We tried the invisible fence years ago with our large dog (not a poodle). We followed through on the training, everything.
It did not work for us. After the first shock, the dog was terrified to go into our back yard. Eventually, with much coaxing, he got over that. Then he learned where the boundary was, but he ALSO learned that for a second's worth of pain, he could jump that boundary and have freedom, glorious freedom. He would then run to his favorite playmate's house, run down to the end of the cul-de-sac, then run back to our yard and lie down just at the point where the beep would start, and wait for us to take the collar off and bring him back into the yard.
A neighbor up the street with an elderly cocker spaniel used the invisible fence successfully, but for us, with a pain-tolerant dog, it did not work well at all.
Finally we got a regular fence like we should have in the first place and all concerned were much happier.
Now with my two little guys, I am much, much happier with the regular fence. We can play and train to our heart's content with no worries.
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