We just bought a wireless electronic fence here at HFWT for TheyTri doggie. We were all excited because heretofore we'd hooked her to a really long lead when she wanted to go out and while she loved running all over the backyard, I didn't love having to untangle her from around the trees six times a day and we have lost quite enough skin to rope burns, thank you. Rather than spending a gazillion dollars on an in-ground fence we decided to try the PetSafe wireless system.
The system is very cool. And it works. Perhaps too well.
The little booklet tells you that if you have an 'excitable' dog you should set the zapper collar to 6. TheyTri doggie is certainly 'excitable' so we followed this suggestion. OOPS. First forray out to learn about the warning beeps and the thing ZAPPED the bejezus out of her. The poor thing yelped and jumped a mile (TheyTri doggie has a vertical jump that LeBron would kill for). Then she came running to me for protection. I felt like such an ass.
Now she is afraid to go into the yard. Mr. TheyTri and I are dragging her around trying to get her used where the boundaries are. She's getting a little braver each time. But this morning she clearly had to have her morning poop but was literally scared...well, you know. I had to remove the collar and walk her on the street around the neighborhood before she relaxed enough to go!
I'm sure she'll get used to it but it's stressing me out! (what doesn't?)
The musings of a triathlon wife about life on the outside of transition.
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