PetSafe Stubborn Dog Fence Collar - Dog Electric Collar Waterproof Receiver, Battery Operated, In Ground Containment for Pets, from The Parent Company of Invisible Fence Brand

Worth it's weight in gold!! To see my dogs running around full speed after each other and having the time of their lives.... I swear after installing this product I all but teared up for days seeing my dogs having so much fun!!I can't afford a physical fence and I really delayed on purchasing an electric fence bc I felt like it might be cruel if they get shocked and didn't wanna waste my money in case it didn't deter them from running off.They really have taken right to it!!! There is a beep training method we used a few times while walking them around the yard. After maybe 4 training sessions I let my lab off leash and dropped my pit bull's leash but kept it on.They got shocked once each within the first day or two when they were flying around playing and I have to admit.... it didn't feel too bad to see them jump super high and rush back. I did laugh my ass off! All those times they blatantly ignored me calling them.... Feels a tad bit like karma.Anyway, I love them, I swear! They were super cautious after the shock but with reassurance they were out there playing hard within minutes! My lab quickly understood the boundaries but it did take my pit bull about a week to feel comfortable with coming out and learning the boundaries. I'd go into the yard and crouch down and then he'd come out and stay out for the most part.They respond to the warning beeps and dont even go near the boundaries much at all. They have once both went across the road when we were outside for awhile and I wasn't paying super close attention and my lab went over the boundary in the yard once (we have some dog free kid spaces) but other than those two times no escapes.recently they've been so good!!! other dogs walk by... barking, of course, and getting sort of close to the boundary but not rushing it, not going over it. people come by, kids playing: they know where they can and cant go and they have really been respecting it!I want to be outside while they're outside, I might walk in to do something quickly but they've been left unattended several times and when I go back out, they're still in the yard, exploring, playing, chillin, diggin a hole... lol.So glad I got this! Install was hard but only in strength and stamina with digging and reburying - instructions are very straight forward. I was a bit surprised that the collars take batteries, those rectangle ones that will shock you if you touch your tongue to them... but that's ok, so far they haven't died so not a big deal.One thing that helped me feel more comfortable with this boundary was that I'd already trained my dogs on e-collars so I kept those on (and still should probably) so that if they did leave the boundary I would be able to use the e-collars to avoid much danger!

Experience notes -My husky rescue is awesome and has a ton of energy. Walking, exercising her, and getting all the "indestructible" chew toys did not keep her from digging and chewing at our nice, new wooden fence to the point she destroyed areas of the fence. I was skeptical about this unit until I saw the results.She has been training inside already with a different collar that I can send "beep" commands to when she doesn't listen to verbal commands, or she is about to get into the trash can, etc. This I think made it much easier to train her with this fence system and collar because it will beep before she gets into the "correction" zone. With this unit she stops, then backs up without needing the "correction" because she hears the beeping and knows to stop what she's doing.She can get within about 2 feet of the fence before it starts beeping. Which, in my situation is perfect. She has plenty of other yard space to run and play so this keeps her away from the fence I'm trying to preserve.Our dog did get a correction once when my daughter threw a toy too close to the fence, I changed the setting from 5 to 3 after that on the collar as I felt it was too harsh (she yelped pretty loud when it happened). Keep in mind, that you will need to let everyone in your household know and make sure they aren't getting your pup to go into the correction zone like my daughter accidentally did.Install notes -In the instructions, it notes that if you aren't surrounding the entire property area you would need to run a double-loop of the wire with a 5-foot gap between the wire to not unintentionally cancel the signal.I'm lazy and did not want to have the wire looping all the way back around my fence OR have to run it all the way around the front yard as well. Solution? I stapled the single-wire setup low on my wooden fence (but on top of the lower support so my weed whacker doesn't hit it) and when I got to where the fence met the side of the house I just ran the wire up the wall high near the roof line all the way back to where the receiver is to create the "single wire setup".Oh, and I did not put the receiver inside either (it's suggested to be indoors and run the loop cable outside). I tucked mine up under the eve of my back porch high above where the dog house is and out of the elements as I already have power there for an outdoor camera setup.You might be asking.... if I installed the loop wire above the dog house, how isn't the dog getting 'corrected' for being near it? The wire is 8 ft above the ground in that area. I have the power setting turned to 5 on the receiver and it's perfect. My dog now knows not to go near the fence edge but it doesn't trigger the collar in the area where the wire is run up high because it's out of range.Just make sure to walk around with the collar at the height it would be on your dog's neck while it's walking normally near the areas with the wire to dial in the settings correctly. For mine, I had it on the end of a stick hanging low and walked around the yard. Once I got to the roof line area where the wire was run high I put it a little higher than she can stand on her hind legs to make sure even if she stands up near the back of the house (playing, jumping, etc) it would not trigger it.Hopefully this helps!