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Training Guide
If your pet already understands his Invisible Fence
®
Brand system
If your pets already understand how to use their Invisible Fence
®
Brand system, adding a new area is easy. If the
Invisible Gate
®
Plus unit will be used for establishing
Different Rules for Different Pets
™,
please go to the
section on multi-pet households.
Once the signal field is established
1) Use the Invisible Fence
®
Brand training flags to mark the desired area. Flags should be set 6”-12” inches
inside the signal field range. This will provide a visual cue for your pets. Just as they learned what the
flags meant when the pets were first trained, your pet will remember that flags again mean they should
avoid the area.
2)
With your pet’s Computer Collar
®
unit in your hand, allow your pet to hear it sounding when he is looking
at the flags. Your pet should react immediately by moving away from the designated protection area.
Some pets may need to test the area a few times on their own before they start avoiding the protected
area altogether.
3) Always praise your pet for making the right choice and leaving the designated protection area.
4) If your pet lingers in the signal field or ignores the signal field, please contact your Invisible Fence
®
Brand
Dealer. Your pet’s indoor correction level designation may need an adjustment.
Multi-
pet households…Introducing
Different Rules for Different Pets™
If your new Invisible Gate
®
Plus system is used to keep only specific pets out of a specific area, an enhanced
visual cue will need to be created. For example, if your new Invisible Gate
®
Plus system is meant to keep the
dog away from the kitty litter box, flagging the area would also deter the cat who have been trained to understand
the meanings of the flags.
1) Program the pets Computer Collar
®
units as instructed on Page 9.
2) Remove the pets from the designated area and set up the Invisible Fence
®
Brand training flags (as
above).
3) Add the new visually enhanced elements. The easiest cue would be to use blue painters tape. Use 4-
6” strips of painters tape between the flags on the floor. Painters tape can easily be removed without
causing damage to different types of surfaces.
4) Bring in the pets that are being trained to avoid the area and with the Computer Collar
®
unit in your
hand, let them see the flags, tape and hear the tone.
5) Put the Computer Collar
®
unit on your pet and let the pet explore the area. Once your pet has had a
few minutes to investigate the area, move the flags,
leaving the painter’s tape in place.
6) Bring in the pets that are not affected by the Invisible Gate
®
Plus system and encourage them to
explore in the designated area.
7) The pets affected may try to approach the area, but will quickly retreat upon hearing the tone. Always
praise your pets for making the “Right” choice.
8) If your pet lingers in the signal field or ignores the signal field, please contact your Invisible Fence
®
Brand Dealer. Your p
et’s indoor correction level may need an adjustment.
If your pet is new to Invisible Fence
®
Brand system
If you and your pet are new to the Invisible Fence
®
Brand system there are several considerations to examine
before you start training your pets. Your Invisible Fence
®
Brand Dealer has Trainers certified in Perfect Start™
Plus training and can evaluate your pet to provide customized training that is both scientifically sound and
behaviorally based as well as gentle and effective. Your Dealer has a wealth of experience in training pets
including special diagnostic tools that provides the trainer more control over the correction level as well as
enabling the trainer to access information about how your pet uses the Invisible Fence
®
Brand system during
training. This information helps the trainer establish the right correction level for your pet.
