Wireless Training Collar Review and Field Tests

It became evident that we needed to contain our dog when the dog pound brought him home one day. The lady was nice and gave us warning. She also explained about the leash law.

I purchased this unit to contain our dog for a few weeks while we built a fence. Worked well when used in the front yard where there is flat level ground. The back yard is 80 feet long and has a 10 foot drop over about a 30 foot span, right in the middle of the yard and we found that the system did not work well where the ground drops so dramatically. We were able to walk the collar out of transmitter range, without any correction response, simply by walking down the hill. Apparently the signal does not detect the collar when it drops below a certain line.

I bought two transmitters and put them on the ground floor at each end of the house nearer the back yard than the front.

Another added benefit is that now that the dog has learned to turn-around when he hears the beep, we take it with us when visiting our family out of town. We plug up the unit at their house, and the dog knows what to do when he wonders too far off.
If you ever move, just unplug it and take it with you. There’s no need to install new wire around your new home.

For multiple dogs, extra collars can be purchased. The first set of batteries lasted about three months. This might be because the collar was used a lot during the set up. As we’re going on six months with the second set. The only I know of to determine the batteries are bad, is to test the collar by passing over the limit.

I would suggest anyone with areas where the ground level changes significantly, thoroughly check the system and area before trusting the unit on such terrain.

If you’re in the market for a pet containment system, I recommend investing the extra money in a wireless, Instant Fence.

I read that someone else had trouble with not knowing when the battery is low. I had the same problem because my dogs periodically tests to see if the fence is on. Petsafe now has a new collar for the Instant Fence that is smaller, has multiple levels of correction, and has a low battery warning light. They are sending me a new collar with the new unit. WOW!!! I also noticed on their website that they have upgrade programs, but the cost for upgrading the Instant Fence collar is not listed.

You can find much more training collar guides advice at trainingcollarguide.com. Check out the review on the bark collars for dogs there as well. Don’t forget to grab your free bonus while checking out the Petsafe remote training collar system!