Eli's New Territory

As in a previous post, we installed an Invisible Fence for our buddy Eli. The thought was to give him some space to call his own and get rid of the tie-out. Well, we're in day 4 of our training and things are going very well. At least for us!!!

This picture shows a portion of the flag boundary that marks his 'limits". What Alice is showing him, is where the "warning tone" begins. When he hears that tone he should know to stop and either turn around or hold his position. Which he does very well.

Of course, if he decides to ignore the tone, than there is a little "attention getter" that says I'm not sure you want to do that Eli! We introduced that part yesterday and he learned it VERY WELL. Now - so everyone understands, the collar is on it's lowest setting. I experienced it and Alice experienced it, so it's not harmful at all to Eli, just an attention getter!!!! It startles him more than anything else. Even the "tone" does that. So that's a good thing overall.

I think this is going to work great for him. It's going to give him more room to play and chase his favorite balls and also allow him to stay with us when we are doing yard work or just sitting on the deck. All without having to have him tethered. What I'm not sure of - YET - is what he'll do when the neighbor's cat strolls by!!!! Uhm......that could be a real test!!! But it's gotta come sooner or later.