Keep the dog inside the garden !!

[Mirkawolf]

Originally Posted by TysonT

We just got a CzW puppy who's currently 10 weeks old so I won't try to train him until another several months

What is the point of not training the dog? For what do you want to wait? With every dog, CSW included, is the best thing to start socialising, educating AND training since pup came to your house. It is very important and also easier, to train a young puppy, than to fight later a teenage wolfdog.

Regarding the invisible fence, I find it very cruel. The dog is getting el. shocks or hits and he does not know, from where it comes, because he can´t see any barrier! If you use normal el. fence, at least the dog can see the wire and understands, what gave him the hit. When he cannot see it, how can he know, where is the border, where it hits and where it does not? I see this as a best way to create neurotic and stressed dog.

Not to mention, that to use el. fences, invisible fences or anything like that on a little puppy is cruelty. Especially when getting a puppy, you have the best chances to get the dog used to his garden or terrain and consider that his territory.