Suggested this to a friend who had a dog who dug her way under the fence
regularly. She got too close to the wire once, the friend turned off the
electric, and the dog never went anywhere near the wire again. She was no
smarter -- or dumber -- than any other dog.

Suzy, zone 5, Wis.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Lukas Louw" wrote in message
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Let me guess: If not for your wife, you'd handle this correctly, using
this dog training tool:
http://www.cz-usa.com/01.detail.php?id=65

Not quite, but if not for my wife I'd have installed an electric fence,
but oh no, that's cruel!


It's not cruel. You bait the fence with something the animal likes. This
causes the animal to become quickly acquainted with the presence of the
fence. If deer are any indication, they learn after one or two visits that
the area near the fence is not a good place to be. Dogs....hard to say.
Deer
are smart. Dogs are stupid.