A Pet's View / January 2006
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Families who welcomed new puppies and kittens into their homes for Christmas, may want their furry family members off the good sofa or out of the dining room. To reduce owner anxiety, save furniture and keep relations unstrained, pet owners may turn to invisible fencing inside their home. Though the outside version of Invisible Fence® is widely used, the inside solution may not be as well known.
Upholstery and white carpet aren’t the only reasons pet owners want to keep animals away from certain places. The increasing number of homes with security systems also has pet owners looking for ways to create pet free zones in their home. Since the signal field is adjustable, pet owners can protect as specific an area of their home as they’d like, whether it’s a family heirloom or an individual room.
The Invisible Fence® Brand indoor system works through a small, (five inch square) indoor transmitter that sends out a radio signal that is picked up by the pet’s Computer Collar®. The Computer Collar® emits a warning sound when the pet approaches the pet-free zone. Pets are trained to stop when they hears the tone.
Each system is custom-designed and installed to meet the individual situation. Pet owners can adjust the transmitter’s signal field to customize their pet-free zone and the transmitter can be hidden behind furniture, under stairs, in between floors or mounted on a wall.
Both the indoor and outdoor systems allow pet owners to make “safe zones” for multiple pets, allowing different pets into different areas of the home. The transmitter is FCC certified and designed not to cause interference with other electronic devices.
Christy Grenier and her husband Chris, owners of Invisible Fence of West Virginia, install their invisible fencing system statewide. One big advantage to the indoor system, Christy says, is that “Owners can move it around. Just plug it into an adapter and move it where it is needed, to keep the pet from scratching the door or to keep the pet away from a Christmas tree. It’s a training tool that is consistent every time.” She says cats usually train faster than dogs. “We use a different technique that makes it a little easier for them to learn. Puppy training can start at just 3-4 months of age, depending on the breed and the system can be adapted for blind or deaf pets. There are different correction levels and, since the collars are computer operated, they can have a delay between the sound and the correction. Pets easily learn their boundaries. It’s much less stressful for owners and for pets. And, it makes having several pets much easier for everyone.”
For more information, call Invisible Fence of West Virginia, 877-9773647 or visit the national Invisible Fence website, invisiblefence.com.
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