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Training Guide
Be Patient With Your Pet
CAUTION
Proper training of your pet is essential to the success of the PetSafe
®
In-Ground Fence
™
. During the fi rst 2
weeks of training, do not use the training device on your pet without direct supervision. Read this section completely
before beginning to train your pet.
• Have fun with your pet throughout the training process. Training should be fun, fair, firm and consistent.
• Train for 10 to 15 minutes a t a time. Don’t try to do too much too quickly. More-frequent short sessions are better
than less-frequent longer sessions.
• If your pet shows signs of stress, slow down the training schedule, add additional days of training, or increase the
amount of play time with your pet in the Pet Area. Common stress signals include:
- Pet pulling on lead toward the house
- Ears tucked
- Tail down
- Body lowered
- Nervous / frantic movement or stiffening of pet’s body
• Your pet must be completely comfor table near the Boundary Flags at the end of every training session. Spend at least
5 minutes of “play time” at the completion of each session within 3 meter s (10 ft) of the Boundar y Flags.
• Finish each training session on a positiv e note with lots of praise and pla y.
• Remove the Receiver Collar after each training session.
• Be sure to contain your pet by another means dur ing the training period (e.g. pen, tie-out, lead, etc.).
• During training, if you need to take your pet out of the Pet Area, remove the Receiver Collar and either pick your pet
up or put him in the car to pass out of the P et Area.
• Even if you think your pet is responding well to the training, complete the entire training. Reinforcement is important!
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Days 1 and 2 - Boundary Flag Awareness
Perform three training sessions per day, each
lasting 10-15 minutes.
Goal:
To familiarize your pet with the Boundary Flags.
Setup:
• Put a separate non-metallic collar on your pet’s
neck and attach a lead.
• Have tiny pieces of treats that your pet will find
desirable available.
• Have your pet’s favourite play toy available.
Steps:
1. Begin by walking your pet on a lead in the Pet
Area while holding the Receiver Collar in one
hand but not touching the Contact Points.
Calmly praise and talk to your pet. Keep your
mood happy.
10A
10B
2. Move toward the Boundary Flags allowing
your pet to hear the beeping from the Receiver Collar. Just before your pet’s head reaches the fl ag line (
10A
), give
him a quick horizontal or downward “jerk and release” correction on the lead. Do not correct verbally.
3. Lead your pet back into the Pet Area (
10B
) to about 4.5 m (15 ft) away from the Boundary Flags and praise him.
4. Repeat this process at several different Boundary Flags.
Phase
1
