I feel so bad... what a horrible thing to come home too. here we go again.... breed... flame away... http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6047958/
"It doesn't matter what breed it is," he said. "Any dog can be dangerous." It must just be coincidence that it's a Pit Bull in the news for this 90% of the time.
hear that all the time... any type can do it... but a majority are the Pits... there is no sugar coating this... Also proof that an electric fence shouldn't be relied on as a safe containment...
It was and is safe containment from those inside getting out. If it were not the Jack Russels would have probably ran.
Like I said and you can't prove otherwise it isn't a safe containment for pets... they could've run all over the containment area... Safe isn't one able to get in and out and one not able to get out...
what happened to those cups of joe???? dbl post...:lol::lol: ok that was a quick delete... game is on.... LOL
This hits home with me. My two dogs are on an electric fence. I usually let them out in the yard and then don't give it a second thought. I just let them back in after a while. They are contained, but the other day I open the door and a big pit looking dog is in my yard nose to nose with my lab!!! Now my lab isn't scared, but I was scared and my other dog was useless in helping my lab chase him off. Thank goodness the dogs came when I called and the other one left, but dogs wander into our yard all the time. It does make me re-think the electric fence, but owners need to keep their friggin dogs in their yard because if one of mine is hurt there is going to be heck to pay and if their dog is hurt by my dog defending itself there is nothing I can do about it. So so sad. :cry:
So fences are not safe enclosures if one animal cannot get out but another can get in? Nice redefinition. The only safe containment area is an armored room with no windows, right?
Containment is generally designed to keep certain animals in and not everything out. The containment was safe for the use just not all possible events. The same can be said of every fence system in certain circumstances.
Keep digging your hole of stupidity on this subject Wayne... Its not a redefinition either by the way... but keep digging away... how bout a chain link fence or a wooden privacy fence... you don't need to get carried away with your armor reference....
The dog can and will get out, not to long ago a neighbors Jack got out cause the battery went dead in his collar..and he was in MY yard. Which he is a sweet dog, but just the same. I wouldn't trust those fences at all. Sheri
Your dog can get out and get into someone's yard and you're mad because the neighbor's dog got out? :? I do agree that if you have a fence an owner has to be responsible for keeping the batteries changed, but if your dog can get out and go in their yard I'm sure they don't trust your confinement either. Maybe I am misunderstanding and you meant that your dog can't get out and into someone else's yard.
Neither will prevent any another animal from getting although they can prevent the contained animal from getting out.
Just my two cents, but we see dogs with electric fence collars on all the time at the shelter. The battery dies, or they chase another dog or squirrel out of the area and are too afraid to get back in.... 90% of these collars have no ID on them. I was interested in electric fence a few years back, but after seeing so many 'lost' dogs who's parents thought they were 'safe' changed my mind.
The bottom line is owner responsibility. Do everything you can to make sure the containment you choose - what works best for you (because the fence has always worked great for us) - is working properly and keeping the dog in your yard. And make sure that in the event of them getting out they have the proper tags on that can identify who they belong to. If a dog is not properly microchipped or has identifying tags IMO that is also irresponsible of the dog owner.
My Shletie figured out real quick if she just kept running, it would stop shocking her. She wanted out THAT bad. :? They are great if you are out there WITH your dog, but I wouldn't trust them as my primary method of keeping my dog in, especially unsupervised.
