User Manual

Training Your Dog
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Training Your Dog
Factors Affecting Signal Strength
Havahart
®
Custom-Shape Wireless Dog Fence
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Havahart
®
Custom-Shape Wireless Dog Fence
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PHASE 5 -- Dog Monitoring -- DAY 16 AND BEYOND
Start with short sessions and gradually increase duration
1. Your dog should now be comfortable within the Roaming Area and reluctant to cross the Trigger Zone
with or without distractions.
2. Fit the Havahart
®
Wireless Collar around your dog’s neck. Place a different non-metal Collar above the
Havahart
®
Wireless Collar.
3. Allow your dog to roam freely off leash within the Roaming Area.
4. Keep an eye on him from inside your house.
5. End with lots of playtime and praise for your dog in the Roaming Area at least 10 feet away from the Training Flags.
6. Be sure to remove the Havahart
®
Wireless Collar from your dog after each training session.
Factors Affecting Signal Strength
With perfect line of sight and no obstructions between the Controller and Bases, the system will create a Trigger Zone
about 6 feet wide. With obstructions, the Trigger Zone can expand to around 13 feet wide. However, once set, your Fence
Boundary/ Trigger Zone will remain consistent.
Various objects such as mirrors, microwaves, electric power meters or air conditioning units can interfere with the signal
strength of your Wireless Fence. This can result in a gradual loss in the measured distance of the radio signal from the Bases
to a set Trigger Zone. The part of the Trigger Zone that is obstructed by an object may bow or dip inward toward the Bases.
The resulting shape of the Trigger Zone may be slightly different and the Roaming Area may be slightly reduced. When this
happens, the object between the Bases and the set Trigger Zone is said to attenuate the radio signal or the Trigger Zone.
Obstacles that can slightly obstruct any wireless signal (including mobile phones) include: mirrors, microwaves, home appliances,
electric power meters, air conditioning units, metal screened porches, aluminum siding, metal downspouts, trees, large bushes,
above-ground pools, people and animals.
Objects that will cause considerable obstruction are Concrete Walls, aluminum siding, metal roofs, densely wooded lots and
heavily landscaped properties.
The closer an obstructing object is to the Trigger Zone or the closer a metallic object such as a mirror is to one of the Bases,
the greater the interfering effect it can have on the Trigger Zone. Likewise, the more dense an obstructing object is, the more
severe the dip or shaping effect of the Trigger Zone.
Without performing complex calculations and accounting for all factors, it is very difficult to predict the exact amount of
interference different objects can cause and how the Trigger Zone and Roaming Area will be affected.
Despite all of the measures Havahart Wireless has taken to boost the signal strength of the Bases, attenuation is difficult to
totally prevent for any wireless fence system. Similar to the way buildings attenuate cell phone reception, your home will
likely attenuate your dog’s Roaming Area. In most cases the resulting dipping should be a minor issue that may not even be
noticed.
In the event that your system experiences severe interference or attenuation with which you are not comfortable, there are a
few things that you can try to counter or lessen the effects:
• Place the Bases above or at least 3 feet away from appliances and other large metal objects like mirrors inside the home.
Also make sure there are no obstructing objects, such as an electric power meter, near or immediately outside the wall
where your Bases are placed. The less material or objects the Bases’ signals have to go through to reach the outside,
the better.
• Raise the Bases to 6-8 ft or to a higher floor in the home.
• If the first two methods prove ineffective, choosing different Base locations in the home may be necessary.
Should you need additional help to minimize wireless signal interference for your Havahart
®
Wireless Dog Fence,
please call 1-800-800-1819, Option 1.
NOTE: After completing the training and three additional weeks of successful dog
containment, you can begin to gradually remove the Training Flags by taking away every
other flag, every few days.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR DOG FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING
ALL PHASES OF TRAINING!