How To Setup and Train A Dog To a Wireless Invisible Fence (PetSafe Stay and Play) 

Update on Ace - I have gotten him involved in playing some of the games ru-vid.comUgkx1_veP7CApJK_GWy_TczaMciuG64PqJeU and I can see a difference in his confidence already! My other dog played along and he became intrigued - now its a daily part of our routine - about 3 times a day we do the shell game and the muffin tin game. I am so grateful for coming upon your training techniques!

Out of several videos I've watched about invisible fences, I like yours the best. It's clear that you really like animals and have the patience to train them. I'm about to get an invisible fence for my female Beagle. We just bought a home in the country on 2 acres and a regular fence would be impractical and unsightly, but I want my baby girl to be able to roam those 2 acres only (not far off my property is a highway). I think I'm going with a buried-wire model, but your training method looks solid with whatever invisible fence product a person is using. Thanks! Going to download and save this great video! Liked 👍

A cool feature would be if the dogs outside the fence the transmitter box will beep inside so you can run outside! (:

My dog learned in one day without the flags. I walked him on leash towards the boundary and when I heard the tone I ran with him in the opposite direction to safety. After doing that for the entire boundary a few times I set him loose (off leash). He got zapped once and understood why we were running like lunatics and 2 years later he still wont go near it. Every once in a awhile he goes near the beep, but never zapped.

do they sell a version for toddlers? JK! great system cant wait to get mine.

Wait wait wait wait wait Wait WAIT!!! Are you telling me that if you have 2 receivers, you can create 1 big OVAL that works with that 1 collar as opposed to 1 CIRCLE from 1 receiver (which is counter intuitive cause properties aren't circle shaped, but where else are you going to hide it safely)?????

Thank you for making this video!! And for the end results and how to train and day 1 through 4 and all that I wanna get these for my dogs so they aren’t copped in one area. And I agree that a little shock or nick is better than getting lost or hit by a car or something Great video definitely gonna try it!

True story about my experience with my Pet Safe containment system. I have 2 Golden Retrievers and trained them very well with my system. After a couple of months, I noticed they would lay just close enough to the boundary for the collar to beep, but not nick. They figured out that if they laid there long enough, the battery would go dead, and that they could cross the boundary line. Although this system works wonderful for most dogs, I ended up fencing my property and installed an electric livestock wire at the base. Works fantastic.

We tried this with our 2 dogs and they discovered that if they ran fast enough the machine won't go off. But they couldn't get back in our yard because they would be shocked on reentry. We had 2 cavalier King Charles spaniels. On another note the boundary was hard to set up, on the "low" setting the dogs couldn't go 2 ft out the door and on the "medium" setting they could go into the road on the side and front of our house and in the neighbor's yards on the back and other side. Let me say this was about 3-4years ago so maybe they have changed. I lived on a corner lot in the suburb...we had about 3\4 of an acre of property

I just purchased the PetSafe unit from your link! This is of course is after spending hundreds on other units that suck. One unit I purchased had to have DIRECT line of site to the collar 👎🏼. The other unit was a manual unit. This is the best wireless fence by far and your training video is awesome. My dogs aren’t quite there yet, but getting there! (Training two dogs separately is time consuming lol!) THANK YOU!

I’veeen one of these work really well a property I worked on has it set up to stop their dog chasing kangaroos into the bush

This is the same unit I bought 30 years ago. I didn't have the money to spare back then and it was a big deal. The collar takes batteries people. Those batteries costed me an arm & a leg. Boomer learned to drain the batteries and gone he was.

It took me a little time to tune this thing in ... in my case I want the dog out of the road and not be able to access a ditch. The rest is all farmland so that doesn't matter. So I turned it up to high and the largest range and moved it around the house till i accomplished the road and ditch barrier. I am hearing impaired so I have trouble hearing the beeps. In addition I didn't find the light helpful. But by coincidence I decided I didn't want to put this on my grandoggie without knowing what it felt like ... so I put my finger across the prongs and crossed the line. Every static shock I have ever felt was worse than this up to the third setting, I haven't tried higher yet. I went to four and got a yelp #GrandmaGuilt, then I set it back to three, we will see if that works or if I have to turn it up. So instead of beeps or the light I just used the actual shock to set up the flags. I personally recommend this method... shrug. You should also pay attention to the beeps as you are setting it up. I can hear it if I hold it up to my ear. Knowing the beep patterns is helpful while training the dog ... so you know whether or not the dog is getting an actual correction or just a warning beeps. Yea ... you do have to let the dog get some corrections to learn.

I just bought a Dr.Trainer Dog Training Collar for my German shepherd. This Training Collar has auto retractable and will not cause irritation to my dog's neck. Also I can record my voice to the system, I can use my voice recording to train my dog, say goodbye to the traditional beep sound for good. So far it seems really effective. All I do is pressing the voice recording button to correct my dogs behavior. We hardly have to use the shock setting.

This is SUCH helpful content!! Thank you. Now to find a sane dog...

Good training video...My property is located on a rectangular plot. Does this device put out an oval pattern, instead of circular?

I have a similar wireless pet containment system for my two labs. It’s amazing. On a normal basis they won’t go anywhere near the border. When it saves them is a neighbor dog walking by, a bird flying off the property, cars driving by. Labs especially are hunters and sometimes instincts override training. It was not cheap and won’t work if power is out, but we use it every day and love it.

#askhomesteady do you have any updates on the wireless pet fence. I am looking and getting one for my two labs for a new farm property. Any updates? Any thing you would do differently?

I watched a few videos but they were all talk no help, yours is exactly what I was I was looking for thank you for training me 🙂 although this is for my daughter's Golden Retriever/Husky mix, he's as mischievous as he is adorable the thing is he likes to run away and also to play with the neighbor's chickens and has killed a couple. We don't chain our dogs and no crate or fence are a problem for him your video is greatly appreciated 💯

Love the video, thanks for posting! Very informative and great advice about taking the time to really train the dog, which I think a lot of people whose "dogs" seem to fail these types of fences perhaps didn't take the time, effort, and persistence needed for a successful outcome. I do wish that some of the many good questions in the comments were answered though. It always bothers me when people post videos, get subscribers, likes, and comments but then don't respond to them :( I am curious if you are still using this fence or if there have been any hiccups since this video with the dog that you've had to address...?

I want a collar that you can walk where you want it to work rather than a just a circle, because I may want to let him go further in certain directions! Does anyone have any product ideas for me. Thanks if you do!!!

how much does pet safe cost and where can I buy pet safe I live in a small town but my jack Russell female Chihuahua mix she just turned year and six months old she likes to run across the street to greet the neighbor kids and she has been trying to look for a boyfriend 🙄🙄 she has a Lil buddy down the at the end of our alley way she tries to roam around the neighborhood like the other neighbors dogs do but I don't allow it she is mainly on harness and leash but she does sneak out with my boyfriend and she is all over in the backyard but she does tend to chase cats and go looking for her wanna be puppy bf 🐕 💞 🐕 I think the boundary line GPS WIFI DOG COLLAR WOULD WORK FOR US I JUST DONT KNOW WHERE TO BUY THE SYSTEM AND COLLAR

First day of training with a highly spirited Australian shepherd setter mix. I have my flags set (a within a fenced backyard) and we had a short session. Is it okay yo let him in backyard when we are not training or will that just confuse him?

I have a German shepherd that likes jump the fence I don’t know what to do to keep her only in my property.

Are you able to adjust the radius. I do not have the same room on the sides as the front and back?

Your training was so informative , I’m ready. For day 1 thank you

Does it give just one shock? Or does it continue until they leave the area? If they are running after something and pass the barrier does it keep shocking? Can they come back to the property without a shock?

Thanks Aus, we just purchased this system for our new German Shepard puppy aiming in September, so glad you actually had a video describing this for a homestead dog ❤️

Looking into this.. my biggest concern is the distractions like deer that my dog loves to bark and chase.. currently tethered on a yard leash.. but i want her to beable to roam within the property and never go past.. but again deer is a huge distraction and my concern is she will ignore the collar.

people who say crude about Ecollar dont know shit. It's like some lady blocked traffic couple months ago, just to telling me that it's not okay to punish my dog while we were on a walk. lmfao

What does the perimeter look like after putting down the flags? I'm looking to purchase one but want to make sure it fits my needs

I want to get a security dog but wanted to get a livestock guardian and a home security dog. I was thinking of the great Pyrenees for both. This is a great idea to use the invisible fence. Just a quick question, how do you train a dog to stop jumping up on you?

I need help. Our dog is terrified to go outside when she hears the peep because it accidentally got turned up by my kids hitting the button and didn’t know . She won’t even go outside. What do I do ?

Talk talk talk but shows no actual working of the device.. two thumbs down .

what is cruel is not making sure they're not safe. id rather have my pup getting a bit of discomfort then get killed.

My dogs noticed nothing at level 2. Turned it up to 3, yelped and were scared to go further after. Ugh!

Have you done a video on your drone because that thing is so neat. The A/C guy we use has one and told me he can program boundaries and flight paths....that seems so awesome for checking out one's property. He has something called a Mavic and it is a bit pricey but seems to have some really good features...will even fly around obstacle by itself.

How does multiples work for larger area? Arent there cross over lines that would zap the dog?

great video. is there a system you prefer today (4 years later?) and what about the gps system? thanks!

Dogs WILL leave fenced area sooner or later! No amount of training will insure safety. Also other animals can enter the area.

Please advise me because I can’t get any answers my dog tends to be a little hyper the beep does not matter she weighs 25 pounds and she’s a Runner she tries to runoff when I put her on a lead outside. I need to use the shock because that’s the only thing that will work on her and I don’t know how to make it sure I have the pet safe that you use with the flags. I had a dog for this dog that passed away in the beep scared him to death he was so easy and this dog is not easy anybody that has suggestions please how to get to the shock some dogs are more stupors then add this

beautiful GSD... thanks for the video!

Nice purple hoodie, but that system is nice too. I am seriously thinking of getting that for our dogs once we relocate. Some ppl say it is cruel but I disagree. It keeps them from getting lost in the woods and being killed....or getting run over by cars, or being shot by neighbors who don't want a dog in their yard/pasture/coop. I think it would be more cruel to let the dog run free and die by those means. I was taught not to touch the hot stove with one little slap on the hand, it worked and I am not permanently mentally/emotionally scarred for life as a result!! I'm not saying I don't have mental issues, lol......

Can you set them for a certain distance that you want them to range? Like for ppl with smaller or larger yards

What if I want the circle ⭕️ to be smaller I don’t have a barn or a big front yard

Love this video. Very informative, much more so than the one put out by the company that made the collar and transmitter that we have.

DONT EVER BUY A WIRED ONE! Every time a mole or something chews threw the line, it stops working and you have to dig the entire fence up to find the break in the circuit for it to work again, talk about a pain in the butt! Once our $200 underground fence failed because of mice and moles, we then switched to the hand held electric collar. See my dog was already trained to the fence b4 the moles chewed it. So instead of relaying wire, I bought a hand held system. He trys to step out of the boundary of the area, I give him. Beep, and if course he doesn't want to get shocked so he stops, only bad side we have to be outside with him to use the hand held one. But it works great!! We love it. Eventually he'll stop trying to go to the road. Our problem is the unfixed female 2 doors down across the street.

Great video. Very helpful and informative.

Great Video!!! Very informative!!! I learned a good bit of info on training my dogs on their new invisible fence. :) Thank you!!

Really like the video. I spend over 3kg on fence my dumb dog still found the way🤦🤦 last night he run away. Took over 2 hours to find him

Can you train a dog without using the flags?

You have the best video! I was so nervous to do this but now I feel confident in training. All the other videos i watched i didnt care for. Thank you!

Did you two units overlap? Or 2 seperate areas?

Great video! Very entertaining and practical. I just purchased one of this. Hopefully my second rescued dog will not get killed by my Neighbour's two guard dogs. Question for you. My new mixed breed puppy is 4 months old now and he is all playful. She sleeps insight the house but is all day long outside running up and down having fun and playing with my two cats, at this time she doesn't go far. My property is all fenced up, except for one side, some 60 feet with barbed wire and this is where the problem is with my Neighbour's property. At age could I start this training? Any clues anybody? Thank You so much.

10:52 I think I see a bunny hopping along the edge of the hill (bottom left-hand corner)! Edit: nope, it's a Yorkie! 😄 I agree with you about not giving the shepherd a bunch of treats, especially if you don't mention it to the in-laws. But I still think you should praise him when he's obeying you in the background as you're training your own dogs. 😠

Hey Homesteady, very nice video. Thx! Btw, do you have made any video on how to train a dog for live stock protection?

But can it work on smaller yards

Wireless fence Still works?

Thank you for the video. I just bought New PetSafe PIF-300 Wireless Fence Pet Containment System. Same concept ?

How to put it on shock she is not training to beep

Lol at how about you put that around your neck. I'm laughing like hell!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

What is the shape of the zones with two units.

Thank you so much for this, I felt uncertain if these products were humane like how harsh they are and how effective they are as well so it’s awesome to see this video

I can’t help thinking that calling the dog with ‘COME’ isn’t the best command to use when issuing a correction for getting beeped. I would think OFF, LEAVE IT or a new command like AWAY would be less confusing for the dog. Other wise I thought the video was very well done.

So is it just in a circle ? What if your property is square? Will it just not make it to the corners ?

What's the percentage that your fence will stop a full-grown Doberman Pinscher? I'm looking for a product that has a 100% sure ability to stop a charging Doberman that attacks my neighbor while she is cutting grass?

We used regular cow/horse electric fences and on average after 1-3 "nicks", that's it. They come up, mosey around, but the lesson is learned .. Dogs are a bit different. I have a client who trained him and he learned. After 2 months went away for a while, his wife didn't know that she had to charge the dog collar and the battery went flat, but the dog knew and never escaped

We have been using a Petsafe wireless system for about 10 years and for the most part it works great but there were a few times it didn't work for our dog(s). We live on 2 acres in the country surrounded by hundreds of acres of words and farmland. First example: The dog breed was a redbone/plott weight 105#. We got him as a puppy and he trained great to the collar until he was a little over a year old. His genetics were his biggest downfall. Despite numerous escapes and retraining, his nose would get the best of him and the shock of the cillar was irrelevant to him. He'd pick up a scent take to howelling and start the chase of a raccoon, bobcat, etc and there was no stopping him. Once we had to track him through the woods for over 2 miles. He was never trained to be a hunting dog of any kind, but his genetics told him to DO IT and he did. We ended up using 6' page wire fencing and cedar posts to build a physical fence. Example #2: Dog was a rescue, probably part hound, 80#. Great on the collar until he learned how to stretch his neck forward to just barely get the probes away from his skin and then he knew he could leave his area without getting shocked and then eventually the beeping and shock correction would stop. We tried retraining, shaving the hair on his neck at the probe contact site, changed to longer probes, adjusting the collar size and settings over and over and it wasn't successful. He must have been Houdini in a previous life! He would find ways to contort his neck muscles until he found a way to escape correcting! As a last resort, we tried placing 2 receiver boxes on the collar, 180° apart. It worked! He could no longer contort to avoid being corrected. He knew the beep already was a warning bur now would get corrected by one of the 2 receivers. He immediately began using the collar correctly and we didn't have any further problems with him trying to escape.

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very good video--only question I didn't hear you address was you said you had two systems. Did you have to program the collar to both systems? (I will probably want to get more than one system also.) I have three labs and all 15 acres of our farm is fenced/cross fenced) but I still need an extra layer of protection to make sure they do not go beyond a certain point when our electric farm gate is opening, because they have run out a few times across the road to chase neighbors cats.

After watching your video I bought this same system. I'm having some issues and hope you can comment....the boundary fluctuates 10-15 feet depending on which way the collar is facing. Did you run into this issue?

wrt giving treats to a dog that's responding to your cues to another dog, yes, he may be responsive, but you're not giving him the command. It's like if you're wanting the dog to, say, come to your side; the dog sits, or lies down, or any manner of actions that would be correct in a different circumstance, but you don't reward him for doing what he's not commanded to do. When he does what you command HIM to do, then he gets rewarded.

This is an excellent video and I will purchase through your link. Thank you. I have a 5 acre property and I want to give him more freedom to explore and can’t always walk him on a leash. Also, my GS has exact the same colors but I don’t know much about his background and my daughter insists that he’s mixed with Husky. He’s a sweet baby and very tall. Do you know anything about your in laws’ dog?

Hi. I just go mine installed and I have two 1 year old Rodhesians which as you know, they are very stubborn. First day of training the figured out already that the red collar means "problems" for them. Now I can't get them to come out of the house or even budge when I have them on a leash. Would you recommend just letting them roam freely, with the stun collar on on level 2, and let them "train" themselves? Of course I would be supervising... I really appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks

Great presentation

I tried using your link for the invisible fence and it doesn’t work anymore. Do you have a code perhaps?

I'm curious if this will work with our dog. He's a young mix breed pit and whatever else. He's stubborn and hyper active. Loves people and I have to keep him tied up cause I can't get him broke from jumping on people and hurting them trying to play. I want him to be able to run but stay in my yard and keep him from jumping on people

When u get a German Shepherd puppy if u walk them around the border of your property when they r young several times a day for about 3weeks they will be trained not to cross that and u don’t need to spend money on a device like that

Can you adjust the perimeter? Nice video. Thanks!

19:23 - Cross the Boarder

@askhomesteady. Is he AKC Reg? I have a female and looking for a stud sire plus I have tons of questions for you and Kay regarding my channel.

I'm looking at buying a unit similar to this, but my house has all metal siding and I'm guessing that will be a problem for this system.

Awesome video but one question can you turn the range of the invisible fence down or up because I have a smaller yard?

Can we get a update?

Just wondering if the unit can be adjusted to just cover back yard only. About a half acre. Don't want my dog out front.

I have a pitbull and a lab pit mix will this work on those types of dogs and they are both very predatory in nature they both like chasing squirrels rabbits cars 4 wheelers I'm having a problem with my neighbor so I don't need a really long range

And if you are disabled and can’t walk the perimeter to train? I’m thinking I need to return mine and rethink this.

What to do with accident of shock, now dog refuses to cross driveway line to go for a walk?

In between training sessions for the first few days did you take off the collar when she wasn’t training?

I have big yard but house is close too main rode and I have neighbours that will run dog over on purpose cuss of this I haven’t had a farm dog loose in many year is it possible to adjust where line is so would work for me ??

Has anyone ever tell you that you look just like Freddy Prince?

What do you do or how do you get your dog to the containment area, if your dog wants to go inside and won't budge toward the containment area? I'm trying to start day 1 of training, right now it is difficult to get him to walk outside. Would different times of the day be a good idea?

great video brother thank you!

How long does it correct the dog when they go over? Also can you correct them manually?

What a fantastic instructional video Thank you so much.

where is that location. its beautiful

I pretty much never comment but just had to say that little dude holding the flag in the background at the beginning of the video was quite distracting! lol... and while I'm here commenting (we just moved a few months ago and are catching up on all the videos we missed in the craziness), thank you for making such a great show!

I am just setting up this and I can not get it to go the 3/4 of acres radius..... it starting beeping just few steps out of doors...... What do I do to increase boundaries?

in response to some of the comments below. my house already has the pet safe "trench" style invisible fence. my dog isnt trained on it but the dogs that were here are. they too learned that if they ran fast enough or sat near enough to out smart the system. i fear that will happen to my dog so i feel as if there isn't a point to really train him on this system. hes pretty smart. he goes into our trash and get empty bottles to chew on if he cant find his favorite toys anywhere. we didnt train him that. we only showed him that it is okay to have the empty water bottles to chew on. i know sounds crazy letting him chew on plastic water bottles. 1. it makes noise. 2. it keeps him busy and from causing other trouble. so i much rather that than the other trouble like running away or finding a way to do something away from home. edit: also the other dogs that ARE trained on the fence has showed him that he has to stay close to the boundaries.. he goes right out on the perimeter of the fence but the other dogs dont. but it also goes both ways because he has showed them that they CAN go past the fence with no repercussions

Really good video man I just bought the same one today for my husky and getting ready to install it