It is basically a large rectangle. The green light stays on but only 3/4 of the fence works and gets the warning & shock. The back border doesn’t emit any warning or shock so it seems dead. My neighbor installed a different fence and I know mine worked the first 6 months after his install. The two come within 10 feet at the closest along that stretch. I have tried setting the “boundary” to zero and that didn’t help the dead area. Any thoughts? Thanks!

ADMIN – Hi Jeff,

My guess is that you neighbor turned up his boundary width at some time and his fence is now interfering with yours along the common boundary. The way to definitively diagnose whether it is interference, is to ask the neighbor to switch their fence off for a minute and see if yours starts working in the dead zone.

If it is indeed interference, the way to fix the issue is the move the fences further apart, to have the neighbor turn the boundary width down, or to switch to a dual frequency system that will allow you to change frequencies to avoid interference.

ADMIN – Hi Mike,

You always need to run the wire in a loop. If you are just doing the backyard, people usually complete the loop by running the wire tight around the front of the house, or by going up and over the house by running the wire through the gutter.

You can also do a big U-shaped loop, but that tends to eat up a lot of your yard.

ADMIN – Hi Lewis,

You should be able to run the dog fence wire right alongside the electric fence wire without any problems.

ADMIN – Hi Keri,

You can certainly protect the wire with a conduit like PVC tubing. Also consider using the black sprinkler system tubing or old garden hose pipe, they are flexible and consequently much easier to word with than a rigid tube like PVC.

I wanted to let readers of this site know that we covered the wire where it crossed our asphalt driveway with a rubber runner (12 feet long and 2 feet wide). The runner is black and is not very noticeable on the driveway. It works great and no digging!

ADMIN – Hi Kathie,

Thanks for taking the time to provide that great information!

ADMIN – Hi Chuck,

Many of the systems can comfortably handle 10 acres with the standard wire. I would be happy using something like the PetSafe Deluxe (25 acres), Innotek IUC-4100/5100 (25 acres), Dogtra EF-3000 (40 acres), or SportDog SDF-100A (100 acres) in your situation.

ADMIN – Hi Skip,

Low voltage landscaping wire is the same as dog fence wire. In general any direct burial rated, insulated wire with a copper core will do the job.

ADMIN – Hi Gail,

You can use pretty much any insulated singe electric wire. For the most durability, use something that says it is direct burial rated (not regular PVC insulated housing wire). This wire tends to hold up better in the ground. There is no big difference between braided and solid – braided is a little easier to work with, solid is a little more corrosion resistant.

Avoid mixing very different gauges, since the thicker gauge will have a wider field that the thinner. Not a big deal if you are mixing 18 and 20. Becomes a bigger deal if you mix say 12 gauge wire and 20 gauge wire.

Hi Whitey,

Yes, you will be able to run the boundary wire around the deck. Once the boundary wire is installed around the deck your dog will not have any access to the deck.

Admin- Hi Kevin,

The PetSafe system is compatible and will work great with a stranded 14-gauge wire.