Comments on: Why DIY a Dog Fence?

By: Malinda

Malinda — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:43:19 +0000

I read your review for various Innotek indoor systems and think that is what I may need for my ShihTzu that sneaks off and pees on my rugs. I want to put one in the dining room entryway, living room entryway, and stairs.

Question 1: someone told me that the dog cannot wear the collar for more than 12 hours. Is that true?

Question 2: do the innotek indoor system collars work with the outdoor Pawz Away transmitter also? I want to also keep my dog away from the gate but don’t want her to wear 2 collars.

ADMIN – Hi Malinda,

(1) The manufacturers all state the collar should not be worn more than 12 hours a day. In practise many of our customers leave the collar on 24/7. If you are going to do that, just watch the collar area every day for the first two weeks, then weekly. You are just trying to make sure the collar is not chafing or causing an allergic reaction with the skin.

(2) Yes, you can use the Indoor pod collars with the Pawz Away outdoor pods.

By: Jackie KT_suds@msn.com

Jackie KT_suds@msn.com — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:48:28 +0000

Our lab is extremely food driven and we need to make sure that he is not able to access the kitchen and dining room. We want to set up an electric fence indoors, what would be the best DIY electric fences and what are the installation requirements. Can it be installed on the basement wood ceiling? Any comments, tool requirements, recommendations and pros/cons would be helpful. Thank you Jackie

Admin- Hi Jackie,

I would recommend using an indoor zone to section off the kitchen. You will be able to set a pod at each entry point to the kitchen to create a boundary. This way your dog will not be able to gain access. Please view our indoor zones in our store page under the accessories tab.

By: Judd

Judd — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:06:54 +0000

We are wanting to install a wired fence on our property. We own alot of land but want to keep our dogs to about 2 acres. We have a 2 acre pond at the end of our “yard” and I am wondering, since the water level is so low right now can I bury wire now where water WILL BE once our drought is over? In doing this it would allow our dogs to go down to the pool for a drink and a dip in the summer. The wire would be about 3 feet under water when the pool is totally full, but right now its dirt.

ADMIN – Hi Judd,

That would work perfectly. Make sure to install the wire far enough into the pond to give your dogs enough space to walk into the pond.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:56:01 +0000

Hi, My neighbor has a Invisible Fence System. Would a Petsafe little dog or the Innotek ICU-4100 work ok with no interference from his system?.

ADMIN – Hi Robert,

If the neighbor’s fence is within 12 feet of yours, you are likely to get interference along the common boundary with the Innotek or the PetSafe. Your best option would be to use a dual frequency system where you can set the frequency to avoid the problem. The Perimeter Technologies Ultra would be your best bet.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:54:36 +0000

We have a 1 acre yard, fenced on two side with Stockade fencing. We have a pug and are thinking of getting another Golden. Which system do you recommend and what would be the estimated cost?
Thank you!

Admin- Hi Helen,

The best system for you will be the PetSafe Little Dog fence. You can use the included Little Dog Collar for the Pug and bundle in an additional PetSafe Stubborn Dog collar for a Golden. You should expect the price to range from $270-$350 depending on if you need any extra materials.

By: Ed G

Ed G — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:17:46 +0000

I currently have a very sweet timid cat who used to share the house with an older Dalmatian. The Dalmatian is gone and we will be adopting two 1 year old lab mix littermates when my daughter moves back into the house. My main concern is protecting the cat and giving her a refuge area where the dogs cannot go without using lots of gates that will also put constraints on our mobility. From what I see in your videos are the wireless units will not work for my situation. I’m thinking of using your innotek 4100 unit and run the wires on the joists in the basement to block the dogs from ½ of the house. How far apart must the opposite sides of a loop be for the fence to work properly?

ADMIN – Hi Ed,

The opposite sides of the wire loop need to be at least six feet apart.

If you just want to keep the dog out of a couple of spots in the house, you may also want to consider some of the http://dogfencediy.com/store/accessories/indoor-zones/petsafe-innotek-indoor-zone-and-collar-set.html“>wireless indoor pods that you could use to keep the dogs out certain rooms. It should be considerably easier than setting up a wired system under your floor board – the tradeoff being that you can only create circular exclusions and cannot custom shape the wire.

By: pat

pat — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:16:23 +0000

my yard is 160ft. by 80ft. I would like to know what would be the best wireless system to use?

ADMIN – Hi Pat,

By far, if you are choosing to go with a wireless dog fence, our recommendation is the Havahart. It leads the pack in terms of performance and reliability. We’ve posted our test results here: http://www.dogfencediy.com/wireless-dog-fence/

By: stacey

stacey — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:48:11 +0000

Hi, I was wondering if you would be able to help me, we have a black lab who is close to 100 lbs. she is a very good dog, but like others she likes to wonder, which isn’t a problem, except she has gotten braver and has started crossing the road. we live in the country and i was wondering how i would be able to go about keeping her away from the road. we have considered doing a complete wire around our back yard, but i would love for her to have complete access to the entire house. our problem is that the entire front of our home is driveway and very close to the road. would something like the rocks work for this problem?? thanks for any help you can offer to us!

ADMIN – Hi Stacey,

What kind of material is the driveway made out of? If it is concrete and you have a convenient expansion joint, that would be the easiest way to run he wire across the driveway. We could clean out the expansion joint and run the wire through the joint, then cailk over.

Otherwise, we would use a circular saw, or rent a concrete saw if it were a long distance and cut a shallow slot across for the wire.

I don’t think the wireless rock pods will be a good solution here, because in wireless mode they can only create small circular barriers, what we really want to block access to the highway is a long thin line of wire.

By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:01:36 +0000

How does this work with country living? We have large acreage and have deer that come in the yard, and we mow with a JD compact tractor. I’ve heard a deer standing on the wire location during the wet springs will break it. So a tractor would for sure. Is this a practical solution for farm living? Thanks

ADMIN – Hi Janice,

The wire is flexible and pretty resilient. It can stand up to occasional wear with a car or tractor driving over it, so long as the ground is dirt, not gravel or shale. If the tractor is going to drive over certain spots a lot or there is an animal path, I would bury that section, or place it in a protective conduit (like an old hose pipe). Systems can handle up to 100 acres, and we have many customers that use them with small farms.

I don’t think a deer standing on the wire would break it (although I must admit I have never tried that experiment!). Where livestock or deer break wire, it is usually where it is not secured to the ground and the animals trip over the wire and snap it. If you do have animals in the area and are not burying the wire, it is definitely worth stapling it down every 10 feet using ground staples.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:26:26 +0000

You show a house with a large loop all the way around it. The perimeter boundary is connected to the fencer with twisted wire. Can the dog cross that twisted wire? I want to put a fence around the perimeter of my property. This is about 2000 feet. I want my dog to have free run everywhere inside the fence. I do not want to have an internal line he cannot cross. How can this be done?

ADMIN – Hi Dan,

Yes, the twisted wire section that connects the transmitter to the main boundary loop does not transmit a radio frequency. This means that you dog will be able to cross over the twisted wire and not receive a correction. I recommend checking out our twisted wire page for more info on twisted wire. We even have this concept illustrated as well there: http://www.dogfencediy.com/installation/plan/twisted-wire/.