User Manual

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Training Your Dog
Havahart
®
Custom-Shape Wireless Dog Fence
PHASE 3 -- On-Leash Distractions -- DAY 8-11 (2-3 training sessions per day: each 10-15 minutes long)
1. Fit the Havahart Collar around your dog’s neck. Place a different non-metal collar on top of the
Havahart
®
Collar.
2. Attach a 6’ leash to the other collar and make sure that this collar does not apply pressure to the probes on
the Havahart
®
Collar as this could hurt your dog when you pull on the leash.
3. Using the leash, walk your dog toward the boundary flags. Create a distraction by:
1. Tossing a toy or treat past the boundary line.
2. Having someone walk by and not pay attention to your dog
3. Having someone walk his/her own dog outside of the boundary.
4. If your dog does not move toward the distraction, immediately praise him and offer him a treat.
5. If your dog moves toward the distraction, allow him to walk through the boundary line and feel the
correction. Promptly lead him back to the Roaming Area if he does not return within a few seconds.
6. Reach out and gently shake a flag and then step back a few feet from the boundary line.
7. Repeat this process at several different boundary flags.
8. If your dog does not respond to the static correction, use the controller to increase the static correction by
one level or more as necessary.
9. End with lots of playtime and praise for your dog within 11 feet of the fence boundary.
10. Be sure to remove the Havahart
®
Collar from your dog after each training session.
NOTE: You may proceed to PHASE 4 when your dog refuses to go beyond the boundary
flags--even with distractions--but will walk anywhere within the Roaming Area.