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From: Casey Bralla <MailList@NerdWorld.org>
> OK, I know this is ridiculous, but y'all are the smartest group I know.
>
>
> My stoopid beagle (who acts a little autistic) has lost her "invisible fence"
> training. She's learned that the short pain of the collar is worth it if she
> gets to wander around the neighborhood. She stays in the yard when we are
> home, but quickly leaves if we do. We can't leave her tied up because she
> is able to get tangled very quickly, adn then is stuck outside of her dog
> house in bad weather. (She's kind of like a reverse-Houdini: she gets
> tangled up in her leash when there's nothing to get tangled on!)
>
> Oddly, she learned the collar _VERY_ fast because even the little beeping
> noise it made scared her.
>
>
> I am thinking of doing something like the following:
>
> 1. Beat the crap out of her (figuratively speaking) when she goes outside the
> fence.
> 2. Buy a new "high power" collar that she will find more unconfortable.
> 3. Buy a radio collar which will continue to shock her as long as she is
> outside the range of the transmitter.
>
>
> Anybody have any other ideas? This dog is kind of sweet, but she's always
> been a difficult dog to keep due to her many oddities, and this is bringing
> us to the edge of tolerance.
>
Our "invisible fence" company will come out and retrain the dog for free. Is that an option? And our fence has an adjustable "jolt" - maybe turning that up would make her think twice.
But, your story is one of the reasons that I didn't trust the whole "invisible fence" idea. That said, it's worked great for our lab.