invisible fence help...

they all pretty much use a single buried wire. Plug and play with a new box.

I have a sport dog system that I use and it works well. Bought off Amazon.

Quick tip for people who are buying a system and installing it. Go rent a wire trencher from Home Depot to install the wire, it saves a lot of hassle.

any idea how I could mark existing wires?

rent a metal detector?

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Go rent a wire trencher from Home Depot to install the wire, it saves a lot of hassle.

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Better, buy a use gas powered law edger off Craigslist for $50-75. Works a lot better then digging up one yard.

You can get a used control box on ebay for $20-30. Buy a new collar for $65. Plug them up and rock and roll. Make sure collar and box are compatible. I have a petsafe system. Most boxes work for a multitude of collars.

When you plug the box up, it will tell you if there is a break in the line. If so, I'd run a new line rather than dig up the whole yard finding the break. Rent a trencher from Home Depot. Much better than a weedeater or edger, and does a better job. Buy 18 gauge stranded copper wire. Don't buy the stuff that says "dog fence", as it's 40% more $.

I fenced off my 3 acres for less than $400, that includes wire, collar, control box, and trencher rental. Been in place for over a year without a hiccup other than replacing batteries in the collar.

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mark existing wires

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As said, put the collar on. I'd even come over and be the official flag planter if you did that.



Otherwise, I think most, if not all, collars give an audible beep before the shock as the dog nears the wire. So buy your setup and and use it to locate boundary.

Tenfoe above me gave some solid advice.

I have a Dog Watch hidden fence system I would be glad to give you that I no longer use. I dont have the collars anymore but you could get new collars. Put up an email address if interested. Also, I work in Bham a couple days a week so I could deliver locally.

I used it on my labs. It worked great on one, the other couldnt be kept in the yard with a sledge hammer if it has places to be...

Did you do the training? Or just let them loose?

MY GSD wasn't learning the boundaries very well, so I decided to let her off leash. first thing she did was break for the front yard. She got the shite shocked out of her and just laid down instead of coming back to the yard. Training her was a peach after that once she knew what the consequences were for leaving the perimeter. I do not even put the collar on her anymore and she stays in the yard. She got a little gun shy the first time we took her for walk after getting shocked, basically had to drag her down the the driveway.