PetSafe Wireless Pet Containment System Receiver Collar - Battery-Operated & Waterproof - Adjustable Receiver Collar with 5 Correction Levels - for Dogs 5lb+

I should have made this purchase ages ago... Summary: Works wonderfully, even with a very stubborn dog. Highly recommended. Training and patience is required but only for the first couple of weeks. Well worth the money and time spent training. There's lots of good technical information in other reviews here (and elsewhere on the net) so I'm just going to write up my experience assuming you understand how it works. Crash is my year-old male Boxer + American bulldog mix. He is 85ish pounds. He's clumsy but tough. He hits his head on things all the time and nothing seems to hurt him. Sometimes he hits his head so hard it makes me cringe, but he just happily wags his tail and walks away... so I was worried he would just run freely and ignore the collar. I worried it would hurt him too much or be cruel. He's clumsy but very smart. As soon as he was old enough for puppy school, I took him to several months of obedience/socialization classes. He is a VERY well behaved dog except when he sees other people or animals that interest him. He nearly always gives chase. He is so friendly and happy but he's big and doesn't know he can be scary so when he runs to play with people. Sometimes when they see him running toward them, they are very afraid (I don't blame them! They don't know he's harmless). Also, I have a road which people tend to speed on in front of my house and I don't want him anywhere near that street. Even on a leash he was a REAL handful when he saw something interesting. Very skeptical, I finally purchased the Petsafe wireless containment system. I actually own a wired system (given to me as a gift) but the configuration of my home and property make it VERY difficult (expensive) to get a line around the containment area. Which reminds me of the only drawback to the wireless version I've found: I can't utilize all the area I could with a wired system (circle in a square area basically). I can get 70 percent of it though. That is simply because of the shape of my property. I found a place to install the transmitter, plugged it in and walked the property, placing flags where the alarm sounded on the collar (after some signal strength adjustments). It ended up providing a pretty good area for the dog to enjoy and gave him additional freedoms that I couldn't accomplish with a wired system. After the installation, I followed the training procedure with him. He was previously allowed in some areas of the yard which the new containment system didn't cover, so I was worried about that as well. The first time he heard the collar alarm sound he did associate it with "no" and stopped in his tracks. He happily ran somewhere else and played. The same result after the second time the alarm sounded. The third time my neighbor walked out (my dog loves him) and Crash ran full speed toward him. He ignored the alarm and my audible "no!" correction- he was in "one track to the goal" mode. When he does this, I've never been able to get his attention despite training him patiently using proven methods. The collar corrected him just where I had hoped, a few feet before the edge of my property. When he received correction (level 2 of 6) he was already aware he was doing something wrong (alarm, me yelling "no"). I could have ever hoped or wished for a better response from him: he immediately came running back to the safe zone (and yes, he cried, which made me sad... but I think it mostly scared him) and laid down. After the correction, he completely ignored my neighbor. The kicker here is that he knew why it corrected him and what he needed to do. It worked like a charm. I consoled him and praised him for coming back into the containment area. Since that time, he's been corrected only 3 times total (in around a month). He knows what the flags meant (which I have since taken down), he knows what the alarm on the collar means and he knows where he's allowed to go. It's the craziest thing, it's like he's on an invisible leash now... he runs to the edge of his zone and barks at squirrels, etc. Even if I walk outside the zone he sits patiently and waits for me to return. I was worried about him being corrected (I like that word so much better than "shocked") but it has only happened 3 times and that was in the first 5 days. Since then, the alarm is plenty to send him back to the containment area. I no longer have to leash him up when he wants to go outside, I just go outside and sit and watch while he plays happily in the yard. It's fantastic. He doesn't fear the collar; in fact he gets excited and stands still so I can put it on because he knows that means it's time to go outside. I should have made this purchase ages ago. I've never had to turn up the correction and he's a big, tough, stubborn dog. He and I both love our new freedoms! Now I can work in the yard, etc. while he plays. I don't have to concentrate completely on him. I highly recommend this product but PLEASE follow the training instructions and be patient. Letting your pup run free before he understands the boundaries isn't fair to him/her. He should know why he is being corrected BEFORE he actually receives a correction or he wont know what to do to make it stop. This product is as effective as long as you are willing to be patient and follow instructions. Heck it's more than effective, it's fantastic.

Best investment ever made. Should have done it two years ago! Our dog has become affectionately known as the “Runner”, on several occasions taking off for hours… basic training has not helped the running. We live on 2 flat acres, our front yard is grassy and open, backyard is wooded. I looked into an electric wired fence system… on Long Island, NY they are going for about $1800 for just a small portion of my property… $1000 if I had the guy do it as a side job without his company knowing. So, I decided to wait until spring and think it over. Saw this advertised on TV and bought it immediately, set up took less than an hour for me to do alone on my 2 acres (used all 180’ diameter) and after two days, my boy totally gets it. Day one, sessions 1 & 2 we trained using the lead, flags and tone only, along with treats and "party time" when he came back home. We used "safe home!" as the command word. Third session on day one the correction was bumped up to level three & he received one correction... yes, he whimpered and cried for a brief moment & yes, I felt really, really bad, the whimper along with the "wth was that?!" look from him and I think he got the message perfectly... and immediately he ran back to the "safe home" play area. Day two, sessions 1 & 2, correction is now on level two, on lead we train again with flags, treats and party time. He has zero desire to go anywhere that he sees a flag... the only down side is that the beep is very quiet, and while on the lead he jumped back to safe zone super-fast, so although I didn't hear the beep, that didn't mean it didn't happen... having said that, I think one or two times he may have been corrected again, but because he was only set to level two he didn't whimper... just moved like lightening to the safe zone. Or, maybe he heard the beep, wasn’t taking any chances and reacted to it. Day two, sessions 3 & 4, he is off lead, he definitely knows the boundaries and hesitant to go anywhere near the perimeter… appears he might be a little hesitant in general, he knows something is up and he is on alert. I went to the mailbox leaving him half way up on the driveway, he didn’t budge. We have the base station set up on a shelf in the garage, about 3 or 4 feet from my extra (running) fridge and about 20 feet from my 2 metal garage doors… so far, no interference whatsoever with metal garage doors, fridge or 2 cars parked in driveway. I will update this review if there are any changes, so far (2 days) it seems to be an awesome product that has saved me literally at least $1000.00, not to mention the hundreds potentially spent on repairs to a wire that landscapers cut by accident. At this $220.00 price it’s a ridiculous steal, I intend to share this info with every friend I know! Update 1/16/16- Still no issues with collar, haven't needed to replace it for excessive wear and tear, as we put it on and take it off each time he goes out. No issues with Transmitter, works perfectly, even with added computer and wifi near by. I am now looking to purchase a second collar to train a new pup, may consider using the collar I have now, as my older pup now knows his boundaries perfectly. Although, I am fearful to chance it. In reading the reviews I must express how important it is to follow the directions of this product to the tee, and be sure to place it in an area that has little activity or technology. Mine is in a attached garage on a shelf about 6 feet above the ground, works great. I do greatly appreciate a comment I read earlier, that the boundary can change upon the weather due to frequency changes... I have noticed this once or twice while watching the dog and couldn't figure out why... never occurred to me that the weather could affect the frequency and boundary... but of course it can. My house is set back very far from the road so if the boundary expands or shrinks a little it wont matter, but if your property if close to a road, etc, you may want to be super aware of this fact. I've never had a problem with either collar or transmitter, I believe it is due directly to the fact that I take care of the product, I never touch or move the transmitter, collar is always hanging on hook when dog isn't outside wearing it (I do not take out the battery however), neither unit has ever gotten wet, chewed or dropped, battery is replaced every couple of months and I periodically check the boundaries of the collar myself. I'm sure there are units that malfunction, all the more reason to check the receiver every now and then, but overall I think if it is taken care of relatively gently it should last a long time.

We have 6 month old golden retriever and a fenced back yard. Our golden began digging under the modular that we live in and no matter what we tried to do to block her she still dug around it, through it, in a new spot etc. The fence was doing it's job already so our alternatives were to build a concrete kennel/run for her, stake her out, or put the invisible fence to work. When I ran accross this wireless invisible fence system, I saw this as a great alternative to the previuos mentioned fixes. We got it in two days and were ready to try it out. We followed all the instructions to get the perimeter set-up (which is an adjustable sized circle)and got down to training. The manufacturer has a month or more training schedule - our golden caught on quickly in just two days (we spent about 6 hours training in total.) We followed the instructions to a tee just at a more rapid pace since she began catching on after just one shock at a level 2. We left the flag markers in place for about 8-10 days and began removing them as directed over three days. By this time the dog (Holly) was used to hearing the beep and knew what would come next if she continued in that direction. It has been wonderful , as this also keeps her from wandering off to the neighbors, out to the road, or disappearing out of shouting range. The adjustable radius is great for containing Holly in a smaller area, such as at a BBQ, away from the pool, kids, etc. This is not a system for a small dog as the collar is bulky - I would say the dog should be at least 25 lbs to support the collar. The system is expandable if you buy additional collars (which is still a lot cheaper then building a fence or concrete run). I can't wait to take it camping with us so Holly can roam freely in her area and not need to be staked down or shut up in the car or trailer. The only down side to this system is that the central unit is not weather proof - so you are advised to place it indoors. This was not an issue for us as we have shop and a pump house, but I can see for some if you only wanted to contain the dog in the back of the house it might pose a problem since the circle size might need to be reduced. The only improvement I can suggest would be to make the unit smaller (it is about the size of a gallon jug) and weather proof, so you could place it in a tree or on a table to get the containment area exactly where you want it (guess you could use the old wire system to do this as well). Overall though it is a great invention works well for Holly and we don't have any more digging under the house. FYI - for those that think the shock is cruel - I held the collar in my hand and it is not painful, but I can feel it (it is much like the sensation of placing your tongue on a 9 volt battery - not painful)- I think since it is a different sensation dogs react to it. We have kept the level at a 2 for Holly (it goes up to 6, which I would imagine feels like a zap, bnut just like humans some dogs are more or less sensative then others)- but I have only seen her get shocked 4 times, 2 of which I made happen in order to train her to go back inside the circle instead of outside it and 2 of her own mistakes. Holly responds to the sound now and eventually she won't even need the collar on to stay within her boundary. One year later - still works. Holly (the dog) definately knows where she can roam when the collar is on. We have replaced the battery 5 times, so about every 2 months. There is a low battery indicator on the collar itself and the batteries are pretty cheap here on amazon. We leave the unit on 24-7 becasue it is just easier than worring about openeing a door and having Holly escape without her collar and we have not had any issues. Holly actually wants the collar on, after a bath she goes straight to where the collar is and can't wait for us to put it back on. After the inital training Holly only has gotten zapped one other time and she was chasing a duck - this was about 7 months after being with the collar - she did escape her boundaries although she returned back inside the boundary as well - she is almost full grown so we figured the level 2 was just not as effective as it had been when she was a pup. That same afternoon we upped the level and let Holly test it again, now that she thought she could get outside the boundary area. It worked, she cried out, so we knew she felt it, she immeadiatly returned to the front porch and still to this day if she hears the warning beep she returns straight to the front porch to ensure she does not get zapped again. The Collar is still in good shape and we hope the unit last another couple years.

We have owned the Petsafe Wireless Containment System for two years. We purchased it on Amazon in August of 2016. As we trained our German Shepherd using the wireless containment system, we followed the directions precisely. At first, things worked well. Our dog knew her boundary. The system worked when it needed to, and our dog knew to run back toward the house when she had gone too far. But as time went on, the system became more and more inconsistent. All dogs need consistency, especially German Shepherds. At times, the system would start to shock her while she was safely inside her zone. At other times, the system wouldn't shock her when she went beyond her boundary. We tried troubleshooting by unplugging the transmitter and plugging it back in again. We changed batteries in her collar. We tried adjusting the circumference of her circle. Sometimes it would work, but inevitably, it would go back to its inconsistent ways. Today was the last straw. I was outside with our German Shepherd when someone walked by with his dog. The other dog was safely outside of our dog's radius, but because the system has been so inconsistent recently, my dog ran to the other dog. Thankfully, I was able to call her back right away, but I could tell the other dog owner was a little frightened by the experience. And I don't blame him! My dog should have stayed in her yard. But the system failed to work. Then, as I was bringing my dog into the house, safely within the containment system, the collar started zapping her without warning. She completely freaked out, and she is now terrified to go into our kitchen and out the back door. Needless to say, I'm done with this product. I cannot recommend it as it currently works to anyone who loves their pet. It is too inconsistent and can cause more damage than good. I wish it worked. I wish it did what it promised. I wish I got what I paid for. But instead, I have a nervous dog who gets shocked inside the house, safely inside her radius and doesn't get shocked when she goes outside of the safe zone.

I bought this after rescuing my first dog which is a 110lb Rottie. At first this was amazing (and still is except for one major thing). I put the flags up and put the collar around my dog's neck on shock level 3. I ignored the instructions which tell you to take 5 years to work your way up to a level that gets the job done. So everyday when a neighbor walks his little white poodle by my house "Angel" (my dog) would go right after it. So on level 2 Angel ignored the shocking. The next day level 3. Angel ignored it. Then I pumped it to level 5 out of 6. Angel went charging across the barrier and after about 10 feet past the line froze in her tracks like a motionless zombie. I called her (she seemed dazed) and she came to me and the shocking stopped. That's all it took to train her. Every morning I let her out without the shock collar and she respects the boundaries. I usually put the collar on her (it's about 6 months later) if I'm going to leave her outside for a while but really it's only to ease the minds of pedestrians. Angel will not cross the barrier. If she gets excited sometimes she gets close but hears the beeping and turns right around. I keep the radius on 7 which gives Angel about 12 yards around the entire house. Perfect. Now for the bad. I've noticed once in a while that when I turn the unit off it triggers the collar. This happens only when the unit is about 30 or more feet from the unit. My wife said Angel's collar is beeping even though it's on the shelf. I picked it up while beeping and I got shocked and it hurt. So now I've trained myself to never turn the unit off until the collar is off Angel. Also, I don't turn it off unless the collar is about 10 feet or less away from the unit. It hasn't triggered the collar since doing this but I didn't want to warn you. The other bad thing that happened was not the products fault by mine. At first I sat the unit on the kitchen counter. I have 3 kids all under the age of 8. I noticed one day that Angel refused to go outside in the morning to go potty. She started doing her business in the garage which was only 5 feet from the unit. She was terrified to leave the house. Here I found out that one of the kids turned down the radius from 7 to 3 thinking it was the shock level (which gets adjusted on the collar not the unit). So poor Angel was hearing the beeps if she was 10 feet away from the unit. It took a few days to retrain her but now I mounted the unit up high in the garage and it's been great ever since. Bottom line this is a great product and I would buy it again if I had to. It's expensive but it works great and only took 1 or 2 days (if you ignore the instructions) to train Angel. She learned really fast where her boundaries are and we hardly need the collar anymore. I wouldn't take my chances with any other product and certainly wouldn't install wire under the ground like my neighbor who has so many problems with it. Hope this helps you.

This collar is an extra for my wireless containment system. This works perfectly for my active dog. He is able to move around freely without being able to run off and get lost. Very easy to setup and use. You can buy replacement batteries as needed. Ours usually lasts around a month but that is with 24/7 usage. We have multiple dogs on this system with no issues. The collar is adjustable to whatever size you need, and it is very durable material.

I decided to purchase a Petsafe PIF-300 Wireless Containment System after researching in ground fences. I was skeptical after reading the reviews describing the problems others have had with this system. I have some of the same conditions (small dog, sloping yard) that others have had problems with. I called the Petsafe support line to discuss my concerns. Their customer service was very nice but they couldn't promise that I wouldn't have some of the same issues that I read that others had. I decided to go ahead and purchase the system despite my concerns as I figured the pros of the system would out weigh the cons. I'm very glad that I did. The transmitter and collar were very easy to set up. I read the directions and had the system up and running in less than an hour. I mounted the transmitter to a wall in a back room of my basement and it works great. I haven't had any interference problems even with a large metal oil drum, furnace, metal stair hatch, and refridgerator in the same room as the transmitter. The directions say to keep it on the ground level at least 2-4 feet from the floor but it worked better for me when I moved it from the main floor to a wall the basement. Training our dog couldn't have been easier (miniature dachshund ~ 11 lbs). She's only went out of the zone and gotten corrected twice. Now she'll turn right around when she hears the collar beep. The collar fits her small neck but it's a little bit wider than her other collars. I poked two small holes in one of her older collars, unscrewed the receiver from the collar provided, and moved it to the smaller collar with no problems. The unit comes with a tool to remove the receiver from the collar with ease. One feature that I don't like and that has been discussed in previous reviews is the circular radius of the safe zone. Many, like myself, have a rectangular shaped property. I have to allow the zone to enter my neighbor's yard a bit on each side to allow her enough room to roam in the front and back yard of my house. I talked this over with my neighbor's beforehand and it's not a problem with them. This didn't lower my rating as I knew of this feature before I purchased the product. One user posted that they had problems with the receiver beeping inside the house intermittently when it wasn't around the dog's neck. I had this problem and realized that the collar was laying face down on a shelf. I now store it face up and havn't had the problem since. A feature that I absolutely love is the portability. We bring the unit when we stay with friends and family and it works great. It's so nice not having to tie the dog up or walk her around on a leash all the time. She spends so much more time outside now that we don't have to worry about her running away or running into traffic. Another great feature is that it will continue to correct, for 30 seconds, until the dog is back into the safe zone. This was an important feature for me. I have many friends with in ground fences and they've had problems where their dog has bolted through the underground wire fence and then run away. The in ground fence will only correct when the dog passes over the wire in the ground. I couldn't be happier with this product and I want to thank everyone who posted a review to aid my decision to purchase it.

So, I've always been against "invisible fences" for dogs because I don't like the idea of some mystery beeping and zapping that they can't see coming, and I don't 100% trust them to keep a determined dog in his space. Then I got the opportunity to analyze how this model worked out for a neighbor. And then I had no choice but to try it with my own rescue baby. Here are their stories... The neighbors have a male boxer, and they began training him on this system as a young puppy. They keep him outside at all times (which I hate!!), but for the most part, the system seems to work to keep him safe in his yard. He's also right between 2 very busy roads (which makes me extra nervous), but he manages to stay in bounds 95% of the time. The times he has left bounds were when he was desperate and his battery had stopped working. Most times he doesn't even go close to the actual bounds, so he never hears the beeping, but this one day, his owner was next door, and the dog really really wanted to be with him. He went for it, and he never got beeped or zapped because the battery died. NOTE: THE BATTERIES DIE QUICKLY WHEN THEY'RE ALWAYS ON, SO CHECK THEM FREQUENTLY!!!!! The other times he has left his bounds, suffering the zapping, were on holidays with fireworks (4th of July, New Year's Eve). Seriously, if you have a dog, keep an eye on it during fireworks, or keep them very safe inside. They'll be scared inside, too, but at least they'll be safe. One of the worst problems with this poor dog being on this system 24/7 is that he has a huge furless lump on his neck where the metal things jab him. For the record, the warnings/instructions say not to leave the unit on your dog for longer than 12 hours at a time, so I fault the owners for leaving it on him all the time. Also, surprisingly, the metal things don't seem to bother the dogs (at least not boxers), even if they look uncomfortable to me. This boxer doesn't even seem to mind his huge lump, but I'm very disturbed by it. All that said.... I then rescued a boxer, about a year or two old when I got her. She had been living in a foster home with a fenced yard, so she was used to having freedom to run around with fenced boundaries. Unfortunately, my home doesn't have a fence nor any way to fence it in. I stressed so much about how to give my dog freedom to run around, but still keep her safe within the boundaries of our yard. Plus, training a year old dog can be tough. A wireless fence was the only option I could come up with. She's very much an indoor dog, but she goes outside to use the bathroom and play. Training her on this system was a little difficult at first. She didn't know what the hell was beeping (and then zapping), and she would often run off the wrong way, even after trying to train her with the leash to come back towards the house. She didn't like it (even the beeping) at all!! Within a couple weeks, she was full on paranoid and didn't want to leave the porch because something in the grass was evil and out to get her. It took her a while to get comfortable with the yard again, and she would relapse to the porch if she heard beeping. That's kind of good that she would come back and stay close to the house, but it defeats the purpose if she isn't running around getting exercise in the yard. After some more time, we actually stopped using the collar on her (which she never associated with the beeping or zapping), and she eventually got used to the yard. The good news, and I'll credit this system, is that she did learn to stay in the bounds of the yard. No specific bounds, and she actually doesn't go as far around the yard as she can. But basically, it did what I needed it to do. Even though I don't use the system anymore, I feel like $200 was a worthwhile investment just to train her to hang out in the yard. I still keep an eye on her when she goes outside, because I don't trust anything 100% to risk her one day running out into the road, but I'm not afraid to turn my back on her for a few minutes while she's out. One of the bad things about this system that my dog is still suffering from is that so many things beep!!! She's getting used to the microwave, but the Playstation has a similar beeping sound, and there are way more beeping sounds on TV than you'd ever normally notice until your dog jumps up and runs. Poor little girl is traumatized. I think it would be worse if we were still using the system with her in the yard. So, just keep that in mind. Also, as noted above, the batteries die quickly, especially if you leave the system on all the time. Even when we were only using it for her to go outside a few times a day, we still left it on because it was in a back room. Luckily, replacement batteries are cheaper than I expected, but still. Keep an eye on the battery power left, and always have a fresh battery on deck to replace a dead one right away.