My wife and I just bought a new home which has a wireless fence
installed. The collar they left is too big for my two little Shih
Tzu's, so when I called to ask how much a collar would be (everything
else installed and works perfectly) the guy told me $250 each. Did
some looking online and there are are tons of these things for $100 or
less, including some PetSafe models but the sales guy said it would not
work with my system. As I understand it these things broadcast on a
frequency.... can that be changed? $250 for a collar seems steeeep!

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My wife and I just bought a new home which has a wireless fence
installed. The collar they left is too big for my two little Shih
Tzu's, so when I called to ask how much a collar would be (everything
else installed and works perfectly) the guy told me $250 each. Did
some looking online and there are are tons of these things for $100 or
less, including some PetSafe models but the sales guy said it would not
work with my system. As I understand it these things broadcast on a
frequency.... can that be changed? $250 for a collar seems steeeep!


buy any collar you like, remove the little electronic bit, and fit it onto
the new collar. you may need to pound holes in the new collar using a
hammer and large nails. it's quite simple. our dogs chew through plastic
clip collars, so we had to change ours to metal clips. it was a simple
procedure.

-kelly

Save yourself future heartache and put that money towards buying a real
fence. The electronic fences do not stop unwanted dogs & other animals from
coming into your yard. As small as your dogs are it wouldn't take much for
another animal to kill them if they were attacked.

I have an ecollar for training but I would never use an electronic fence
just for this reason. Plus they just don't phase some dogs and they either
figure out how to drain the battery and pass without a shock or they run
over it and won't come back because they know they will get zapped again.

Celeste



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My wife and I just bought a new home which has a wireless fence
installed. The collar they left is too big for my two little Shih
Tzu's, so when I called to ask how much a collar would be (everything
else installed and works perfectly) the guy told me $250 each. Did
some looking online and there are are tons of these things for $100 or
less, including some PetSafe models but the sales guy said it would not
work with my system. As I understand it these things broadcast on a
frequency.... can that be changed? $250 for a collar seems steeeep!

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:31:29 -0700, brettjbyers wrote:


My wife and I just bought a new home which has a wireless fence
installed. The collar they left is too big for my two little Shih
Tzu's, so when I called to ask how much a collar would be (everything
else installed and works perfectly) the guy told me $250 each. Did
some looking online and there are are tons of these things for $100 or
less, including some PetSafe models but the sales guy said it would not
work with my system. As I understand it these things broadcast on a
frequency.... can that be changed? $250 for a collar seems steeeep!

I'd not trust one that cost less.

Remember - if you're going to use that thing (and I wouldn't, and I'm an
advocate of e-collar training) - your dog will be wearing it in all
weathers.

Dogs have been seriously injured when their collars shorted out.

You want one that is absolutely reliable, and absolutely waterproof.

--
b0VIM 6.3

HOWEDY jeff,

Save yourself the EMBARRASSMENT...

Jeff Dege wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:31:29 -0700, brettjbyers wrote:


My wife and I just bought a new home which has a wireless fence
installed. The collar they left is too big for my two little Shih
Tzu's, so when I called to ask how much a collar would be (everything
else installed and works perfectly) the guy told me $250 each. Did
some looking online and there are are tons of these things for $100 or
less, including some PetSafe models but the sales guy said it would not
work with my system. As I understand it these things broadcast on a
frequency.... can that be changed? $250 for a collar seems steeeep!

I'd not trust one that cost less.

Remember - if you're going to use that thing (and I wouldn't, and I'm an
advocate of e-collar training) - your dog will be wearing it in all
weathers.

Dogs have been seriously injured when their collars shorted out.

You want one that is absolutely reliable, and absolutely waterproof.

--
b0VIM 6.3

wrote:
My wife and I just bought a new home which has a wireless fence
installed. The collar they left is too big for my two little Shih
Tzu's, so when I called to ask how much a collar would be (everything
else installed and works perfectly) the guy told me $250 each. Did
some looking online and there are are tons of these things for $100 or
less, including some PetSafe models but the sales guy said it would not
work with my system. As I understand it these things broadcast on a
frequency.... can that be changed? $250 for a collar seems steeeep!


Look for the collars that work with a computer game type joystick.
They are great, put the collar on then sit back with the joystick on
your lap and move it around, the dog follows the movement of the
joystick!!! Push forward the dog runs away from you, pull back and it
runs towards you, sideways etc. They work on the same principal as a
shock collar so there there is no pain or anything like that, in fact
tests have PROVEN the dog actually enjoys it and wants to keep working.

The best part is you don't even have to train a dog, it just responds
automatically, like it knows it already, this is a natural product that
your dog enjoys and understands, no more yelling, jerking, or abuse,
finally a kind method that gets a dog to do anything you want all the
time or else!!!!!

Nature and training combined, the way it's meant to be.

P