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c6 tribune july 6 1988 dog roams free inside yards invisible fence spot free carol burness and her family stepped into the future recently when they had an invisible fence built around their property to keep their dog sparky from running loose a special collar worn by the yearold dalmation receives signals when he nears the burness familys property line via an underground cable if he ventures too close he receives a harmless shock carol says it only took sparky a few days to learn where the propertys limits are but hes still free to roam around the yard j jim thomas by bruce stapley carol burness is breathing a lot easier these days and its all be cause of a new fence no the rr 4 stouffville resi dent didnt build one of those green good neighbor property dividers common in new subdivi sions in fact her new fence defies de scription because it is invisible but as far as her yearold dalmation sparky is concerned the fence is quite real thank you very much and its just as likely to keep him from running off having lost a previous dog when it ran into the path of a car carol and her family were some what paranoid when it came to letting sparky run free and the dogs tendency to dig up carols flower garden and disturb the garbage had the family at wits end carol noticed an advertisement in the weekender offering an electronic fence system that would keep a dog from going where he shouldnt be the ad attracted my atten tion she says it said the fence trust erv brettdii branch manager up to the minute you open aclassic daily interest chequing savings or tbill account with us based on your opening balance annual rate reduction on residential first mortgages principal residence only per annum bonus interest on 0- 17 up time deposits at guaranty tyust we know you may have banking ties with other companies in the community thats why weve come up with these branch opening specials to woo you away and introduce you to us and our extraordinarily friendly way of doing business discover us weve had over sixty years experience in treating people right and wed like to show you just how good that feels 5071 highway 7 east west of mccowan road markham ontario l3r 1n3 tel 1700570 monwed 9am5pm tluirsfri 9am8pm saturday 9 am- 3 pm dont miss out limited time offers ask for details at this branch guaranty trust company of canada works like nothing youve ever seen we were desperate so we looked into it an installation crew came out and buried a thin wire six inches underground wherever carol de cided she didnt want sparky roaming the entire twoacre property was framed in by the hidden cable along with flower beds and the spot where the garbage was kept a transmitter was set up in the garageliooked up to the wire out side sparky was then fitted for a col lar with a little receiver attached and a sevenvolt battery was put in then came the training ses sions we were told to run string along the path of the wiring so the dog would have a visual reminder of his boundaries once the train ing began carol says whenever sparky came within six feet of the wire he would hear a warning tone through his receiv er if he didnt retreat within a second the pulsating tone would be followed by a mild halfwatt shock the shock is comparable to a carpet shock causing a muscle contraction it is unpleasant but harmless three days to learn the training consisted of two 10minute sessions daily carol explains sparky had it learned within three days i think he only received three shocks in all the strings came down within a week and the dog had quickly learned where he didnt belong the training involved carol and her two children ashlee and amy it was really a lot of fun carol recalls the kids would go up to the string and shake it saying no no no sparky spar ky picked it up fast carol points out that the system does not hurt the dog and shouldnt be confused with the electric fencing used to- contain livestock she claims the electrical charge for those fences is 250 times stronger than ihe one sur- rounding their land and the beautiful thingabout it is that the dog can run free with out being tied carol adds not ing that she had tried tying spar ky to keep him from roaming we did that for two weeks but he didnt get any exercise and he would knock the baby down with the chain she says we couldnt have the dog and the chil dren out at the same time she adds it has allowed the family to keep the property in tact and says it cost her less than building a fence around the entire two acres and weve got a lot more peace of mind now she con cludes septic system specialists installation and repair king excavating 18002689842 6407243 gity i1 driving school regoftrcd and 4weee t trie tec 2tej uw to edtioifi dmtf m goiano f j- coius la a aaes vrt even ee day etnq satutda and vscoo tvem 5 horn y cijssooti njimeisn ipfriedtiriebcn5t3uynjt 460mir erqwrc about tw geattftfli course lifetime membership tl i i i i sm460m h economist course fee s when yifa present this ad 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