Posted: 3/2/2017 10:45:00 PM EDT
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We live in the country with the closest neighbor being over 1/3 mile away. We have two male dogs, both around 2.5 years old. Red is a red heeler and Jack is a cross between a German shorthair and border collie. They have a 12'x16' shed for a kennel with 6'x16' fenced in outside area attached to it. Ever since they were puppies, we would let them out at least every other day. As soon as they get out, they play with us for a minute and then take off running for our woods. They disappear for 30 min or so and spend the rest of the day hanging out around the yard.
I always thought they were staying in our little 8 acres of woods chasing rabbits and playing while they were out of our sight. Last weekend, right after I finished putting them back in their kennel, a police car pulled up to the house. The officer asked if I had two dogs. He then told me that one of the neighbors complained that the dogs were frequently visiting their house. He was nice about it and told me to break them of it and then drove away. How do you retrain two adult dogs to stay near a house when they've been running around for years? Would neutering help? I don't want to tie them up. I have found that if I only let one out at a time, the lone dog out sticks around, but the one in the kennel is miserable. My first thought is shock collars and paying very close attention to them when they are out. Any suggestions? 
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Have you worked on recall with them individually? You and the house need to be more interesting and rewarding than whatever they are running off and doing together.
Are you outside with them when they run off? Sometimes they can get into trouble when they have a partner in crime. 
I've seen the new wireless invisible fences they have, but they aren't very big. That, too, will require training of course. |
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Have you worked on recall with them individually? You and the house need to be more interesting and rewarding than whatever they are running off and doing together. Are you outside with them when they run off? Sometimes they can get into trouble when they have a partner in crime.
I've seen the new wireless invisible fences they have, but they aren't very big. That, too, will require training of course. I haven't tried working with them individually. There seems to be no need. They only take off when they're together. We're outside when they run off. If I let them out, they will run around and play with me for about a minute and then they bolt. |
| Fence. My dog used to wander off for miles, but that was when her brother was still alive and with us. Now that she's alone, she stays closer to home (thanks to the coyotes). Dogs on the whole do not respect fences or property lines. They do what dogs do -- go underneath, jump over, go around. |
| we had an underground fencing 20 acres. the dogs statring breaching it and would disappear for a while. Next the neighbor shot one and kill the other. you are lucky you got warning. I fenced with barbed wire 40 acres and put the underground fence wire on the second strand from the bottom with the bottom two wires closer together than for cattle. This way they have to stop and not run thru the electronic barrier. We keep the batteries in their collars good and test them regularly. It was a lot of money but the dogs stay on my property.. |
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I have 3 Dags and a Hidden Electric fence
Socks- Jack Russel / Beagle Lacey the Meth Lab - Yellow lab / Pitbull Beckham - Yellow Lab / Belgian Malinois The 1st 2 never leave or attempt to touch their boundaries However Beckham gets and will take 4 feet of high intense shock to get any and everything he deems prey on the other side . It was explained to me like this If you drop a $ dollar bill in a Porta Potty would you reach in and Grab it ? Probably Not How about a $5.00 your thinking bout it How about a $20 . Some are going to dip their hands in vile nasty blue How about a $50 . Yep you are getting blue stain hands Point is the fence works for most but not all Beckham will cross the fence and take a massive shock just to chase Butterflies but if there is no temptation he stays 4 feet back from the line |
| if you just have fence they will find a way out. If you just have the electronic they will get out. That is why I went with the electronic fence with collars and a barbed wire fence built to make them stop to get thru it. My GSD, Malinois, and GSD mix all stay on the property. It was a lesson learned loosing my favorite dog but hopefully it won't repeat. The dogs just want to have fun and your neighbors don't want the bother. |
| We've used shock collars with great success in training several dogs to obey our commands. You need to use them properly or you'll cause more problems than you've already got. There are videos and instructions you can find in a web search to help. I've used the shock collars to stop one of my dogs that would run after deer and be gone for hours. Now when I take him out and he sees a deer all I need to do is say,"no," and he'll just look at them. I can let my very friendly, and when need be, protective rottweiler out and if there's anyone in sight a "no," will stop him in his tracks. |
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A hound dog is going to run in the woods. They are hard wired to run in the woods.
My beagles used to stay relatively close when we took them to our lease but eventually they are going to run. Oddly enough they stay in our yard at the house even though one of them could easily clear the fence. I think it's because there is enough in the yard to keep them happy, between the squirrels, rats, moles and possums. If it were me I would have a fence around my house but I'm one of those people that likes fences. I would even have one if I had "land in the country". Especially if I had land in the country, there are troublemakers there just as in the city, and no witnesses. My supervisor is a horse person and has a very very nice spread "out in the country". They are regularly robbed and vandalized. |
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Start with the invisible fence, then add the barbed wire with the low wire if necessary. Diggers can get under a regular fence in under five minutes.
My old dog would test the batteries in his invisible fence collar. Make sure you test them before the dogs figure out they're dead. |
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Invisible fence can now work off gps coordinates, not actual buried wire. My brother just set up 15 acres that way for his dogs. I'd be curious as to the brand he chose. Got a 360 acre family farm that it would be good for. That does sound like a good option. Not cheap though. |
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Just out of curiosity... How many nipples do your dogs have? One has 3 and the other has 7. Why? Mine seems to be missing a couple. Doesn't sound like yours can spare any either. Yours is worse off than mine. |