Advice for Petsafe wireless fence system

Hope so....tired of cleaning up piles of shite that look like cows dropped on my driveway

We just returned the wireless and are ordering one to bury. I was not impressed with the radius of the wireless.

I had two labs contained in about an acre an a half. Afterwards, the neighbor across had a single lab contained in one with the same results I had. Eventually, they do not respect the shock anymore. I progressed to the point of 2-9volt stubborn dog shockers on each collar, and eventually got to 4 layers of boundary wire run by two seperate transmitters. The shock zone was about 40-50' across. They'd still run through it. Works well for a while. But eventually it will stop containing. Maybe with an old lazy dog or a really small dog you may fare better. But I've yet to see it work permenantly.

Let me clarify. I did the full-bore training on a leash, then with the collar without correction etc, for the full duration with flags and all as specified - by the book. Everything was fine for probably two years without a single incident. It was not an instant failure. I swore by it to many people over that couple of years. But once they learn to run through and that it's a temporary discomfort, it's over. If they want to be on the other side, they will go. That's when I incrementally increased correction until I had enough of it. I thought maybe it was because of having two dogs and it being a chasing thing. But the neighbor had only one dog, and experienced the same thing. Everything was fine for a year or two. Once they get out one time, it's over.

How long have you had yours? The only people I've ever talked to who swear by them like I used to, just haven't had them long enough.

One of my labs was already about a year old when I started. A year later I got the second one as a puppy. The first had never gotten out that whole year, so I started the puppy on it from the get go. Kept him in a pen for the full training duration - didn't just stick a collar on him and turn him loose. Things went awry when they were 2-4 y.o. high energy, 60-70lb dogs.

sonoma, how long have you had the system?

...going on >4 years with an underground fence and 2 mutts and only had a problem once. Left for Europe for 3 weeks over Christmas and Mom was checking on the dogs, said she stopped by one day and they were running all over the neighborhood, so my brother chained them up until we returned. Got home and figured out the winter coat caused contact problem, so shaved their necks, installed longer prongs and increased shock intensity, no problems since. That was 2 years ago. Did not do the full-bore training, b/c they kept digging up the wire I was burying, so they got the crash course. Both 5 years old, one is 30lbs, the other 60lbs, good squirrel dogs that hunt well, but will not even cross the boundary at home to chase squirrels out of yard.

I think with the wireless that the dogs will get shock when they are outside the range of the transmitter, meaning they continually get shocked until they return within range. There is of course a time limit and the collar disables after a predetermined time.

My wireless hits for 15 seconds. No more.

Not enough to deter a dog who literally wags his tail when you give him a smack.