How to Train Your Pet to the PetSafe® Stay & Play® Fence Phase 1: Boundary Awareness
Avoid leaving the collar on your pet for more than 12 hours per day to prevent skin irritation. If skin irritation does occur, stop using the collar and call your vet.
Training your pet to a PetSafe® Stay & Play® Fence is essential for a successful integration into yours and your pet’s lives.
At a minimum, you will need to commit to three sessions, on three different days of training for 10-15 minutes each session for each phase. You will also need to have toys and treats available for praise at each session.
If your pet shows signs of stress, increase the amount of play time in the pet area. Signs of stress can include ears tucked, tail down, cowering, pulling on the leash or stiffening. Discontinue the training session when your pet is no longer a willing participant.
Set the collar to level 1. Level one is the training mode and beep only. For assistance with changing the correction level, visit How to Change the Correction Level on the PetSafe® Stay &Play® Fence Collar.
Attach a leash to a second, non-metallic collar placed above the training collar on your pet.
Walk and praise your pet in the middle of the yard.
Walk your pet toward the boundary flags until the collar begins to beep. Allow the collar to beep for two seconds.
Guide and praise your pet back to the middle of the yard.
- Continue these steps until your pet resists going into the boundary. Try to have your pet resist 3-4 flags by the end of each session.
- Spend at least five minutes of play time within 10 feet of the boundary flags at the end of each training session.
Upon consistency of resisting 3-4 flags, proceed to How to Train Your Pet to the PetSafe® Stay & Play® Fence Phase 2: Introduction of Static Correction.
Remove the training collar after each session.
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