Dog Fence Power Supply - How to avoid radio signal bounce and false corrections?

Unregulated power supply can change significantly when the voltage input or load current changes.

Having a regulated power supply does not allow the FM radio signal to fluctuate even when the current changes.

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A Regulated Power Supply will save you and your dog lots of grief and stress.

The Transformer powers your Transmitter and is an essential component in keeping your it from getting damaged. It needs to be able to guard the Transmitter against electrical surges. It should also be able to ensure that the radio signal would not jump out of the fence and "zap" the dog in a wrong area.

The Best Power supply for a dog fence should be able to:

Ensure that the Radio Signal would not Jump
Guard the Transmitter against Electrical Power Surges or Fluctuations

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Discover More about the Importance of

* Lightning Damage Warranty - Included in your warranty with an External Surge Protection Box
* Regulated Power Supply
* HDPe Coated Wire (Australian Made)
* Coded Digital FM Radio Frequencies.
* The Anti Linger Feature and Battery Life ($)
* The Chew Warranty included in all Premium Receivers
* Reaction times and 'Anti Run Through'
* Tri Aerial System
* Gentle Steps Training for Success

There is more in the full training guide

These points are just a few basic guides to the training for your Dog Fence; they are designed to give you a basic understanding of how to introduce your dog to the fence system with the least amount of disturbance to your dog and to massively improve the results you get.

A complete step-by-step training guide is included in each kit – this will cover these areas and other points in detail and is easy to follow. (Audible Beeper training – Flag recognition – distraction training and temptation training)
It’s only 10 or so minutes per session.

There is more to the training and this is set out in the step-by-step training guide supplied in each kit. But, the idea here is to give you 3 small tips that make it really easy on your dog and on your to achieve instant results and follow an easy process to make those results last.

You will get Instant Results

With our receiver collar the results will be instant, just follow the guide for fitting and adjusting the collar and then it is just a series of steps to follow to keep reinforcing the basics for your dog.

Why can’t I just go to the HIGHEST LEVEL straight away?

What we want to do is to get your dog to make his own decision to stay away from the fence, escape holes, front driveway or garden beds.
If you introduce your dog to the system too quickly and at a high level this will scare and confuse the dog – to the point where he will not come out of the house or off the porch (hence the term ‘porch sitting syndrome’)
If this happens you run the risk of the dog escaping a few months later as they do not have full respect for the radio signal.

Point 1 - Start at your Dogs Favourite Escape Hole

Train your dog at their favourite escape hole or at the most vulnerable area first.

Your dog’s first reaction and experience of the corrections from the collar will be their biggest reaction and most memorable experience. So, by first training your dog where they love to jump the fence or at the open gateway they are more likely to stay away from that spot.

- Do one little section at a time to complete one training session at each small section (then see point 2)
- Use the low levels in the collar so it is as gentle experience as possible, but you still want to get a reaction. You still need to exceed your dog's comfort level in order for him to refuse to follow you through the gate.
- Put out the flags as you complete each little section as a visual reminder about the area you just trained your dog.

Point 2 - Spend most your Time in the Safe Areas

80% of the training will be to walk them around their ‘safety area’.
It is important that the dog is fully relaxed around the area they are allowed to play in.
By walking them around the ‘safe area’ each time you start and finish a training session you make them comfortable about where they can go.
This also helps to make it your dog's decision to stay away from the fence rather than being scared to stay away and then attempting to power through later.

*** if your dog refuses to go with you on the lead – then just do laps of the safe area with no ‘correction training’ at all – this helps relax them***
Again more details are in the training guide.

Point 3 - Keep your Dog Secure between Training Sessions

Keep your dog secure between training sessions.
Once you start the training do not let your dog out unless they are on the lead. Keep your dog secure at all times – when they are with you (or playing with the kids) they must be kept secure and under control.
The training guide explains how to get to the point where you can let them go quite quickly but you must not allow your dog to wander at all.

Jumping is when the signal jumps from the wire to a shed or to any other metal surface. This causes the boundary to move and change shapes which results in inconsistent containment and training.

When your boundary fails due to a jumped signal, your dog may escape and get itself in danger. If your dog gets corrected caused by stray signals or signals from the wrong areas of the property, your training will be inconsistent and render your boundary useless. Whats worse is that your dog could have Porch Sitting Syndrome because your dog wouldn't know which areas are safe and which are not.

The most common cause of Electrical Surges are from Lightning Strikes. If lightning were to strike around the area, it could get into the wire and hit the Transmitter. This would cause Lightning or Fusion Damage to your Transmitter. Our external surge-protection box (and the surge protected power transformer) will divert any excess energy away from the transmitter protecting it against fusion damage.

A damaged Transmitter can cost you around 50-70% the price of your original kit and you normally don't get a warranty on Electrically Damaged Transmitters. This is why it is very important that the Transformer is able to guard your transmitter against Electrical Surges.

The Transformer that comes in with our kits have 3 Pins which means there is an Earth wire that will protect your Transmitter from Electrical Surges.

Radio Signal should not Jump
Electrical Surge Protection

Is it Safe for my Dog during a Lightning Storm?

Definitely Yes! As we discussed the transmitter is protected using both internal and external power surge protection unique to our Premium Dog Fence Kits and can be added as upgrade for the Standard Dog Fence Kits to be covered on Surge Protection Warranty. The receiver collar will only activate when it detects the SafeLink Coded digital FM radio signal emitted from the boundary wire. Your dog is safe and your transmitter is protected.

We have wide options of electric dog fences that surely fit to your dog types and different areas that you want to be safe such garden beds, small property, large property and even indoor property. Each type has their own distinct features that offer a great deal for both of you and dog.