Underground Electric Dog Fence Ultimate - Extreme Pro Dog Fence System for Easy Setup and Maximum Longevity and Continued Reliable Pet Safety - 1 Dog | 500 Feet Pro Grade Dog Fence Wire

We had a single, lovely rescue dog that had no interest in escaping until we rescued another dog who was used to life as a street urchin and decided immediately that he would love nothing more than to rove far and wide in search of adventure. We have three beautiful acres completely fenced, mostly with a horse type fence made from steel well drill pipe and square wire mesh. Quite sturdy, except it is very easy for an enterprising young dog to dig UNDER the mesh and escape from just about anywhere. And they often did, in pursuit of gophers who ran from them through the fence, or just as a way of exploring the larger world.We wanted them to retain the run of the whole property, and we finally resorted to the idea of radio shock collars only when nothing else worked. The last straw was them being found wandering the main road nearby just waiting to get hit by a car, as so often happens here to other wildlife.I looked for something that was made in the USA, or at least owned by a US company, for reasons of support and quality, and this was it. Well worth the extra money.I ordered the above-ground rated wire just to get it going quickly, and I was also afraid of gophers possibly eating through the wire underground in some places. I strung it along the top of the fence, all 1,500 feet of it, and expoxied it in recesses in the formed concrete slabs of the driveways to get past the two driveway gates, and then carried it inwards as an inert twisted pair through some conduit and concrete and through the wall of the garage where the transmitter was to be located and powered. (you must put the transmitter and lightning surge suppressor indoors; they are not outdoor rated, this part will take most of your time if you do it right.)All in all it took about three days to do everything and test it, mostly due to the special bits where it is not just hung on the fence with some bailing wire.The instructions give you a two week training regime which I can only describe as being written for 1950s housewives that have nothing to do all day but keep a close eye on their dogs. It IS fair and equitable for the dogs and you need to do at least a bare minimum of introducing them to the fence first with just the audio warning and pulling them away from it, and then putting the collars on the lowest setting to allow them to experience what I can describe after trying it myself as an annoying tickle, or the feeling of a big insect buzzing around the electrode spot. This was a relief to us as the first setting was in no way painful.We did try the second level once on one collar when one dog was not responsive to level 1, and that's all it took. After that we put it back on level one, and we're happy to say that's all that's ever been needed for either dog.We had only about two to three days to condense the training regime down before we both had to go back to work after a long thanksgiving holiday, and I am pleased to say it worked perfectly. They have not escaped a single time, and even when I walk out the gate to get the mail and they want to follow, they will not get within 10 feet of the fence, ever. Where they used to put their front paws up on the fence menacingly to bark at passers by, they now sit farther back and carry on with it there. I can only describe it as a small miracle, especially given the shorter training period we had with them.Do be aware that you need to remove the collars nightly so as not to develop bed sore type spots on their skin, and we rotate where the collar is clocked on their neck each morning from where it was the day before to prevent any one spot from being continually pressured. After a few months we don't see any issues. If you're not willing to do this daily then please don't buy this or any other shock collar system. We take them off every evening after we let them in, and put them on in the morning after they have had breakfast. A small price to pay for them to have their freedom and us our peace of mind.Since they hardly ever trigger the collars anymore, the batteries seem to be lasting a long time, though I will be ordering some replacements soon. It is likely that even without the collars they will not approach the fence, but one day if we stop using the collars one might accidentally run up to the fence chasing something and then figure out that he might be able to get out again, so we put the collars on them religiously.Now we have two dogs who can occupy themselves on three big acres in a safe manner while we are gone during the day, and then come in and be loved when we get home at night. Thank you Extreme Dog Fence.

I’m very pleased with this product. It’s terrific, easy to install and hook up and works very well. What really makes this product worth 5stars is the amazing customer service. I called to get help when first connecting the collar and it was so positive. Recently I experienced an issue with a defective brand new battery and as such wasn’t able to have our husky out roaming. Reached out to the live chat and was helped immediately by I believe Melissa. So was quick and immediately understood that a brand new battery should work out of the box and proceeded to send me replacements no questions asked. Incredible!! This is how customer service should be handled with all companies.

This product works 100% as it's designed to work. Comes with easy to follow installation instructions and full training instructions. I have a Red Nose Pitbull, she is not an aggressive dog but she all muscles and full of energy. When the installation was complete I thourghly read the step by step training instructions. I took the time and followed them to a tee. It wasn't long before she was running free on the property and staying within her boundaries. This is a fantastic commercial grade product and a great value for the money.

We bought the pro system for our 5.5 acre acreage. We live beside a main road with a fair bit of traffic and were worried about our dog, a husky cross, running off or getting hit by a vehicle driving by. We have nothing but great things to say about the system itself and the support this company provides! Installation was quite easy, though abit time consuming because of the larger perimeter, and training of our dog went very well due to the provided instructions and support from the company. We love the fact that it is manufactured in the US and the ease of getting in touch with someone if we had any questions. They were always readily available and eager to help. They even sent us a replacement collar, which we chose to upgrade to the stubborn, for the cost difference from the original one we had purchased, after our dog “accidentally” chewed it! Melissa was very friendly and helpful! ! Our dog completely respects the warnings from the collar and we feel relieved that we don’t have to constantly worry about him now when he is outside and out of sight. We absolutely recommend this company and their products and are so thankful we invested in their system! Thank you Extreme Dog Fence for the peace of mind for our furry family member!

works great... keeps the fur kids in the yard which is exactly what we wanted. Just wish my husband knew how to dig a straight line! lol........ We have 2 dogs on this... but not sure if we have the collars set up to be independent levels, still working on that and the instructions don't really talk about troubleshooting this at all.

I have been using this system for my large black lab and stubborn golden retriever puppy. Working as expected. A few things:1. Set up is easy and instructions are clear but it will take you a weekend to get everything how you like it.2. The Canadian package from Amazon DOES NOT come with the surge protector even though the instructions say it does. I called their customer service line and they shipped me one free of charge.3. A motivated or stubborn dog (like the golden puppy) will run through the fence and take the shocks. Training is super important as he now will run forward instead of backward across the line and get 'stuck' on the other side. The fence will shock on reentry too after the safety period expires. This is most likely a training issue.4. The 14ga wire is robust and I have no issues about it breaking. Worth the extra cost imo5. Batteries for the 2 collars I have are running out already. Probably from the testing and training that needed to be done. I expect next batteries to last much longer. On this - replacement batteries are tough to find for Canadians and insanely expensive. Amazon ships them from Florida so you have to pay taxes and handling fees on top of the battery price. Locally I cannot find replacement batteries that aren't prohibitively expensive in BC. They are a weird and unique 6v battery but not the same size as a 6v you can buy for other electronic devices.I called customer service and spoke with Savannah from extremedogfence about the battery issue for Canadians. She said she would ship a couple complementary batteries to me free of charge (minus Canadian border handling fees etc) as their online Amazon.ca retailer doesn't have them in stock. Kudos Savannah, way to go above and beyond.6. The actual corrections range from gentle enough you can hold it in your hand and think "hmm not so bad" to the max setting where you cant hold on to the thing if it's correcting. Good range and not overly cruel.7. If you have a double coat dog yoh have to use the long probes. Each collar comes with both styles. It's imperative you have the collars tight. Worrying they're too tight will make the corrections ineffective. Tight seems mean but the dogs couldn't care less about the collars now. They wear them about 10hs a day and totally fine.8. Customer service is next level. I think this company markets their customer service and support for a reason... they're really nice. They will call you back. They will help you with whatever you need as I have seen in my 2 calls to them.If you're researching like I did and reading this review you can feel confident in this purchase. I will edit this review of anything changes as I relied on many reviews before purchasing and feel they are informative.

I'm one to research the heck out of things, and I narrowed my wired dog fence system down to two and chose this. Two weeks later I couldn't be more pleased. I wanted smallest collar unit to be least cumbersome to my dog, yet durable and most features and level of settings. I went with pro grade option and 1,000' of cable. Was surprised when that came on just one spool- great, no splice needed in middle of run! Also it doesn't say it, but it *does* come with a surge protector, which otherwise costs about $25. I rented EZ Trencher to lay cable but that was tough in soggy lawn- kept clogging with mud. Tears up the lawn a bit. You'll have this regardless of fence system you buy of course. But following the training plan and having a system with 7 levels of "correction" and a beep-only mode allowed me to have my dog fully trained in less than a week. We did the beep-only training for 3 full days, emphasizing the praise when running back away from wire. I was careful to try to avoid her approaching the line gradually from parallel, and rather tried to have her approach perpendicularly so she'd know exactly where the "bad" place was and to turn 180 deg back from it. On day 4 I turned the collar to shock, I mean correction, level 3. She's a stubborn but smart little 45 lb pit bull mix so I wasn't sure that would be enough, but didn't want to overdue it either. I first tested it on my arm and was surprised that it was a very low level shock, like a tickle. (Nothing like putting your finger in a light socket, that's for sure.). So I put collar on dog and eventually she wandered close to the line, and I was shocked when she was shocked and let out a loud yelp while jumping a couple feet in the air! Geez I felt really bad, honestly, but hoped that was a major learning point (which it was!) and I proceeded to reprogram the collar down to lowest correction setting of 1. We then did a few days of training still on a long leash and if she got too close she'd jump back as soon as the unit beeped. On day 8 I wasn't thinking and didn't notice that another family member took the collar off her, and took her out on long leash. She saw deer and bolted at them, ripping leash out of my hand. But she stopped right before the flagged, and just barked and whined at the deer 30' away. Then is when I knew this is really working, and I started off-leash training the next day. I'm now at day 11 in total which includes 3-4 days of off-leash and it's going great so far. No breaches, even when barreling full speed to the line with temptations of more deer, squirrels, neighbors and dogs. She has hound mixed in and a very strong prey drive so frankly I'm shocked this is working so well. So far so good!Units works exactly as reported. Default range from wire (set to 10) activates the collar precisely 5' from the wire thru my entire 750' run. Wire held up great- had no breaks even with the trencher often putting stress on the wire. I think the instructions are very good. I did not need to call their support line for anything. But one that that was confusing me for a while was the listing of the 3.different levels of dogs (timid, active, and I think hyper) and then the various shock level setting under each of those, but how do you select 'active" for instance. Eventually I noticed that "active" was written on my box's packaging label, so those are how the systems come and luckily the active one was the proper one for my size/type dog.So hopefully there's no letdown with the equipment or my dog starts breaching the fence. If anything like that happens I'll update this review, but right now I'm extremely please that I selected the Extreme brand dog fence. And bonus of made in USA. Thanks.***Update 4 months later*** Happy to report the system has continued to work great and the collar battery was still working after 4 full months. (but I could hear that the beep was weaker when I tested the collar today, so I'm replacing the battery now just to be safe. I hope the replacements last as long as the original!) My dog only breached the fence once in the 4 months, and that was shortly after installing it, when I think she "forgot" after seeing one of her dog friends being walked down the street. Hasn't left the yard since which is really impressive being the daily teasings she has of neighborhood dogs, deer, etc. Great that she can tear around our acre of yard freely, and we can take her less frequently to the dog park for exercise. Looking forward to the warmer weather and her hanging out with us on the patio without needing to be leashed. Happy customer, happy dog.