PetSafe Stubborn Dog Receiver Collar, In-Ground Fence Waterproof, with Tone, Vibration and Static Correction for dogs 8lb Up - Not Compatible YardMax UltraSmart

Good product.. works well

I bought this collar for a third dog on our system. We have used this dog containment system for 20 years with 6 dogs. I wouldn’t have a dog without it. The system allows the dogs so much freedom. My dogs go outside for hours at a time without supervision. They are quite accustomed to it and I’m certain they are very seldom shocked. The vibration is reminder enough. They have access to the garage and one and a half acres (food, water, shade and shelter). They are quite content. It’s a great system! We dog sit our daughter’s Australian Shepard and wanted a collar for him so he would have the freedom of our other dogs. I bought this collar and the sensitivity was not the same as our other two collars. I would have needed to turn up the range on the transmitter for it to work properly and then the exclusion range would be messed up for our other dog’s collars. I called the customer service line for the company and they said the new collar should not perform that way. They said it could be a battery but offered to send out the newest rechargeable battery collar at no cost. They sent it to me 2nd day shipping. This new collar is much improved and works perfectly. So while I wasn’t satisfied with this collar the company’s customer service went above and beyond to remedy the situation. My 20+ year experience with them has always been good. This is a great company to work with.

We took in a rescue dog a couple of months ago. He was let go by his former owner because he kept running away and getting picked up by the pound. We were asked by the rescue association to take him in because we have a large fenced in yard with a 6 foot high wood and wire fence. Right away "Freckles" found out a way to get out under the fence. We closed up the hole but he ran away again the next day. This went on for weeks. We would fix the holes and Freckles would find a new place to get out. Thankfully he had a tag with his name and the rescue association's phone number so we would get a phone call within a couple of hours from some friendly neighbor who had captured Freckles. We finally realized that we could not win. Our escape artist was smarter than us. So I started to do research on electronic fences. The best rated fence is the wireless kind, but you need to have a yard that is a perfect circle for that to work. Our yard is a rectangle. If Freckles was allowed to go to the back of the yard the correction area was outside of our fence on the sides. The dog would have been able to get out of the fence and not be "corrected" (shocked) until he was in the neighbor's yard. So I settled on an in-ground fence. Freckles is a Brittany. Brittanys, like beagles, are known for following their noses and running off. He is not being bad - just chasing birds, butterflies, squirrels or his favorite - a rabbit. In the front yard I used an electric edger to dig the shallow 1" trench. This is several inches above the utilities in the front yard - so no worries. In the back yard I ran the wire along the top rail of the wood fence and used plastic zip ties to tie the wire to the top of the wire fence. It took a day to install the fence. When I installed the battery in the collar I had the setting on the wired unit turned all the way up. So I got a shock. It wasn't that bad. It surprised me more than hurt me. I turned the setting down to half as much and now the correction area is within 10 feet of the wire. As Freckles approaches the fence he hears an audible tone to warn him to turn around. If that does not stop him, he gets a shock. Within an hour he learned to stop and turn around when the tone sounded. He learned quickly that he can not go out of the front door or garage door - even with the door wide open. As I showed Freckles his new boundaries I told him to "be careful" as he approached the correction area. It was funny that he was very in tune to my warning to "be careful". When I told him to be careful he would stop and look at me - way before he heard the tone. He is really a smart dog. Finally our escape artist can be free to run the yard and we don't have to worry about him finding a new place to get under the fence. It should be noted that the brains of the system must be inside the house. It can not be exposed to rain or freezing temperatures. I installed ours above the garage door. I ran the wire along the door jamb and then into the ground. It should also be noted that corners can not be run at 90 degrees. All angles must have a 3 foot arch to keep the corner from becoming a dead zone where the dog can get out. The 500 feet that came with the fence was not enough. Our friendly home depot sold us another 500 feet of wire for $25. The wire is not in the electronic section. It was with the ceiling fans. After a lot of research, I decided to purchase the fence from Amazon. They have always been great with their return policy. They also had the best price. I paid the extra $10 to have the fence sent to me in two days. You only save about $40 on a used unit from eBay with a good chance of getting a used unit that doesn't work. The lighting protection unit by this manufacturer is not very well rated. So I purchased a $20 surge protector to plug the extension cord into. I ran the extension cord from the light in the garage door opener to the fence system "brains" above the garage door. I attached the wires in the garage and on the wood fence with small 1 inch fence staples - being very careful not to puncture the wire. Where I had to coil up the extension cord I used a 16 penny nail to hang the wire on. So the bottom line is that this thing is great. Highly recommended.

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My wife's dog is wild. Mini-Pom is 5lbs soaking wet. In spite of training he would see another dog or a squirrel and run away, and take off for hours. Neighbours hated him. Big collars are too big and too strong (eg for the retriever) so this is the PERFECT solution. I use it with the SportDog system since they're related brands and customer service confirmed they're compatible. It beeps to remind, the stimulus increases, and then it gives him a good little reminder not to stray. He knows is boundary well and doesn't test it any longer. FYI he'd run through it at setting 3 / 5 so I keep it at 5 / 5 but that's probably a 1 or 2 out of 5 on the "big collars" for "normal dogs" lol. I do love him. I hate to love him. But I do love him.