Nice video--these things are really easy to install. Obviously you do not need to bury the wire. If you want to run it through the woods, just lay it on top of the ground and it will literally self bury in about a year (you should mark it some how in case you have a break). Additionally, the best and quickest way to make a slit in the soil is to use a lawn edger--works great. I recommend and electric one so you do not have to fool with the ethanol fuel unless you use your edger a lot. Nice job!!!
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Excellent video,, love your way of explaining,, clear, informative, and to the point..
In the breeder's book, it says our dog is "never to be trusted not to run." So we use the fence every time. That said, she is very smart and it only took once before she knew what the collar means and where the boundaries are.
Some dogs will learn it right away, some dogs won’t. I have a wire-haired/border terrier mix. All the research I have ever done says this breed is never to be trusted off a leash or confinement. I have also owned labs and I would suspect that breed to learn it and not need it always.
Hey! I'm really new to this stuff and how it all works. I got this kit and have a couple questions. First, why do you have to twist the wire? I saw it's to cancel out the signal, but why would you need to do that? Also, when I was reading the manual, it said that you had to bring the wire around the yard and then bring it around the yard a second time at least 5 feet apart. Did you do this? Maybe our kits are a little different, but let me know! Thanks!
Sharalyn Grulke you only need to double up wire (running wire twice 5 feet apart) if you are not doing a circle. The application I show basically makes a huge loop that the dog will run around inside of. You need to twist the wires so the signal is cancelled there. That means it won't go off if the dog runs in that area.
Are there different types of strengths of fences for different sized dogs? There is such a huge range in pricing out there. We don't have a lot of money at the moment, and are looking to rehome a large Chesapeake Bay / Lab mix. Thank you so much for this video~!!
ModelSupplies yes. There is one for large dogs which you should get. I have had the Petsafe since I put this video up and have had no problems except had to replace the collar once.
@@JayferRattrap Thank you so much! We have the Petsafe "Stubborn Dog". It's used and the collar has one broken off probe, but it still works =) We have had him for a week and love him madly~!! Thank you so so much for this video which really made it possible~! Hey, you're kind of like Santa Claus now haha Merry Christmas~!! x0x PS - I'm a 55 year old woman and installed it all by myself using your video~! Big thumbs up~!
ModelSupplies glad I could help. Please let me know if you need anything or have questions. I am always looking to add videos for people with questions.
Just easier on the back and quicker when you use an edger (doesn’t cut steel). Don’t have to realign like when using a shovel, paint ur line and go. We all have our own techniques not saying yours it’s wrong.
@@mikebell860 I would definitely invest in those kinds of tools if I did this for a living. Your way is way, way less time and effort, just not cheaper is all.
MrBoJangles look at about 3:48 of my video. The company gives you a surge protector. In the video it’s white and the first thing plugged in. Then, the black thing plugged into the surge protector is the power for the actual device.
You absolutely could. I just don't have one and am cheap by nature. Because you simply have to get just beneath the sod, I think an edger would work just great! Glad you liked the video.
I want to do a whole perimeter setup (front, back, and both sides. If I placed the controller in the garage, how do you prevent the wires that leave the house heading towards the fence from preventing travel?
Just follow the video. Lay your perimeter first, then bury as you go. Just under the grass roots will be fine. Mine has worked perfectly since install a few years ago now.
@@JayferRattrap - Thanks for the response. I get that. What I was looking for was specifically when the wiring is leaving the garage, how to avoid creating a line that the dog can't cross. The answer is to twist the wires that causes them to cancel the signal out. Thanks anyway.
Christopher Fisher yep. So, I just twisted to the front of my garage because I wasn’t planning on having the dog in the front yard ever anyway. If you want to include the front yard, just keep twisting until you get as far out as you want your dog to go, then set up the perimeter from there.
I have patches of grass in my backyard where I DO NOT want my dogs to go to. Can the wire be installed in a way that would prevent my dogs from going on the grass areas that are not connected with each other?
Wow they charge so much for something so simple. It’s must. I have a pit bull won’t hurt a fly but it’s a lot of traffic and ion won’t her to wonder off or get hit.
Do you realize how much work it takes to dig the hole and put the wire in it? I installed mine myself with about an acre of wire. DEFINITELY CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS. Lol
Depends on how you set up the perimeter. Sounds like you may not have sufficiently twisted the wires together when you brought the perimeter back to the power unit to hook it up?
I have a back yard that I want to invisible f3nce in. Can u bury the part of the single loop about 2 feet for the part I want the dog to cross? I'm trying to avoid running a double loop which takes a LOT of yard space from the dog
You need two meters if you only have a single wire which is pretty deep to bury the wire. If you don't have a double loop then often there is no way to have wires to twist.
so my house is in the middle of my property, the wire will go out of my double garage but how does the other end get back in...if you want your dog to be able to access the garage doors ?? do you put the wire up over the door and then back down the side and into garage to complete the loop...how high does the wire have to be to not effect the dog??
Joby, When I twist the wire where I want to cancel the signal out it doesn't cancel out. Could I be doing something wrong? I have tried this twice. The spot I need to cancel the signal out is about 35' long, and the first time it was twisted maybe once every foot and it didn't cancel the signal. So I untwisted it all the way back and twisted it 4-5 times per foot all the way back to the transmitter and it still did not cancel out the signal. Any advice you can provide is greatly appreciated
Please help me. I am confuse with the surge protector and transmitter, I tried it and it’s beeping but when i tried it on to my medium and small dog it doesn’t even bother them at all so i don’t know if i did it right.. i didn’t connect it to surge protector because im really confuse by it.
The surge protector just protects the part that is plugged into the wall. I would use it if I were you. If it works but doesn’t really affect your dog you might need to increase the strength of the zap.
I followed everything. Now my loop light is not lit up. I have premier pet. I was also waiting for the light in the colar if it’s going to be red or green so i could know if i need to change the battery but didn’t gave me any.
Thanks for this. My dog is killing the neighbors chickens. I don't need it to make a full loop but run the length of the road in front of our house and turn down a driveway between his and my place but the property line and driveway is at least a quarter of a mile long. She has full access to all our property to run free. It's 20 plus acres . Will one of these make just a long L shape and not a circle? I've got to do something quickly or she could be shot from killing his animals.
+Phil Lowman they have pretty big systems though I would step up in wire size just because you want the integrity of the wire to hold up. Yes, you can make an L shape. Set the field pretty large as well so your dog is warned early.
Yes you can. I got Lucy and ran it right in front of my attached garage and there is an expansion joint right there. So I took a weathertight calking and laid it in there.
I had never heard of an invisible fence until today, so I started looking for something that would describe it. Unfortunately, I must be too dumb, because I still don't understand what it's all about, how it works, and what is to be expected from such a system. I'll have to keep looking, because this video limited itself to showing how to install such a system. What you can expect from the system, it doesn't explain. A text article will probably do the job. After I learn what it's all about, I'll probably come back for more details. I just can't believe that a buried wire could shock anything. My guess is that the system is designed for family pets, not for animal invaders. The pet probably wears a gadget that will give him a shock when he passes over the electrified wire, right?
+Quabledistocficklepo it is a system that sends an electrical shock to a collar you out on a dog when it gets close to an area you do not want the dog to pass through. You can set how much shock the pet would receive as well as how much of a warning to give the animal before it shocks. A small wire sets up an electrical field that is meant to contain the animal.
Wow! that was fast. Thanks. I guess it's not for me. I started out by thinking that I would like to have turtles, frogs, and suchlike running loose around my yard. Then, I realized that the damned cats, or the raccoons or possums would probably get them. Then I saw something about invisible fences, and I thought that might be the answer. I guess the answer is that there is no way to keep small animals safe from predators.
+Quabledistocficklepo you have our sympathy! You may try a structure such as large cage or something. That is not a very free range solution however. Good luck. We hope Rattrap Productions can give you valuable do it yourself information at some point though. Have a great day!
+Ife Afolayan I'm not disagreeing with you. But, all I'm doing is showing people how to save big money by installing the fence themselves if that is their wish. Thanks for the comment.
Ive tried that already and my cats don't care. they've been killing my neighbors pets (birds rabbits etc)and i need to stop them. so this is my last resort to not getting them euthanised.