Do “Invisible Fences” work for beagles?
The short is answer is “it works for some beagles, but not all”. And to that I would append that I would never leave a beagle unattended within an invisible fence. I have an invisible fence around 4 acres of woods on my property. The beagles go out there under supervision. Spenser, our escape artist, has run through the invisible fence many times when in pursuit of a deer. He will stand as close as possible to it while he looks “out”. Spenser has to wear a radio-controlled collar which allows us to give him a correction if he gets out – this brings him back very quickly. (When an invisible fence is successful, the dog thinks that it’s “all shock out there”. Once a dog runs through he or she learns that the shock is only temporary.) Scooter won’t get near the invisible fence. I have seen him come to a screeching halt when he realized he was running close to it.
The short is answer is “it works for some beagles, but not all”. And to that I would append that I would never leave a beagle unattended within an invisible fence. I have an invisible fence around 4 acres of woods on my property. The beagles go out there under supervision. Spenser, our escape artist, has run through the invisible fence many times when in pursuit of a deer. He will stand as close as possible to it while he looks “out”. Spenser has to wear a radio-controlled collar which allows us to give him a correction if he gets out – this brings him back very quickly. (When an invisible fence is successful, the dog thinks that it’s “all shock out there”. Once a dog runs through he or she learns that the shock is only temporary.) Scooter won’t get near the invisible fence. I have seen him come to a screeching halt when he realized he was running close to it. Clayton is also afraid of the fence, but on 2 occasions he has forgotten about it and run through chasing Spenser who was first
