When I left for my mini vacation on Thursday, I had planned out Sampson and Delilah’s exercise routine. I scheduled my flight for later in the afternoon, so the morning would be available for a nice long walk.
My flight left Orlando early Monday morning, so I would be home in enough time to get them up to the field/woods for a half hour or so before the LaCrosse team over-populated the area.
Friday was a daycare day and Hubby had it off, so that left Saturday and Sunday. I asked Hubby, “Will you walk the dogs?”
He said he would.
Due to certain circumstances his time was limited this weekend (that’s the other story I have for you, but I’m still waiting for the official report so it has to wait.)
He ended up with walks around the block.
As usual when we walk around the block, Sampson is off leash and Delilah is on the 15 footer. We always have a leash with us just in case Sampson needs to be leashed.
When Hubby walked them on Sunday night he said there were quite a few people out walking so he leashed Sampson and shortened up Delilah’s leash. As he was approaching the house with the electric fence he saw the two dogs running towards him.
He said that it actually went quite well, the two dogs approached Sampson and Delilah, one was yellow and one was black, they both were older. The black one is usually the one who runs back and forth as we walk by. Hubby said Delilah and the black dog sniffed each other and one of them snapped at the other. He said he thought Delilah actually got a little ‘pushy’ with the other dog and the dog snapped at her, but he couldn’t be sure.
After the dogs all sniffed each other, the other dogs kind of followed Hubby, Sampson and Delilah. As they approached their house their owner came out with their collars and the dogs said, “No way.”
They took off.
Hubby said the owner chased the dogs for a while, and then he got in his car to try to catch them. When Hubby reached our road, he saw the dogs in someone’s yard, the owner pulled into the driveway and the dogs ran off again. 🙂
Two thoughts…..
One : What’s the point of an electric fence if you aren’t using the collars?
Two: I wonder now that the dogs have ‘met’ if they will still be running back and forth when we walk by?
Hmm. . .I think the dogs will still bark at the fence – it’s their way of protecting their property 🙂 Cali has met several dogs in the neighborhood – but they still bark at her if they see her from behind the fence. I used to take home a dog from down the street every time his battery died. I thought it was funny that he knew the battery was dead and took that time to explore the neighborhood 🙂
The thing about electric fence, it does no good if you allow the dogs to break it. For example, ours cuts in at the end of our back yard and then loops out to cover the front yard. We don’t let the dogs in front so it is just a bit of insurance should they break the back barrier, (they never have). We never take the dogs from front yard to back, or back to front, through where the fence is buried. They go through the house thereby maintaining the illusion of the fence. Indeed if the dogs have been trained properly, they will not want to walk through where they have learned the barrier is even without a collar. So yeah, not having the collar on when you know the dogs are going to break the fence just defeats the purpose. People who use it incorrectly is why electric fence gets a bad rap.
Maybe they got out of the house? I’m betting they’re still going to run the fence…it’s a habit now…..
I know that our furend who has electric fencing only puts THE Collar on … when Fletcher goes OUTSIDE… and once in a while… they FURGET to put it on.
I’m betting on the dogs now have a habit theory.
I don’t really know anything about electric fences, but I do know about Dogs who bark when we walk past – I’ve never seen them out and about, but I hope they do get to see the other side of the gate…..
Wags to all,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
I don’t think you’ll have much luck with those dogs calming down. We tried bringing Desmond over to those crazy dogs across the street so they could all meet, in hopes that the barking would stop, but it did absolutely nothing at all. :-/