Petsafe Deluxe In-Ground Cat Fence™ - Manual (Page 15)

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Training Guide
On Lead Method
Days 1 thru 2 – Boundary Awareness - Warning
Zone
Perform three or four training sessions per day, each lasting 10 – 15 minutes.
Important:
• Your cat MUST stay in a harness for training, to allow for any unpredictable response. The harness also
gives you control to guide your cat to a “place of safety” within the Pet Area once warned or corrected
by the Receiver Collar.
• If your cat attempts to leave the Pet Area, make sure he does not get past the Boundary Flags. Never
let the cat past the Boundary Flags with or without the Receiver Collar on. If your cat thinks he can
pass the Boundary Flags, training will take longer.
Goal:
To teach your cat to associate the beep with the position of the Warning Zone.
Steps:
1. Set the Receiver Collar to Level 1 (tone only).
2. Put the harness and lead on your cat. Lead him into the Pet Area and up to a chosen point by the Boundary Flags.
3. Holding the Receiver Collar near your cat’s ears, lead him into the Warning Zone.
4. As the beep sounds, urgently say “run away, run away” while pulling your cat on the harness into the Pet Area.
Praise and give affection to your cat.
5. Connect the response to the beep with the Boundary Flag response by carrying a spare Boundary Flag. Produce
the Boundary Flag and wave it at the point the Receiver Collar starts to beep.
6. Repeat the process at several different Boundary Flags.
7. As you repeatedly lead your cat to the Boundary Flags and the warning beep sounds, you should notice some
reluctance from him, and he should try to move away. _____________________________________________________
Days 3 thru 7 - Boundary Awareness - Static
Correction Zone
Perform three or four training sessions per day, each lasting 10 – 15 minutes.
Important:
• Your cat MUST stay in a harness for training, to allow for any unpredictable response. The harness also
gives you control to guide your cat to a “place of safety” within the Pet Area once warned or corrected
by the Receiver Collar.
• If your cat attempts to leave the Pet Area, make sure he does not get past the Boundary Flags. Never
let the cat past the Boundary Flags with or without the Receiver Collar on. If your cat thinks he can
pass the Boundary Flags, training will take longer.
Goal:
To teach your cat to associate the Static Correction with the position of the Static Correction Zone.
Steps:
1. Set the Receiver Collar to Level 2 – the lowest Static Correction level.
2. Fit the Receiver Collar as detailed in Step 9 of this guide.
3. As in Phase 1, lead your cat to the Boundary Flags, but let him move through the Warning Zone to receive the
small Static Correction.
Note: You may need to remove every other fl ag at this stage to encourage your cat to approach the Static Correction Zone.
Phase
1
Phase
2