How the DogWatch System Works

With a pet containment system from DogWatch®, your pet can roam and play freely throughout your yard while protecting your garden, swimming pool patio, or other small area. And, unlike more costly wooden or chain link fences, your dog or cat can't jump over or dig under a DogWatch underground dog fence.

Our Indoor wireless pet containment systems let you decide where your pet can and cannot go in your home. Keep your K-9 kids off the couch, away from the kitchen island, out of the guest bedroom — there’s no limit to the solutions we can design for your lifestyle.

Pugs Our electronic dog fence systems keep an eye on your pet by transmitting our exclusive SafeLink® FM radio signal through a buried underground wire installed around your yard. A lightweight waterproof receiver worn on your pet’s collar picks up the signal. When your pet gets too close to the boundary of the underground dog fence, an audible warning reminds your dog or cat not to cross. If the warning is ignored — rare after training — the collar emits a mild stimulation.

A pet containment system from Dogwatch is a radio pet fence that uses an electronic radio signal. Our underground dog fence keeps your pet IN a designated containment area, such your backyard or OUT of an area like your garden — but it’s not an electric dog fence! All pet fencing systems are a form of electronic dog fence and should not be mistakenly referred to as an electric fence that contains livestock with an electrified wire. There’s no such thing as an “electric dog fence.”

DOGWATCH HIDDEN FENCES’ EXCLUSIVE FEATURES

DogWatch is the safest and most flexible electronic dog fence system for your dog or pet. It’s the only user-programmable receiver on the market that you can customize for your pet’s personality and training requirements.

FM Radio Signal We are the exclusive provider of FM radio technology in the pet containment system industry. Thanks to our patented SafeLink® FM radio signal, only DogWatch gives your dog freedom to run and play in the yard while protecting him from unintentional corrections caused by AM radio appliances (such as a garage door openers, televisions and baby monitors).

Best Battery in the Pet Containment System Industry You'll change the battery in your DogWatch R8 radio pet fence receiver once every two years, compared with up to eight times in two years with competitive brands. Short battery life can compromise your dog's safety. When the battery of your electronic dog fence runs out... guess who else runs out?

You can purchase your batteries for your electronic dog fence from any source you like OR from PetWorks and ALPHAPET.COM. This means consistent containment for your dog and no "hidden" battery costs. We also offer battery plans with helpful reminders.

AutoMemory™ This feature, exclusively found in DogWatch underground dog fence systems, constantly monitors and adjusts the training level on your pet’s receiver, assuring he stays in the yard.

Toots Brown FastReact™ Our receivers offer the fastest reaction time in the pet containment system industry: less than an eighth of a second! If your dog challenges the boundary of the underground dog fence, the receiver reacts before he reaches the wire, not while traveling over it.

Status Light Only DogWatch offers a status light to monitor your pet's receiver collar. It not only confirms that your pet containment system is functioning properly but lets you know the training level the receiver is set to, when the receiver battery is low, and if your pet has recently challenged the boundary of the underground dog fence.

Flexible Training Levels DogWatch offers a comprehensive range of 20 distinct training levels to accommodate all dog breeds and personalities. This includes an "audible only" option for dogs that need only to hear a warning to learn the boundaries of the underground dog fence. And you can adjust the training levels yourself, no need for the expense of a service call.

Lifetime Warranty All DogWatch Hidden Fence Performance Series receivers and transmitters come with a Lifetime Warranty.

Other benefits of our underground and wireless pet containment systems include:

Works with all breeds and ages of dogs and most cats (Your Dealer will recommend when your puppy is ready.)
Good for even the most sensitive or timid pet
Effective after a few simple training sessions
No limit to the number of dogs per system — each dog wears his own radio pet fence receiver
Owner's Guide included
30-day money-back guarantee
Lifetime Equipment Warranty on our outdoor Performance Series — including dog chews!
Contain any size property from small yards to 300-acre farms

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

DogWatch Hidden Fence systems are lead-free and compliant with the Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) initiative — a European-based initiative to reduce the amount of lead and other hazardous metals in consumer electronic products.
You’ll contain your pet for 10 years with only five DogWatch batteries. With competitive underground or wireless pet containment systems, you’ll use up to 40 batteries. With DogWatch, you’ll have 30 less batteries to recycle!

A DogWatch pet containment system is the best way to give your dog the freedom he deserves and keep him out of harm's way — from chasing joggers, bicycles or cars, not mention just roaming the neighborhood. And with a DogWatch Indoor wireless pet containment system, you can feel confident that your home’s interior is clean and neat while keeping your pet where you want him.

Get answers to our most asked questions!

Give us a call at 1-800 DOGWATCH (1-800-364-9282). We can design a plan and provide an estimate for one of our indoor or outdoor underground dog fence systems to help you enjoy your pets on your property.