I really wanted to love this product.  I have a Petsafe citronella bark collar, the citronella remote training collar, and the easy walk harness--all of which I recommend.  I carefully read the entire instruction booklet, followed instructions, and called Petsafe for clarification.  But I don't recommend this product.  I don't think it reliably transmitted a clear, smooth boundary.

Maybe if I had a small, flat yard with a house in the middle and no metal around it would work well.  Maybe it didn't work because my house is on top of a hill, and we have a metal front porch and an oil tank next to the house.  Anyway, the beep is very quiet, and the lights are small and hard to see in bright daylight, so I had trouble finding the boundary.  Then when I placed a flag, I had trouble finding the beep in the same place--it was like the boundary kept moving!

They said part of the problem could be that the boundary is dome-shaped, and if I change the height of the collar it will change the boundary somewhat.  So I was walking around my yard bent over with the collar 10-inches off the ground, and I really don't think it helped much.  And it started making the idea of burying a physical idea sound not so hard comparably . . . At least with the physical wire I can pick exactly where I want the boundary to be.

How can I train my dog to find and respect the boundary when I can't find it myself?
I really wanted to love this product. I have a Petsafe citronella bark collar, the citronella remote training collar, and the easy walk harness--all of which I recommend. I carefully read the entire instruction booklet, followed instructions, and called Petsafe for clarification. But I don't recommend this product. I don't think it reliably transmitted a clear, smooth boundary. Maybe if I had a small, flat yard with a house in the middle and no metal around it would work well. Maybe it didn't work because my house is on top of a hill, and we have a metal front porch and an oil tank next to the house. Anyway, the beep is very quiet, and the lights are small and hard to see in bright daylight, so I had trouble finding the boundary. Then when I placed a flag, I had trouble finding the beep in the same place--it was like the boundary kept moving! They said part of the problem could be that the boundary is dome-shaped, and if I change the height of the collar it will change the boundary somewhat. So I was walking around my yard bent over with the collar 10-inches off the ground, and I really don't think it helped much. And it started making the idea of burying a physical idea sound not so hard comparably. . . At least with the physical wire I can pick exactly where I want the boundary to be. How can I train my dog to find and respect the boundary when I can't find it myself?