Customer Reviews:
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 satisfied October 9, 2008
Wade P. Ball (SC)
I already have the wireless fence with this same collar. The one that I ordered was for my second dog. They work great, would recommend to anyone.
best thing I ever did September 20, 2008
Christopher C. Collins
Im sorry I waited so long to do this. My dogs were trained in one day and I have never been happier...
 Works well but it's not exactly cheap September 17, 2008
A. Dent (USA)
I took our dogs about one hour to figure out how far they could walk from the base. I can understand that not all dogs are this easy to train but I am only relating my own experience here.
While I am only reviewing the collar here, or maybe BECAUSE I am reviewing the collar, anyone who does not have the 'base' unit should understand that this collar will be useless without the base. The way it works is like this:
- The base is a radio transmitter.
- The collar is a receiver tuning into the base's frequency.
- For as long as the receiver stays within range (90 ft. max, I believe), nothing happens.
- When the receiver comes close to the boundary, the collar emits some buzzing sounds, letting the dog know that danger is near.
- If the dog ignores it and moves farther away, the dog gets zapped - there are 6 or 7 intensity levels.
- If the base is not transmitting, the dog does NOT get zapped.
- If the dogs runs away and does not know how to get back within range, the zapping stops after 30 seconds, I believe.
Other features:
- Uses a PetSafe battery - can get a pair at Amazon for $6-7 and it lasts for a couple of months.
- When the battery is about to run out, there is a little blinking light on the zapper that tells you it's time to change it.
- If you don't do it, soon after the battery is out of juice you will know that it is so when you see your dog chasing the UPS truck.
Like I said, our doggies learned their limits almost immediately and they learned that as soon as the collar started to buzz or they got zapped to run toward the house.
My only issue with this is: why $100+ for the collar alone? Oh, well... if anyone else could make these things for less, please do. You will get rich, quick.
Answer to containing your canine pet August 31, 2008
Darlene Rich (Woodbridge, CT United States)
This wireless system is a must for containing your dog. I use it on my 95 lb lab and I really did not have to take time to teach him. He got zapped once and knew when the collar beeped not to enter that area. I just adopted a silky terrior and I also use it on him and the same training was used. I never used the flags. There really no setup just plug in and plan the area to use it in.
So much better than the wire system because the rodents eat the wires. We had this system originally then turned to this one. Been using for around 15 years.
 Battery Issues July 4, 2008
D. Wood (Silverdale, WA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
OK, so here's the deal. The collars use to come with standard batteries that you could pick up at the store for about $5.00, but PetSafe decided they could make much more money if they sealed the batteries in a "Easy to replace" cartridge and charge you double the price of regular batteries. I was VERY dissatisfied with the life of their batteries and the cost, although I love the performance of their system. As a result I carefully filed down the top of their battery cartridge so that I could extract the battery in it. I then found a replacement battery online. The cost for a battery for my dogs collar was $12.50. I found I could replace the battery inside the sealed unit for $4.00. Needless to say, I am once again a fan. So here is the tip: Take a worn out battery unit out of your dog's collar. Carefully file away the plastic lip that holds the battery in the unit. Take a pair of needle nose pliers and remove the battery and then identify the battery type. I have two dogs that wear these collars and they take different batteries (one is a Boxer, the other a mini-Shnauzer). However I have found that I can replace the batteries for one-third the price that PetSafe asks for battery replacement. Other than the battery issue, these collars and fence syatems are awesome!
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