PetSafe Indoor Radio Fence

Original Review (2011):I own a SportDog (SDF100A) underground fence and the remote collar IS compatible with the PetSafe (PIRF-100) Indoor Fence Transmitter.I have been doing a lot of research on different underground fences and although the concept of the Innotek/Petsafe Contain and Train system sounds like a winner and is compatible with the PetSafe Indoor Fence Transmitter, reading all the bad reviews on the contain & train remote trainer and on the collar's battery life turned me away from the Innotek/Petsafe product. This was a really tough decision as the main reason for me needing this system was not only to keep my puppy safe outside but the capability to use the PetSafe indoor containment areas to keep him safe inside the house.As my search continued (SportDog vs. Dogtra) I was disappointed that neither one of them have advertised an indoor containment option. After considerable research I ended up finding out that the SportDog (SDF100A) Underground Fence IS compatible with the PetSafe (PIRF-100) Indoor Fence Transmitter.Well I have been using the system for the last few weeks and all is working great! My puppy no longer goes into the kitchen and the best thing is, I only have the collar set to tone and vibrate. So far this has been the best purchase!I will try and remember to provide a product update in a year or so to say how it's going.UPDATE: 1 YEAR LATER (2012)Okay folks. So it's been about a year now and my indoor fence transmitter is working as good as the first day I bought it. I was originally concerned about the reliability as there have been others that have reviewed it that have ran into problems. I am not to sure what they did to theirs, however, mine is working like a champ.UPDATE: 2 YEARS LATER (2013):Still working like a champ! No complaints at all.

Fast set up. Up and working in five mins. Easy to set the radius. I just walked around with collar in hand and listen to the beeps. It works just like the underground wire fence we have, even works with the same receiver collar. GREAT! I keep a stash of batteries for the receiver on hand because our dog stands just out of shock range but IN beepbeepbeepbeepbeep range. But, yeah, this worked the first time and only had to beep at the dog because she KNOWs what it means. Yay for me, no more torn up trash, pirated cat food, stolen kids' lunch off the counter, or tripping over her in the kitchen!! WIN!

At last something that works 100%! I had an elderly cat that after so many years of proper behavior, decided to use the corners of my living room as a cat box.After everything up to industrial strength odor removers, one our new kittens got it into his head that even though we have a Catgenie litter box, with clean litter all the times, he was going to use the living room I stead.I bought ultrasonic deterrents, 1st they just knocked them over, then just ignored them altogether.Since I got this and put the collar on him, there has not been any inappropriate usage anywhere! What a relief.

UPDATE 2021: this thing still works! Kitty eventually learned boundaries pretty well so we phased out its use and stored it away. Enter Pandemic 2020: since home full time, decided to help foster dogs of various ages. The last one was a foster fail (actually, a new-ish shelter ghosted us). Either way, we now have a 1-year-old pup who is a doll...but thought my senior dog’s ball pit was a litter box. After several rounds of tears 😭 and our washing machine looking like a carnival (yes, the balls can be washed in mesh bags so long as they don’t have puncture holes in them), it dawned on me to get this device out again. Went to Dollar Tree and got an appropriate size nylon collar, and disconnected the sensor from the cat collar. For lack of better tools, I measured and traced the prong holes onto collar with sharpie, used a lighter + metal skewer and burned openings into it and reattached the sensor to dog collar. Getting a new sensor/collar was not in budget at this point. Since the ball pit (XL kiddie pool filled w/ about 1800 balls) is in corner of room on perimeter of house, I could set up the radio fence right behind it and increase the radius accordingly. He has a thick double coat so we had collar on Level 3/5. Trained the pup same way you’d train to teach any electric perimeter/boundary and we haven’t had a problem since. Actually, we rarely put it on anymore as he learned quickly. We took a road trip to a friend’s house and took this along just in case...really glad we did, because he found their shoe stash and we now have a couple hundred dollars of shoes to replace after his first day there (definitely an act of anxiety)...set this up and didn’t touch them the rest of the time and he chilled out and was happy. This was definitely a surprise Second Life for this product; hopefully this long story lets you know its track record for longevity (hard to comeby in tech nowadays) and that if you can put in a few extra minutes and one more dollar, maybe you can modify this and save some cash.ORIGINAL REVIEW: (2013)I originally purchased one of these with the smallest size collar to keep my cat from using the cellar door that our dog uses to go from the basement to the yard to do his business (she's an indoor only cat). I thought I'd trained her well...until I took a break from computer work and walked by the front door to see her sitting in the middle of the yard. She figured out that if she could endure the shock as she ran as fast as she could through the invisible barrier that she would be home free. So, for its original intent it did not work well.But then, we are newlyweds and purchased a Lazyboy loveseat double recliner with part of our wedding money. My cat likes it as well, but doesn't get ON it but IN it! I thought I'd lost her the first time she disappeared into its internal workings...not only was I then afraid of my husband or me accidentally pulverizing her, but it was a pain to clean the hair out. We started putting up physical barriers to the point that our living room started looking like a junk yard, and then one night it dawned on me to place the device behind the couch. I fixed the radius so that she could walk in FRONT of the couch , but not behind it. Well, I thought it worked...until a few days ago when some A/C guys were using power tools in the basement and she freaked out at the sound, didn't care that I was standing right there, and she climbed right back into the recliner loveseat!! Ugh. I took off her collar after I fished her out and tested the radius once again. I had to put the device against the wall, standing up almost vertically for it to cover the area I needed. The product's fatal flaw: it does not send a warning signal to the collar if the pet is directly next to it. She found this barren window of coverage and snuck right in. Now I put the device actually inside of the recliner and haven't seen her in there since, so we'll see. I have ordered another for behind our other couch.Overall, a good product IF you spend the time to train the cat properly (if yours is like mine, she may not respond the way perhaps a dog would to a shock), and IF you spend the time to thoroughly walk around with collar in hand, fingers on the metal tongs, to find weak spots in the area you're looking to protect.Cons:--If the device is not against a perimeter wall of your house, it may also block your cat from an unintended area in the neighboring room (or a neighboring floor...watch out for basement placement--if placed against a wall versus the floor, it may create an impassable area for your cat upstairs).--If not properly trained, your cat and you will not be happy. It takes more than a day in most cases. Follow the instructions that are included.--Faulty radius on device

I love this product. I was against using shock collars on animals, but have tried a whole lot of other ideas first, that did nothing to deter my kitty. We tried aluminum foil, sticky tape right side up, and I tried to spray him with a water bottle when I caught him where he shouldn't be. Nothing worked consistently. So, I tested this one on myself first. It gives a static zap, like when you get shocked after walking on carpet on a cold day. I put this on my VERY stubborn cat, who likes to walk all around on the kitchen table and counter, the moment my back is turned. He learned really quickly. It gives a warning radius and when he pushes the boundary, it delivers a static shock. Now he is staying out of my kitchen altogether! :-) I think it's a great solution, 24/7 (so long as the power doesn't go off). I have used it now for several months, and I never see cat footprints on my countertops anymore.

works great.