Does anyone have any experience of invisible dog fencing to keep my dog from ruining my lawn.?
1. I’m not a big fan of electric collars/fences. A big, energetic dog can run right through them–the shock isn’t enough to deter a dog with drive or one with some energy. Imagine THIS scenario: your lab sees a squirrel, gets up a head of steam and runs INTO the area you want to keep her out of. At that point, the electric fence would confine her to the area you want to keep her out of. Yes, I’ve seen instances where it worked (mostly small dogs). But my dog and I have been attacked twice (one by an Irish Setter, another by a Lab) that ran through an invisible fence. Saw another instance where a smaller dog (a mixed cocker-lab) continually ran through her invisible fence. So it’s not fool proof. Here’s another suggestion: it sounds like the problem is that your lab scratches (ie: cleans her feet) after defacating/peeing and is wiping out your lawn–train her to not scratch the feet. It’s always hard to train a dog to NOT do something so what you’re really trying to get her to do is to
