Comments on: Innotek IUC-5100 Review

By: Shelly Floyd

Shelly Floyd — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:56:54 +0000

I’m trying to figure out if this will work on the back part of our property. We’re in Florida, and the back half is swamp 3-4 months of the year. During the rainy season, it can fill up to a foot deep with water. If we install our wires when it’s dry, will they continue to keep our Border Collie/Black Lab mix in the yard when it fills with water? Or will it somehow short out the signal? This dog loves water, so I know that she’ll be out there in it. Thanks in advance for any advice!

ADMIN – The wire does not mind getting wet. Try to keep any splices out of the waterlogged area (but not the end of the world if you can’t). The signal still transmits through water, but you may want to increase the boundary width a little when you get those rains to compensate for the water depth.

By: John Alberts

John Alberts — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:36:21 +0000

Hi,
I just purchased an Innotek 5100 from you guys and spoke to Bob Holmes in the process. He recommended a hunting dog training book for help in using the remote with the collar. I looked on Amazon but wasn’t sure which book he meant. Does anyone there know the title or author?

ADMIN – Hi John,

The book I liked for showing you how to use the remote correction with your dog was “Training the Hunting Retriever ” by Robinson. I am sure there are lots of other good one I have not read. If anyone else has suggestions, I would love to hear them.

By: phillip

phillip — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:58:25 +0000

i have a st. bernard and was woundering if this will work because he is about 200lb

ADMIN – Hi Phillip,

Considering going with something with a little more powerful correction, like a PetSafe Stubborn. An IUC-5100 will probably be fine — st bernards are usually motivated by the correction, but do need a higher correction than say a lab due to their size. It is hard to tell how any individual dog will react, if you think he is going to be sensitive to the correction go with the IUC-5100 and we would be happy to swap it out for a stubborn is it proved insufficient. If he is a little tougher, start out with the stubborn.

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:22:17 +0000

If I already have the fence can I purchase the remote trainer seperately?

ADMIN – Hi Angela – you can purchase remote training systems separately. Or you can get an IUC-5100 collar separately and the remote control separately. But you cannot use a 4100 collar with the remote control — you need the larger 5100 collar, only this has the receiver built in.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:56:42 +0000

I already have the standard ultrasmart fence. The collar went bad and I was wondering if I bought the collar and remote extra for the 5100 system would it work with my 4100 existing system?

ADMIN – Hi Julie,

A collar and remote from the 5100 would work on an IUC-4100 system.

By: K Hayward

K Hayward — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:23 +0000

I have an older Husky (13). She has started both digging under the fence and destroying door jams over the last year. I am both worried about her safety if she gets out but also about the property we are renting. Primarily I want something that will keep her in the backyard but allow her in the house. Secondarily, I would like to keep her away from the doors unless she is coming inside. What is the most effective way to do this? I was thinking the remote training collar and the invisible fence. Suggestions?

ADMIN Hi K,

A dog fence would work well to keep her in the yard. You could use the indoor pods to keep her away from the doors, or alternatively a “scat mat”. The remote training doesn’t have great results for this kind of thing because you have to be around to observe and correct the behaviour which is usually not the case, especially with huskies who tend to escape only when left alone. Even if you are around, the dog just learns not to dig at the door while you are not around. You really want something more automatic to keep them away from doors like the indoor zones pods (you can get them on the Innotek IUC4100 & IUC-5100 and on the petsafe inground systems), or a scat mat.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:02:13 +0000

How do you change between dogs with the one remote control? Is it something where you can do it as your out and about or is it a toggle switch type under the back cover?

ADMIN – Hi Nicole,

The remote control has a button on the front that switches the mode from one dog to another. You press it once and you get dog A, press it again and you get dog B, press it a third time and you get both dogs.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:50:39 +0000

I’m thinking about getting this for our Lab and Golden Retriever. It’s nice that it allows two collars and the dogs are the same size so it sounds like it will work well. I like having the remote control for training but how does that work with two dogs/collars? If I correct one, does the other get a shock/tone as well? Can I select which collar is connected to the remote?

ADMIN – Hi Michael,

The remote control lets you select each dog separately or both together. So you could correct one dog, but not the other. (note that you can only do this with two collars at a time, it does not work with 3+ collars)

By: Nichole

Nichole — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:54:24 +0000

We have a 30 pound Beagle and a 60 pound lab that we would like to get a fence for. I see that the Innotek 4100 isn’t set up to have different settings for dogs of such different sizes, but none of the Pet Safe models seem to meet our needs either (rechargable batteries, waterproof collars, etc.) Can the Innotek 5100 model accomodate dogs of different sizes?

ADMIN – Hi Nichole,

The IUC-5100 is not a good match for dogs of different sizes, since you cannot independently adjust the correction level for each dog. If you want something rechargeable, the best choice would be the Dogtra EF-3000 gold. It is rechargeable and lets you set the correction level for each collar separately.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:00:08 +0000

I saw the quote below on another review…have you heard of this issue before with neighboring underground fences? If so, does it apply to the 4100 as well?

“Because of the zone feature in the 5100 model, the collar will not work if your neighbors have installed a inground training fence. Our neighbors have a non Innotek professionally installed system. We installed the Innotek 5100 and the collar disables itself within 15 feet of the lot line – system works fine on the other three sides. Innotek’s solution for this is to move our fence more than 15 feet from the shared lot line, considering our fence is currently only 12 feet from the house on that side of our yard, this is impossible. I do not understand why Innotek would make no mention of this in the instructions or even in small print on the box, so customer could avoid the effort of installation for no reason and frustration of trying to troubleshoot the issue.”

ADMIN – Hi Al,

None of the systems like being near another fence. You can usually get within six feet unless you neighbor has their fence set to a really wide boundary. Then you need to ask them to narrow their boundary width a little. The best systems for this problem are the Perimeter Technologies Ultra systems, that you can switch to multiple frequencies to try and avoid interference.