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Originally Posted by bluedog103
I had Dogwatch install the system. They installed it with two zones, one front, one rear. The front zone crosses my driveway so they used a saw to cut through an expansion joint in the concrete, installed the wire then calked over it.
I consider the training and advice provided by Dogwatch to be extremely important. That's something you can't get in a kit. The Dogwatch installation wasn't cheap but if I were to do it again, I'd do it the same way.
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We've had Dogwatch invisible fencing for a year and it works like a charm. BUT, I can't stress enough, that the TRAINING TO THE BEEP is the most important aspect of the fencing. Dogwatch installs the fence and provides the training. It occurs for a week before the current is even turned on. The goal is to train your dog to react to the beep which occurs anytime they get close to the boundary. If they are trained to avoid the beep, they will never get a correction.
I tested the collar on my arm before agreeing to the system. Contrary to what I used to believe, this system is completely humane. And that is because of the beep training. It is a tingle surprise, and gets their attention. Each of my dogs only weny through the boundary once, and never again. Like Bluedog, I have a 10 pound dog and a 70 lb dog.
On days when I forget to put the collars on, the dogs stay perfectly within the boundaries. Even when ducks waddle up from the pond, my big dog stays within the fence line. And LolliPop loves to chase ducks. Of course, I NEVER leave my dogs outside unsupervised.