Update: it’s been 4 years and it still works amazingly!! I have added other sections of wire over the years to block off new landscaping to keep the dogs from marking it or digging etc. It is still going great no problems at all. We love it! (In the second picture our black giant schnauzer wants to get our cat that’s lounging in the rose bushes but he knows he will get shocked so he doesn’t go any further.Original Review:Here is my situation ... I was using the WIRELESS fence system for almost 2 years with my two dogs (mini schnauzer and giant schnauzer) and it was working for them wonderfully. However, I began to realize it would be better if I could control more specific areas they were allowed to go in (that system just does a circle). For example, they were messing up my mulch in my flower bed and pooping right in my driveway where we park our cars (always nice when people would come over and have to dodge giant piles of doo) So I called and they assured me the shock levels would be the same as the wireless so I should not need a "stubborn dog" system. I was able to run approximately 850' of wire (I bought another 500' spool additional to the one that comes with this set) in a matter of a few hours really. I'm a 33 year old woman and I had my 12 year old son help. After laying it all out in our desired pattern, he used the shovel to just lift up small sections of the sod and I was on my hands and knees tucking it under. We did 200' one evening and the knocked the rest out in a couple hours the next afternoon. It was pretty easy depending on the type of soil. I would recommend mowing before installing (I did not and wished I would have). My dogs have picked up on their new boundaries very quickly and I'm very pleased so far. My friend warned me to make sure I get it all buried right away because breaks in the rope can happen very easily if just left out (kids trip over it, car, tractor, mower runs it over etc). With this system I was actually able to give my dogs more area to roam and section off areas I didn't want them in so it's a win-win situation. Plus this system (even with my extra spool and extra collar) was cheaper than the wireless one. Wish I would have done this in the first place....

Very good product. It works on my 50 pound lab. This is our first fence and the only difficult part to figure out was the level to set the shock/vibration to.

Installed over the weekend. Durable and consistent fence. Dogs understood what shock meant associated with noise. I tried the collar myself on my wrist. On the highest level it wasn't that bad. Both dogs never yelped. I would buy this product again.

I hesitated on the idea until I found out what a great value this is to us. Before my dogs got out of the fence twice. Once the youngest was gone for 12 hours before we found him. It was reassuring as we were going on a cruise and this gave us peace of mind.

As the title states, it's the best of the lower end fences. Ive had a couple expensive fences and this one has No fancy features but it just works. I have fenced in 2 acres and have it set to 4 out of 10 on the unit and max on the collars and it keeps my goldens in the yard. Collar batteries last about 6 months

If you are a ham radio operator and are worried about RFI with an invisible fence, this product DOES NOT have any RFI that I have found. My previous device that this replaced was made my Innotek ... it created horrible RFI on 40m, 80m, and 160m (worse on lower frequencies) about every 8 kc. Those bands were pretty much unusable if the Innotek device was on.