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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Very Good Value for the effort of instalation Apr 14, 2010
We purchased this product after receiving quotes for invisibile fences costing $1,300. The instalation is easy and anyone can do it. All you need is typical side walk edger to cut a slit in the ground to stick the wire in. We installed the main unit in the garage and drilled a hole thru the wall for the wires. I purcased conduit separately to protect the wire until it reached the ground. You should also consider purchasing asphault filler to cover the wire along the gap between the driveway and sidewalk. Overall the installtion took me 5 hours by myself with the majority of the time dedicated to putting the wire in the ground. This was easy but time consuming. Training our dog was also very easy and we could let him loose in the yard after only three training sesions. After we installed our fence, many of our neighbors also were convinced that they could do it as well. By doing this yourself, you can realize savings of $200/hr compared to paying someone else to do it for you. We are very satisfied and would recommed this product to everyone with a small dog. One of our neighbors went for the professional installation and had it installed three weeks before we did. Our dog was trained well before their's as their company had to come out each time to adjust the settings on the collar as they we not able to control it themselves. If you have any ablity with tools, you can do this yourself.
0 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 PLEASE HELP - ORDER DID NOT COME WITH TRANMITTER Mar 25, 2010
WE ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET OUR FENCE IN BUT THE ORDER DID NOT INCLUDE A TRANSMITTER. WE'RE HAPPY TO GO BUY ONE, WE DON'T WANT TO RETURN THIS ITEM - WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT SIZE TRANSMITTER TO BUY. WE CALLED PET SAFE AND THEY SOLD US ONE BUT IT HASN'T ARRIVED AND NO TRANSACTION ON OUR BANK APPEARS SO THEY HAVEN'T PROCESSED THE ORDER IN OVER 10 DAYS. CAN ANYBODY TELL US WHAT SIZE/TYPE TRANSMITTER TO GET? IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Stopped the digging Nov 06, 2009
We adopted a small dog from a nearby shelter and installed a dog door, giving him access to the backyard. Within the first week, we realized he was an escape artist. We needed to find some way of keeping him safely in the backyard without having to lock him in the house. A friend at work suggested an in-ground fence system. She had great success stopping her dog from jumping the fence with this type system. I was hoping it would work to stop digging and it did. The system was fairly easy to install. It did take some time to dig around the fence to install the wire, but no big deal. There was more than enough wire provided to go all the way around the backyard. I got this particular system because it claimed to be designed for small dogs. The collar was easily adjusted to fit. A few flags were placed around to indicate the warning area and the system was set on a low setting. We went through the training steps, and in no more than a day or two, he was completely trained. The only complaint was the battery for the collar did not work when we took it out of the package.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
No longer skeptical Aug 09, 2009
I was somewhat skeptical whether the inground fence would work for my dog. She is a 5-year old Shichon that loves to chase squirrels, rabbits and cats. We decided to give it a try and installed the system about a month ago. During the initial training I had the collar set to "2" on the 1 to 5 scale and it didn't do much. Then I set it to "3" and allowed her to venture past the white flags. She gave a small yelp and immediately came back in the yard and headed for the house. It took a few days for her to be comfortable in the yard again. But now, a month later, she loves going out and we don't have to worry about her running off. When she sees rabbits or squirrels she keeps a very close eye on them and may chase a little, but once she gets close to the boundary she stops.
I've heard many comments about the RFA-188 battery in the collar not lasting very long so I ordered a couple spares, but I'm still on the original battery and it seems to be holding up great. We take the collar off whenever she's in the house. When she's in the yard the collar takes very little energy since she usually doesn't get close enough to the boundary for the tone to sound. One comment I do have regarding the collar is that it is not very compliant on either side of the control module so it doesn't fit all that well on my dog's small neck (approximately 12" circumference). The module doesn't hang at the bottom of her neck the way you think it would. It seems to work its way up around to the side of her neck. The good news is, it seems to work just as well no matter where it ends up.
Installation was straight forward, although you should allow a full weekend to get it done. The control box allows the boundary zone to be easily adjusted. I have just a little over 500 feet of wire and a setting of a little over 6 gives a boundary width of about three feet.
It is so nice to see our dog running loose in the yard instead of constantly getting her rope all tangled. She really enjoys her freedom. I highly recommend this product.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great option! Jul 05, 2009
Even after a new fence my two dogs liked to dig out. I thought over all my options and went with the wireless fence. Well this put a stop to it. Easy installation and the collars are nice and light for small dogs. I can sleep easy knowing my dogs are not roaming the neighborhood! I should have gotten this system along time ago. I can even leave my gates open when I am working in the yard and both my dogs know not to go through the gate.
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