The Boundary

I had a family come into the store today looking for a way to keep their dog from escaping the yard.

So I directed them to our wireless and wired fencing systems.

Where the dog wears a collar around it's neck, and if it crosses the boundary set by the wired/wireless set ups....it gives a shock to the dog to tell it go back within the boundary lines. 

The customers seemed to be more interested in the wired versions -probably because it was less expensive than the wireless ones-

But the thing about the wired fencing systems is that you have to dig a trench in your yard and lay the wire in the ground to create the boundary your dog can't cross.

While the wireless doesn't do that.

It seemed like the digging wasn't an issue for them though. 

No.

What the parents were mostly concerned about...

Was if the fence system would shock their children too if they crossed it.

As apparently they were under the impression that it was the wire itself that gave off the electric shock.

*shakes head*

Nope.

It's the collar the dog is wearing. The wire line just acts as the trigger. If the line is crossed, the collar sets off a shock to the dog. 

So....unless the child is wearing the collar (which why???) .....the wire is perfectly safe and shouldn't cause any issues to humans at all. (you know...besides being a tripping hazard if they don't bury the wire) 

-Sarnic Dirchi