Product Review

We installed this right on the ground. Training manual said it would take the dog 9-12 weeks but our dog figured it out the first day. He hears the beep and he backs up. He was a runner and he hasn't left the yard yet!

Installation: It takes a little time to get it in the ground, but it is worth it. To put it into perspective, I have just under an acre and it took me and a friend under 5 hours with nothing but a narrow shovel and a large paint stirring stick to push it in the ground. Spring time when the ground is still wet was the perfect time.Does it work: I have a 60 lbs. German Shephard/Blue Heeler mix puppy that is extremely active and very hard headed. It took a few weeks to train him properly and still had to use the highest setting for a while, but he stays in the yard now. I watched him chase a cat and go from a full sprint to a sliding stop when he got close to the boundary line. The only problem I run into is now that he is trained, it is difficult to get him out of the yard. I have to pick him up and carry him over the boundary line while he is squirming because he is afraid of getting shocked.It is great to be able to give him the freedom of roaming his full yard without having to worry about him chasing the neighborhood kids down the street or wondering off.

We have a beagle-ish dog that loves to run after rabbits, etc. This fence keeps her in after just a few days. She learned fast for an old (11 years) dog. We don't have to put the collar on her routinely, just now and then for a reminder. The layout was a bit of a problem. The instructions didn't make it clear that you cannot use the twisted wire in any part of the loop. We ended up having to buy more wire at Lowes to replaced the wire we messed up on.

We have a dog who is a total escape artist. We have spent nearly $2,000 on fortifications to try to keep her in. We buried 20 pound landscaping bricks along the fence so she could not dig, so she climbed our 6 foot wooden fence to get out! I had used a In-ground fence years ago when I had a 4 foot fence that my lab could jump. It worked like a charm! So, I finally broke down and purchased this one. Easy to install and although our girl got shocked once, she has not gotten loose again in 5 months. She used to get out EVERY day. We give her a treat every time we put the collar on when we have to leave the house. She comes running when we jingle the collar. We did not want to have to resort to shocking her, but she learned after one time and the alternative was her eventually getting run over, stolen, attacked by another dog or taken to the pound. Our PET is SAFE. Thank you!!!

Must have. It will fix your family fights about who's turn it is to take the dogs out. Just open the door and let the dogs go do their thing. Don't forget to read the instructions how to set the collar up high or down low. It sounds mean but it keeps the dogs safe by correcting the dogs to stay in their own yard with out you tugging on a leash around the dogs neck. If you can get past the first few times the dogs do try to go out side the wire fence it will not happen often after that first few times. We put the wire right on top of the warm or frozen ground, snow, rain. We keep the transmitter out side under a big bucket to keep it simi dry.