Wireless Electric Dog Fences

2 experiences for us, both of them have not been very successful.

We bought an underground variety at our last house.  It worked well at first but then my husband ran over the wire with lawn mower (he is color blind and couldn't see the red wire on green grass). He patched it back together but our dog had already figured out it was temporarily not on. After that she just didn't care. She would run through it knowing full well she was going to be zapped. We eventually just scrapped the whole fence idea.

Fast forward to our current situation. Our neighbors accross the street have one. It is not underground but some other type. They have a boxer that breaks through the fence frequently. I don't know if they don't have the fence on, if her collar batteries are dead or what but she will go for weeks staying in their yard then all of the sudden she is in my driveway cornering my kids and barking like mad at my dog. It has really been a problem. I should add that they leave the dogs (they have 2 but we only have trouble with one) outside unattended all day while they are both at work. Not a good plan.

Good luck and have fun with that puppy!

I have a wireless PetSafe brand fence.  Worked well for our two beagles though the runt would break through every so often.  Easy to set up and train.  That one had a 90ft radius which fit our 1.2 acres.  Left them have the run of the yard all day.  I think Havahart has one with a much larger radius but I don't know much about it.  You can also couple two unit together with an overlap that would give the pup even more room.

Best of luck with the puppy.  I'll be going thru that again in the spring. 

BTW I'll be looking for a mountain cur in the spring if anyone knows someone having puppies near NW PA.

 I bought ours at HD for around 200 bucks. I opted to run the wire inside a cheap plastic conduit made from irrigation drip line. 100 ft roll of that was 12-13 bucks. The idea being that most of our "fenceline" was going to be in the mulched flowerbeds around our house. We are able to move the line around a bit if we decide to plant more stuff in the beds. They are also easy to find in the flowerbeds (no cut wires!) and real easy to cover with mulch. We only had about a 30-40 ft. run that I buried in the front yard. I already owned a masonry blade for cutting the driveway. Just cut at a seam and caulk over. They're only 15 dollars and work with a circular saw.

  Our dog learned to respect electricity and the little flags after one jolt. She knows the boundaries and thinks she can only cross them with a human holding her on a leash to keep from getting zapped. She hasn't figured out the part where I remove her receiver collar before her walk part yet! She has breached the line twice so far in the two years or so that we've had the fence. I think it's extremely effective considering all the temptations she is subjected to. We have deer roaming through our yard 24/7, racoons, coyotes, not to mention every other animal species in South Texas AND her best bud across the street digs under his gate and comes over all the time. They'll run full bore up to the line and she stops as the other pup runs over it.

Add me to the Invisible Fence bandwagon, holds back our Australian Shepherd and that takes some doing