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Innotek Basic Radio Dog Fence
Like the other two fences below, this highly economical basic fence will work with nearly all dogs. The reason: it comes with Innotek’s patented progressive correction system that increases the corrective stimulus as Rover approaches the boundary in order to prevent him from running through the boundary. So it can handle timid dogs, hard to train dogs, and all dogs in between. Again, as with the other fences, the correction zone can be adjusted to suit your yard configuration and training needs—so as to register on the receiving collar at a distance anywhere from just a few feet in from the boundary wire to 20 feet in from the wire.
This good basic system is well-suited to dogs weighing 20 to 75 pounds. The kit comes with 500 feet of wire and 50 boundary flags, enough to enclose about a third of an acre; and by purchasing more boundary wire and flags (product 20-06) you can extend the fence in 500-foot increments up to a maximum length of 2,000 feet, enough to enclose up to 5 acres. The receiving collar comes with a 6-volt battery that can easily be replaced with batteries available locally. This receiving collar is water resistant. Not designed for total immersion because of the replaceable battery, it will cheerfully stand off rain, snow, and hail. The fence can be used for as many dogs as one wishes to contain, simply by providing each additional dog with its own receiving collar (product 20-01A)
The basic fence kit (product 20-01, model SD-2000) includes the following:
- One wall-mounted transmitter
- One receiving collar (identical to product 20-01A) with a replaceable 6-volt battery
- Two sets of collar prongs, one for short-haired dogs and one for long-haired dogs
- 500 feet of long-lasting heavy-duty underground wire
- 50 boundary flags
- 2 waterproof boundary wire splices suitable for underground wire
- Installation instructions, a basic training manual, and a training DVD
- A full warranty for one year and a lifetime warranty on parts
General features of the basic fence:
- Above-Ground Installation: You do not need to bury your boundary wire. You can do so; but you can also get some staples (product 20-07), run the wire above ground, and staple it down every 5 feet or so. This saves a lot of labor and makes it easy to locate any breaks that may occur.
- Adjustable Correction Zone: You can adjust the system so that your dog’s receiving collar picks up the boundary wire’s signal anywhere from a few feet to 20 feet in from the wire.
- Automatic Safety Shutoff: After a reasonable but short period of corrective stimulus the system shuts down to keep from overexposing Rover to corrective commands. The system then reactivates itself automatically.
- Anti-Drain Feature: This prevents Rover from lingering for a prolonged time in the warning zone, a behavior that runs down the receiving collar’s battery.
- Internal Area Protection: When two boundary wires are twisted together they are silent (send no signal). So you can protect internal areas (gardens, pools, etc.) by taking two strands of the main boundary wire, twisting them together to reach the garden or pool to be protected, and going around that garden or pool with a single wire.
- Long and Short Hair Correction: The receiving collar comes with a set of short prongs for correcting short-haired dogs and a set of longer prongs for correcting long-haired dogs.
- Lightning Protection: All these systems come with protection against lightning-induced surges in the boundary wire, which protects your home from exposure to such surges.
- Line Break Indicator: This alerts you to the fact that a break has occurred in the boundary wire but does not tell where the break is (for which you need a line break detector; see Accessories).
- Multiple Collars: You can use any one of these systems to contain as many dogs as you like simply by providing one receiving collar for each dog. These additional collars must be purchased separately.
- No Cross Signals: Rover’s receiving collar will respond only to the pure digital signals emitted by the fence’s transmitter and will not respond to errant radio signals put out by other radio sources (computer systems, cell phones, etc).
- Instructions and DVD: Each fence comes with a complete set of installation instructions, a basic training manual, and a DVD demonstrating training procedures.