| Underground fences for pets have become | | | | Unlike the traditional fence, this system is easy to |
| popular to pet owners. Underground fences or | | | | install and maintain. It is less expensive than |
| hidden fences are not actually a fence. It is a | | | | putting up a fence or chain link fences. You can |
| term used for radio-signaled device used by pet | | | | use a hidden fence to surround areas that you |
| owners as containment system. Depending on the | | | | want to protect such as your pool or garden |
| type of system, this device operates with the | | | | without having to add an unsightly fence. This |
| use of wire, installed underground or above | | | | system is usually acceptable with neighborhood |
| ground that transmits a radio signal that a wire, | | | | associations that do not approve physical fences. |
| acting as an antenna, turns into an | | | | This is also a great alternative if your do not |
| electromagnetic wave and transmit a radio signals | | | | want physical fence hindering your view of the |
| to a receiver collar worn by the dog. When the | | | | neighborhood. This type of system is also great |
| collar gets within range of the boundary, it emits | | | | for indoors to keep dogs out of certain area or |
| a warning tone audible to the dog, and when the | | | | rooms inside your house. |
| collar crosses the boundary, it emits a signal that | | | | Training is necessary in using this type of fence. |
| causes a static-like shock. | | | | When the dog learns to return to the yard after |
| This type of containment has been used to most | | | | hearing the tone it is time for the dog to |
| states that have a dog containment law. Pet | | | | experience the physical correction give him/her a |
| owners cannot let their pets to wander the | | | | reward or praise. After about a week, try off |
| neighborhood freely. There are other ways to | | | | leash training. Slowly, the dog will learn his/her |
| contain a pet, such as, cages, chain links and even | | | | boundary. |
| with the use of traditional physical fence. | | | | |