Buy PetSafe Deluxe In-Ground Fence, PRF-304WPetSafe Deluxe In-Ground Fence, PRF-304W Product Description:
- In-ground radio-fence containment system prevents your dog from leaving the safety of your yard
- Offers 4 levels of humane progressive correction to match your dog?s temperament
- Ideal for pets 8 pounds and over
- Easy-to-follow assembly and operation manual included
- Also with receiver collar, 500 feet of boundary wire, 50 boundary flags, and VCD
Product Description
The most advanced In-Ground dog fence on the market today. Featuring the Deluxe Ultra Light Receiver with 4 levels of progressive correction, if your dog attempts to run through, correction level increases until he turns back. You can increase of decrease the correction to meet your dog's training needs. Also has an anti linger feature and a low battery indicator. Safety features include protection against false signals and extra surge protection for storm-prone areas. Easy-to-follow operation manual and VCD. Includes 500 feet of boundary wire and 50 boundary flaps, enough to cover about one-third acre. For use in the US only. This unit is compatible with all US 110v outlets and are not to be used with 220v international voltage.
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105 of 105 people found the following review helpful.
Great Fence - But here are some tips
By entropy_generator
We have 3 acres and the fence works great so far. I have learned a couple of things that I want to share. First, the installation manual says you can only twist the wire (to cancel the signal when getting from the boundary to the house) a total of 50 feet. Since my boundary is 160 feet from the house, this was a real problem. After 3 calls to PetSafe, it appears that exceeding the 50 foot limit will cause 'hot spots' or 'inconsistency' along the twisted section. My solution, which I verified with PetSafe, is to run the wire in metal conduit from the boundary to the house. This worked great, I didn't have to twist the wire, and it also kept the silly dog from digging up the wire near the house, it's protected in the conduit. I used 1/2 metal conduit, ~$2.80 for a 10 ft section. Don't worry about buying the metal connectors (they cost nearly as much as the sections), just use cheap PVC or anything to keep the sections lined up as you lay them in (do be careful not to knick the wires).So far, the collar appears to be waterproof, the dog hops in the pool several time a day.As for training, I recommend following the PetSafe guide closely those first two weeks. My dog has been shocked a total of 5 times over 3 or 4 days and wants no part of the flags, even though his favorite digging spot was in the (now protected) flower bed. He's been within the fence for about a month now.My dog is ~60 lbs, about 9 months old, and is a very active lab/boxer mix that loves to run.There is much peace of mind now, the dog doesn't get yelled at for leaving the yard, and we are happy campers. Now, if I can just keep him from shredding aluminum cans and digging holes in the yard....**UPDATE after almost 2 years (May 2010)**Lightning zonked the base station, but PetSafe replaced it for $35, which I found reasonable. The dog hits the pool about 20 times a day and I was getting a little moisture in the collar. I bought a little tub of 'pool grease' at the pool supply store and when I change the battery I just smear some on the threads and o-ring. The dog is now 70 lbs and 2.5 years old and greatly respects the fence, even if his nemesis 'the squirrel' taunts him on the other side. With the metal conduit approach mentioned above, I plan to now easily extend another loop around a different flowerbed.
38 of 38 people found the following review helpful.Pleasantly surprised
By Dog owner in Portand
We were expecting some issues based on the reviews, but actually now that ours is installed and the dog is trained, we have to say we're happy-it installed on the first try and works as advertised.The video CD instructions included installation and training beyond the detail the written manual. Both are adequate.The only negative surprise is once we read the instructions it indicated the unit should be grounded to guard against lightening strikes- so they recommend connecting a wire to the house ground rod or burying a new one 3 feet deep. Not a big deal if you locate the unit near your house grounding rod. They also recommend locating the transmitter 3 feet from any large metal objects in your garage- ie. the metal garage door, washer, hot water tanks, or electrical breaker box. (We did 2 feet and it seems to work fine)We rented an edger to bury 1700 feet of wire around 2 acres (3 extra wire kits were purchased), and used a paint stick stirrer to push the wire in about 3". The edger worked pretty well, assuming I ran it twice over the cut to get the full depth. This process took a full day.The unit has an adjustable range knob - it changes the distance to when the collar picks up this signal from the wire.Our 7 month lab was fairly easy to train- starting at the low setting (of 5 levels, the lowest being beep only) on the collar and working up until he noticed it. Took about 2 weeks, and he respects the boundary, but without fear or emotional scars (best we can tell!)One pleasant surprise: The collar will beep first as the dog nears the fence, and if he gets closer, then it zaps him. This was not clear to us from the instructions or the box.Overall very happy with this unit.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
Works, good value, needs heavier wire
By James G. Wheeler
The fence transmitter and receiver collar work just as well as the expensive ones that the pet containment companies would like to sell you. But watch out for the light guage antenna wire that comes with this kit. I've had 3 problems with the wire:- Stapling the twisted pairs to the side of my house - the flat staples cut right through the insulation and shorted the antenna loop. Took a while to track that down.- Easy to break. Above ground stretches of the wire (along a fence) have broken twice.- Apparent high impedance - the transmitter chirps intermittently because it thinks there's a break in the wire when there isn't. I suspect this is just the impedance from 1000 feet of tiny wire.I plan to buy a roll of heavier wire at the hardware store and replace the antenna entirely.Follow Up (Dec 2009): I found 14 ga solid core copper wire at the local home center for a reasonable price, and used it to replace the wire that came with kit. That seemed to fix the problem. I later had to buy a new transmitter after a lightning strike fried the original, but I know from experience that the this happens to the expensive dog fences just as often.
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