PetSafe Stubborn Dog In-Ground Fence System - High-Intensity Static Correction - Tone & Vibration Modes - Waterproof Adjustable Collar - Expandable Design - Wire Sold Separately

This is the rare product that is well designed, well built, and well documented. The installation instructions were excellent (in contrast to almost everything you buy these days). And, honestly, they need to be, because this is an electronic system that will only work right if it's installed right. If you take your time and read and follow the instructions carefully, you will end up with a system that works great.I needed to create a border around roughly 3 acres. In addition to this controller, I bought 500- and 1000-foot 16 gauge PetSafe wires (the 1000-ft. roll is not available from Amazon), and a second PetSafe receiver collar. My plan was to just lay the wire down on the ground, because digging a 1500-foot trench is a lot of work! Well, the first night two spots were chewed on through the insulation, and the wire had been moved in another spot. So we dug a very shallow trench and buried it. The whole project took a weekend.I was a little worried that twisting the wires together as a means of neutralizing the signal wouldn't work, but it worked perfectly; the collar will not go off even an inch away from the twisted pair. This gives you a good way to get from the controller (mounted in a dry location with power) to the property line. They suggest a trick where you use a drill to twist the two wires together, and that worked well too.The only way that I deviated from the instructions was in soldering and heat-shrink-insulating connections between wires. They do provide a solderless way to do it, but I'm more confident in my approach.Does it work? Yes! My two dogs wandered away at least daily before, and not once since. Their collars are only set to Level 2 (the mildest shock).I am not affiliated in any way with PetSafe, except that now I'm a fan.[2022-06-29 Update] The fence is still working beautifully after more than a year. I absolutely would buy it again, and my only regret is that I didn't install it sooner. My dogs never get shocked; a mere beep is enough for them to back off. Even when someone forgets to put on their collars, they are now trained and so they don't try to escape. It's great!

I purchased this as a last resort out of desperation. I adopted a severely abused & neglected dog a little over a year ago who has really bad anxiety and a terrible habit of running away. I have chain link fencing all around the back of my home but he would jump it no problem, when I added to the hight he started going under, and when I added wire along the bottom to keep him from digging out he started chewing holes straight through the chain link. Animal control picked him up on several occasions and said if it happened again he'd be taken away from me permanently. I had my doubts about this system but decided to try it and wow! I can't believe it took me so long to order this! I used zipties to hook the wire right on the chain link fence, ran it all the way around my property, and it's worked like a charm! I set the bounty width as low as I could for my yard size and any time he trys to jump over or dig under the chain link this system stops him in his tracks. he hasn't gotten loose not one time after this has been installed!I have three other dogs as well, it works wonders on 2 of the others as well. The only dog I have an issue with is my Australian cattle dog. he's fairly aggressive (not to me, but to everything else) and when I attempted to use a collar on him it was a disaster! in the manual it says not to use this on aggressive dogs, and I now understand why! When shocked he'd try to attack EVERYTHING in sight (including me!) and it took several minutes to calm him down again. My lab got the worst of it, he tore her ear almost completely in half (she's ok now!) and put a huge gash under her eye. they tell you not to use this on aggressive dogs - please listen!Also, when I went to hook up the wires to the box the red buttons you push on to insert the wires broke right off the box, so I couldn't get the wires to connect to the terminals correctly. I contact the Petsafe company to see what could be done but I was sure they were going to say that I broke the box by mishandling it or something like that, I was sure they weren't going to do anything except maybe offer to sell me another box at a discounted price. Much to my surprise I got an email back asking for proof of purchase or receipt or something of that sort, I took a screenshot of my Amazon order and sent it to them, and the next day I had another email saying they were sending me a new box for free, and even did express 2 day delivery for free! I am very pleased with the ease, friendliness, and straight forward customer service offered by this company!

Kind of a pain to install, the batt only lasts 5 days or so, BUT it DOES work. It was a life saver

Bought and installed last January for our now 140 pound St Bernard he has never gotten out of it and only got bit by it one time and won’t go near any more. We have a highway way out front and this product has certainly done its duty. I do unplug it when there’s a storm other than that nothing. Our dog is an indoor dog but likes to play out when it’s cool now with no worries. My husband installed it with no problems and trained our dog in a few days. We have a large area fenced it’s well worth it. I ordered extra collar just in case needed but haven’t had to use it. Works for us well he knows when he’s getting to close and backs off immediately. Thanks Pet Safe !