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Petsafe SportDog In-Ground Fence System | 
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| Brand: Radio Systems
Category: Pet Products
List Price: $319.99
Buy New: $198.99
You Save: $121.00 (38%)
New (17) from $198.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 6416
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 15 x 6
MPN: SDF-100
Model: SDF-100
UPC: 729849106086
EAN: 0729849106086
ASIN: B000FETSYU
Release Date: April 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | In-ground fence system for dog containment and training | | • | 4 adjustable electric correction levels plus beep- and vibrate-only modes | | • | 1,000 feet of wire and 100 flags included; expand the area with Wire and Flag Accessory Kit (SDF-WF) | | • | Limitlessly expandable for more dogs with purchase of additional collar-receivers | | • | Anti-linger feature keeps dog from pacing boundary's edge |
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Product Description
Contain your dog safely off leash with this in-ground wired fence system. Waterproof collar receiver offers adjustable correction, anti-linger feature and more.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
Great system!!! August 28, 2008
I purchased this fence system about 2 weeks ago. And although it was a bit of work installing the fence, mostly due to my hard, rocky ground, I am very pleased. Amos (10 mo. old Chocolate Lab) is very energetic and I really had my concerns. I've spent 3 or 4 days training him. The first day, we let him go after training to play. He bolted for the woods behind our house and got zapped. Surprisingly he came straight back to my wife. The next two days were fine, no escape attempts. Yesterday, I was throwing a ball, trying to get it to just cross the "line" to see what he would do. He forcefully ran toward the ball, but then as he approached the line, he began to slow up, and eventually he very cautiously retrieved the ball which was within a few feet of the "line", almost as if he were sticking his head through a fence to get it. Again I threw the ball well past the line, he made an attempt to retrieve it, but stopped well short and sat and waited for me to get it. I was surprised, but very pleased. I am still concerned what he will do if and when a stray dog crosses our property. So far, so good!!!
 So easy a novice can do! August 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The price is right and you get an insane amount of wire, so if we move we can install again with no problem! Never attempted anything of this sort before, but the Wife and I installed in a matter of 9 hours for a 1/2 acre, but we also were keeping track of our 20 month old at the time too! We used an edger which made the trench easier (rental was $30) it worked great in spots but some spots still needed to dug deeper by hand! The instructions were pretty good, not alot of detail but enough. They leave out the fact that you need plenty of slack wherever you plan on putting the transmitter and the initial layout could use some more explanation. I wish they would have included a DVD instructions...really the only reason it didn't get a 5 star for me...i di dalot of extra research and asking other people to feel compltely comfortable doing it myself. But install was labor intensive but not rocket science!
We are on week three of training and dog is responding well(i was afraid because she is stubborn)..she has had two distractions and ran thru the line..but cmae right back! Correction level 2 works just fine for her! I would recomend this product to anyone!
Very Good Pet Containment May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received the Petsafe fence system yesterday and it took about 6 hours total to install for my yard. I didn't use any fancy machinery, just a flat shovel and some back-breaking hard work. I wanted to keep my dog within the backyard so I ran a single wire around the backyard, pinched it in on the sides and completed the loop by running wire near the front of the house. Setting up the actual system was quite easy. I just hung it on the wall near an outlet and split the wire as it came out my garage. The receiver on the collar looks a little big for my 55 pound dog (German Shorthaired Pointer), but I don't think he minds. Its also nice that the unit takes regular 9-Volt batteries as replacements. Today was the first training day with the system, and boy did the dog jump with his first shock. I felt really bad for him, but he quickly learned to associate the beeping and vibrating of the collar with the painful correction shock. By the end of the day he wouldn't go closer than 4 feet from a white flag - even for a treat or his favorite ball. Actually, at the end of the day I turned the system to beep/vibrate mode only since he is doing so well. I have more training to do and supervised outdoor time, but I can already tell that this product is a good buy.
Big Dog, Big Area, No Problem. May 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We bought this for our 7 month old Newfoundland who likes to roam into the neighbors yards. We have about 1 1/4 acres but he seemed to like the neighbors areas better than ours.
Installation wasn't the easiest but we knew that going in since we were going to lay about 800' of wire. We did it all by hand utilizing a flat shovel to open a slot in the ground for the wire. Wire is buried 2-4 inches. Took about 12 hrs. for this part. Final connection to the transmitter was a breeze. All toll we had it up and running in 1 weekend.
We started out setting the collar to the lowest level, wanting to see if our 100# baby could feel it at all. Trust me he did. When we took him out the first time with the collar on he wanted to see what the new flags were in the yard. These are the flags you install where the wire is so the dogs get a sense of where they can and can't go. After that initial shock, he won't go within 6' of the flags. He's a quick learner. We have had it installed for 3 weeks now and while we are outside with him there is no problem with him staying in his own yard.
I've set the collar up to the medium level and actually tried holding the contacts and walking through the wire myself. While not painful, the shock is substantial. I'm sure this item would work for more agressive dogs.
All in all it is a quality item, easy to follow instructions and it does exactly what it is intended for.
Zip Tie...Don't Weave! May 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Our lab/hound cross has been jumping our 4 ft fence so we decided to install this invisible fence along our existing fence line. I downloaded the manual online before I purchased this (highly recommended) to make certain this product would work with our yard configuration. The manual had several yard diagrams including one identical to our yard! I looked at a lot of invisible fences and this one has some great features that others do not (adjustable everything, 9V battery, plenty of wire, thorough manual). You can tell this is a higher quality system.
**A piece of advice** If you are running this wire along an existing chain link fence, the manual says that you can weave the wire through the chain link or zip-tie it. DO NOT attempt to weave this wire through the chain link if you have anything more than a 40x40 yard. We have .35 acres and by the time we laid out the wire per the instructions and then tried to weave 800 ft of wire through the chain link it was a total mess. It kept getting tangled and snagged. I ended up cutting it in three places to get it untangled. We switched to zip ties for the wire that ran along the top of the fence and that took about 1/10 of the time. Total install time: 8 hours but it should have only taken 4.
Started our training last night. Our poor dog is associating eating pieces of chicken off the grass with getting shocked. Will continue the training until she realizes it's the flags that she should be worried about...not the chicken.
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