it or not depends a great deal on
your exact
> situation. I know if we were in the city with a fenced yard, I
wouldn't be
> considering it. You also have to make sure you do the proper
training, and
> even with the proper training, it isn't fool proof. Recently
(1:30am New
> Years Day) had a dog turn up on my doorstep wearing only an
invisible fence
> collar (why he didn't have some other ID on him is anybody's
guess, maybe he
> ran out the front door or something...). I *think* this dog
belonged to the
> owner of the local IF franchise (so he should know how to train
his dog...).
> In his defence, I don't know how long he's had the dog, or how
long he's
> been on the system. You do hear of dogs that will never test the
boundaries
> though once they are trained on them (heard of a couple in here
where the
> fence was off for weeks without the dog noticing). There is also
a dog down
> the street, who will stand at the edge of her fence line while
her collar
> beeps away at her, but not cross the line.
>
> Dale
>
>
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