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How the pet fencing system works
You can define your dog’s play area by installing a wire, called antenna wire, around the authorized perimeter. This wire placed on the ground,
buried or raised on an existing fence carries a radio signal from the transmitter.
When your dog, wearing a receiver collar, approaches this wire, he is warned by beep sounds that he is too close to an area where he is not
allowed; then if he carries on, static corrections will be emitted by the collar. Your dog will have to leave the unauthorized area to stop the
static corrections and beep sounds.
An unlimited number of receiver collars can be used with one transmitter: you can keep as many dogs as you wish safely in the same
area.
The pet fencing system has been designed to give you complete satisfaction with an antenna wire with a maximum length of 2600 ft (6 acres).
If a longer antenna wire is used, the pet fencing system will still work, but the warning and static correction zones will be markedly reduced.
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Installing the pet fencing system
Transmitter
The transmitter must be installed indoors in a dry location: the transmitter can withstand changes in temperature but will be damaged by
water. Make sure the transmitter is correctly and surely fixed (for example: screw it to a wall).
Install the transmitter in a garage or garden shed near an electrical outlet.
Antenna wire
For the system to operate, the wire must be connected to the transmitter and form a continuous loop from the transmitter and back again.
The outward and inward wires must be spaced 6 ft apart to avoid cancelling the signal.
20 AWG or 15 WAG wire can be used (you can combine several wire sections).
The wire sections recommended depending on the length of the system are as follows:
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For less of 2600 ft of antenna wire : 20 AWG
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From 2600 ft to 6600 ft of antenna wire : 15 AWG
From the transmitter, unroll the wire around the perimeter you wish to protect. To run the wire from your garage or garden shed, pass it
through a window, door or similar.
The wire can be placed on the ground, buried (maximum: 4 in) or fixed to a non-metallic existing fence or wall (best height: your dog’s neck
height). If you plan on burying the wire, make sure your installation is functioning properly before doing so. You can protect the wire by
running it through PVC pipe or a length of garden hose.
The wire must not be taut as variations in temperature may cause it to expand or contract. In the corners, do not make right angles but prefer
rounded corners with a large radius.
Diagram 3
Receiver collar
Nylon strap
Contact points
(short or long)
Indicator light:
On/Off indicator
+
battery level indicator
symbol:
area where the magnetic switch is located.
This magnetic switch allows you to turn On/Off the collar
and to select the
static correction level.
Magnetic key
(magnet)