Wireless Dog Fence - PIF 300

The PIF 300 is a wireless containment system that you can use with your dog. This is a wireless system in which is primary job is to keep your dog(s) inside a predefined circular area. It can keep dogs inside within a 90 feet circular area as long as they are over 8 pounds. The transmitter range is configurable and ranges from a minimum of 5 feet (about 2 meters) to a maximum of 90 feet (about 28 meters).

The dog will always be confined in a circular area.

This portable device won't require any burying of wires or stakes and will typically take you less than one hour of installation. After you get acquainted with this device it will take you a lot less time to make it work in any place you go.

You can use this device in both indoors and outdoors. It's great if you pretend to create an invisible containment area.

Use some stakes or flags to help your dog understand where are the area limits. Remove those objects or obstacles you used as soon as you see your dog understands how to behave.

Beware of busy roads, you should not allow your pet to run away freely around busy roads, even with this device. Don't take me wrong, this is a good device, but the fact is, it's not perfect, and you should always use common sense to evaluate if your dog will be safe in that specific area or not. Never forget that this device is not perfect. This device cannot prevent your dog from running away at high speed if he really wants to.

Visual aids can include almost anything. Any objects placed on the transmitter boundary will help your dog, so use your imagination while he learns.

In the beginning you can use a long dragging leash while your dog is in the containment area. If he decides to get to the boundary area and the shocks aren't enough to stop him, or even if he doesn't understand that the shocks mean that he must turn around, then you can simply step on the rope and he won't runaway. Even though it's unlikely that you'll ever need to step on the rope, it's always better to play safe. This is a good technique to use in the first days if you live in a more busy area, with people and dogs passing by. To have full control if necessary is a lot better than fixing a bad situation if it happens.

How does the PIF 300 "stops" my dog from running away?

Your dog will use a special correction collar that is connected to the central transmitter. As soon as he steps into the boundaries the collar will correct him. The shock collar will have 2 contact points with your dog's neck that will be activated whenever your dog gets to the boundary zone.

Don't worry, your dog won't get immediate corrections, he will have an audible warning signal before he gets into the no crossing area. He will only get a correction if he insists and keeps going the wrong direction.

Will the stimulation hurt my dog?

No, but you must configure the collar correctly so that the level of intensity is adequate.

The main device (transmitter) is configurable in:

• High/low switch

• On-off transmitter

• A dial boundary control so you can adjust your device range

• Power state indicator

• Only the collar is waterproof, be careful when leaving the transmitter outside

Dog collar properties:

• Waterproof

• 6 volt battery allows for full wireless functioning

• Includes interchangeable long and short contact points. It can be useful for different dog sizes

• Timeout protection of 25 seconds in case your dog gets trapped in the boundary zone

• A screw-off cap covering the correction-level button

• Low-battery indicator light.

Every dog will be different, and every dog will have different levels of "shock" tolerance. You can't configure the dog's collar to the maximum level of strength if you have a very small dog, it won't be necessary, and it might cause him a trauma.

Advantages and disadvantages of this wireless dog fence

This wireless fence as showned that it can be very useful but also that it has some disadvantages that should be considered.

You should analyze the following topics to assess if it really is useful to you or not:

Good points:

• Configurable transmitter range

• Five levels of correction, plus a warning signal

• Can be used both outside or inside

• Easy to setup and configure

• Easy to take on a trip/vacations

• Easy to follow manual to train your dog and setup your configuration

• Flexible collar with interchangeable contact points for big and small dogs alike

• No need for visual aids (after the dog learns what to do)

• No need to bury anything on the ground

• Frees your dog from any leashes or fences

• Designed not to correct during a power outage

• Free from wires

Weak points:

• Can only be used on dogs over six months

• Transmitter will fail in extreme humidity or if left outside in the rain

• A power outlet is always necessary to connect the transmitter

• Should not be used near very busy roads (There's always some risk of crossing the boundaries)

• When not using a UPS there's always the risk of a power shortage

• Beware of other dogs and people that might cross the boundaries to get to your dog

• Should be kept at least 3 feet away from the utility box or large appliances

• Before you expect your dog to stay inside the defined boundaries you should train him for at least 2 weeks

• PIF 300 specs:

Transmitter specifications

• Height: 9 inches

• Width: 9 inches

• Depth: 8.5 inches

• Frequency: 18 kHz

• Fuse Type: 250 volt 1/2 amp (inside transmitter)

• Rounded front or barrel shaped

• Light gray coloring

• On-Off switch on left

• Boundary control dial on face

• High-Low switch on face

Collar (receiver) features

• Height: 1 inch

• Width: 2 inches

• Depth: 1 inch

• Weight: 2.5 ounces

• Translucent smoke-colored case

• Uses 6-volt (RFA-67) battery

• Waterproof

• Low battery indicator (light will flash every 4 to 5 seconds)

• Interchangeable contact points: long and short

• Screw off cap covering correction level button

• Concave interior wall (side facing throat)

• Curved washers

• 25 second safety timeout

What we can say about the PIF 300:

After reading all the advantages, disadvantages and main characteristics of this wireless dog fence, the PIF 300, you should now be able to evaluate if this device is right for you or not. Never mind all the hype that's around this kind of devices, all of them have good things and bad things, but only you can make a good decision. For me it's very useful, but I cannot guarantee it will be for you. I live in a rural area, and always bring my pets with me on my vacations. My dogs are very well trained, but this brings me a peace of mind, knowing that when I'm not looking, there's always this devices that never sleeps.

I even bought a car-lighter converter to my transmitter, so my dogs can run away freely on my picnics when I'm sleeping.

Hopefully this review of the PIF 300 Wireless Dog Fence helped you to make a rational decision about this device.