We have a golden who digs. we also have a veg garden. Is there a way of putting this around the yard and then creating another loop for the garden?
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I had blk labs that were diggers. I used the holes to discard their waste. It works. The other question also has an easy answer. Yes! Remember, if you have a small yard, you want to maximize their space. To do that, attach the copper to your fence so that your dog can walk to it, but is prevented from digging if he lingers too long. To carve a parameter for your garden, cut into the loop, splice the two ends into another loop with enough copper to twist every inch until you reach the garden. The twist creates a fault intolerance that cancels the radio signal. It's hard to describe without a diagram. I had blk labs that were diggers. I used the holes to discard their waste. It works. The other question also has an easy answer. Yes! Remember, if you have a small yard, you want to maximize their space. To do that, attach the copper to your fence so that your dog can walk to it, but is prevented from digging if he lingers too long. To carve a parameter for your garden, cut into the loop, splice the two ends into another loop with enough copper to twist every inch until you reach the garden. The twist creates a fault intolerance that cancels the radio signal. It's... » Read More I had blk labs that were diggers. I used the holes to discard their waste. It works. The other question also has an easy answer. Yes! Remember, if you have a small yard, you want to maximize their space. To do that, attach the copper to your fence so that your dog can walk to it, but is prevented from digging if he lingers too long. To carve a parameter for your garden, cut into the loop, splice the two ends into another loop with enough copper to twist every inch until you reach the garden. The twist creates a fault intolerance that cancels the radio signal. It's hard to describe without a diagram. « Show Less
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As long as there is a large enough space between the garden and the outer loop, it is possible to do this. One simply goes around the garden and then makes the connection to the outer fence with by twisting the pair of wires instead of running them side by side. There are diagrams on the internet of how to do this. The twisting of the wires cancels the signal and allows the dog to cross, and also minimizes interference at the point of intersection.
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yes. I believe the directions will tell you how to do an installation that way. you will need to buy extra wire
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Yes. From the closest point to the garden from the boundary loop, run a wire to the garden, around the garden, and back to the boundary loop. Twist the wires together that run between the boundary loop and the garden loop. Be sure not to bury garden loop so close to the garden that the wire gets cut when working the garden (or enclose the garden loop in a heavy tubing that can not be easy to cut).
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Compost the poop, although, if you have bigger dogs and limited outdoor space, I'm not sure if that's viable.
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Well I guess you wouldn't have to. You could use it like an electric fence but be careful if the doggies aren't wearing the collar them they could chew up the wire and electrocute themselves. We buried ours since we didn't always use the system so when they were outside we didn't worry about them chewing the wire up. There are 2 connectors in the rock.
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I don't know if this would work. Ours is set at a very low distance and doesn't go off until the dog is right on it, so it might work. If you just needed one section of it, you could twist the wires on the rest of the circle and have just one area be live
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This is not the correct product for what you want to do (at least as inferred by your question). Search for a pet "trolley" such as this one: Four Paws Silver Heavy Weight 100 Foot Dog Trolley Exerciser Find the appropriate length main cable to tie off between your trees, then the appropriate length cable that attaches to the dog to cover the height of the main cable and a couple of extra feet for slack.
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pour granules into a push spreader if the area is large. if area is small i would fill a plastic cup a sprinkle all over just like you would grass seed.
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Yes, it would definetly work for that situation, and really you wouldn't have to put it into the ground if you didn't want too. It states in the manual that the fence can be applied above ground, but either way you wouldn't have to worry about that doggie getting out anymore. My dogs will go no where near the boundry line.
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I have similar conditions and I dug out and filled in area with garden soil first. That seems to have worked well. Have had it in place all summer and is very sturdy. I think it would be very tough to get it in deep enough otherwise.
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For rabbits I sprinkle it around the perimeter of the garden. For gophers, I pour a little in the hole and cover it. I seems to work a little better for rabbits. It needs to be reapplied every couple of weeks.
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I havnt thought of that. But I can see that working.I don't have any way to do that with my so I'm going to get another one to expand my space. And my dogs love it. . It gets them outdoors. The only problem I have is a way to secure it to the ground. Glad to help you out. Nickie
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You could just put it on the grass. Make sure you stake it down somehow though, or else it'll fly away.
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I am just in the process of having it built. No tubs. The loam and dirt go in the garden bed. Reading the directions it suggests purchasing wire that is known as "Gopher Wire" to put on the bottom before you put in the loam and top soil. One of the things I read was it requires so much top soil that you can save a bunch of money putting loam on the bottom. I ended up with chicken fencing. plastic with small holes to hopefully keep out critters coming up from under the ground to eat the veggies and herbs.
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Hi, Denise. Yes, I think this is really made for larger animals. You will just want to make sure you ground it as directed. I am only using it for squirrels, so I am using one small copper ground rod and a single strand of fence wire. You will want to do 5 ground rods that are driven pretty deep (6' I believe). See the packaging for spacing. I don't know if you know this or not, but you will need the solar unit, the fence wire, mounts, grounding rods (with grounding clamps), and insulated wire to link the solar unit to the grounding rods. I didn't know this at the time of purchase and had to go track the things down once I received the unit. Good luck! Hi, Denise. Yes, I think this is really made for larger animals. You will just want to make sure you ground it as directed. I am only using it for squirrels, so I am using one small copper ground rod and a single strand of fence wire. You will want to do 5 ground rods that are driven pretty deep (6' I believe). See the packaging for spacing. I don't know if you know this or not, but you will need the solar unit, the fence wire, mounts, grounding rods (with grounding clamps), and insulated wire to link the solar unit to the grounding rods. I didn't know this at the time of purchase and had... » Read More Hi, Denise. Yes, I think this is really made for larger animals. You will just want to make sure you ground it as directed. I am only using it for squirrels, so I am using one small copper ground rod and a single strand of fence wire. You will want to do 5 ground rods that are driven pretty deep (6' I believe). See the packaging for spacing. I don't know if you know this or not, but you will need the solar unit, the fence wire, mounts, grounding rods (with grounding clamps), and insulated wire to link the solar unit to the grounding rods. I didn't know this at the time of purchase and had to go track the things down once I received the unit. Good luck! « Show Less
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Yes. This wire is intended for" invisible" type pet fences. You can splice this wire with the wire thats already there or hook up directly to the box. Lay on the ground or bury. If you make a splice be sure to grease the wire nuts and get water proof caps for your nuts
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In our situation it was because our dog likes to do his business right in front of one of the gates that guests use to enter the back yard. Honestly, we never even installed this thing. You need to dig a hole to China for drainage (which is fine, if needed) but you also need to fill it with water with every, um, deposit. I thought that would be easy as I have a hose spigot out there but you also can't sink it close to the house so I would need to use the hose, etc. every time. Not much use in the NY winters either as the water would freeze. We wound up getting a galvanized bucket with a tight fitting lid that we line with a plastic bag and just scoop his poop into there. Works fine for us. In our situation it was because our dog likes to do his business right in front of one of the gates that guests use to enter the back yard. Honestly, we never even installed this thing. You need to dig a hole to China for drainage (which is fine, if needed) but you also need to fill it with water with every, um, deposit. I thought that would be easy as I have a hose spigot out there but you also can't sink it close to the house so I would need to use the hose, etc. every time. Not much use in the NY winters either as the water would freeze. We wound up getting a galvanized bucket with a... » Read More In our situation it was because our dog likes to do his business right in front of one of the gates that guests use to enter the back yard. Honestly, we never even installed this thing. You need to dig a hole to China for drainage (which is fine, if needed) but you also need to fill it with water with every, um, deposit. I thought that would be easy as I have a hose spigot out there but you also can't sink it close to the house so I would need to use the hose, etc. every time. Not much use in the NY winters either as the water would freeze. We wound up getting a galvanized bucket with a tight fitting lid that we line with a plastic bag and just scoop his poop into there. Works fine for us. « Show Less
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Hi Heidi, I think you could do that. I have mine in my yard, but I have not had it staked down as we like to move it off the grass to mow and to shift it around so that it does not mess up the grass too much. If you need to keep it still you could always put some weight on the back (like a 5 gallon bucket filled with dirt) of each corner. Hope this helps. --Matt
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Just put ours outside. Just followed instructions for setting it up. We will see if it works. (It took one of the dogs in the garage! LOL)