Zapped

Gretchen spent the majority of day in the yard with us yesterday.

During one of our F-E-T-C-H sessions (you have to spell it out, otherwise she gets too excited when she hears the word), she ran over the invisible fence line to get her toy (bad throw. I know.).

It didn't appear to bother her much. I heard it beeping and she twisted her head a little like she had a bug in her ear, but that was it. Checking her collar, I saw there was some slack, so I cinched it up a bit.

A little later while Jen's Mom was standing in the shade of a tree outside the boundary, Gretchen went to go visit.

ZAP! Yelp!

She ran back to the inside of the yard. It really wasn't a bad zap or yelp. Just a reinforcement, which is what I wanted and she needed. So far she's done really well with the white flags designating the boundary, but she's needed a reinforcement to let her know there are consequences more then me yelling "Back" if she crosses the line.

We'll see how she does today.

- b