Day One:  Step one keeping your pet on a leash, walk him/her up to a few flags at random without wearing the receiver. Hold the receiver next to your pet’s ear so he/she can hear the audible warning; shake the flag and say, NO! Immediately bring your pet back into the safe area and praise. Step two, you may put the receiver on and walk your pet around the boundary. If he/she wants to go into the correction area do not give resistance. As soon as your pet receives a correction, bring it back into the safe area and give a lot of praise. This lets your pet know that this is how you want him/her to respond, by coming back into the safe area instead of bolting through. This can be done over entire boundary for about 10-15 minutes.

Day Two and Three: While on a leash, put the receiver on your pets neck, and repeat step two of day one. Walking around the boundary with your pet you may say watch out if he/she is getting close to the correction area, but don’t hold him/her back. Your pet still needs to learn this on their own. Praise your pet if he/she stops at the audible tone, or if you pull him/her back into the safe area after being corrected.

Day Four through Six:  Your pet should still be on a leash. Repeat day two and three, but, this time have someone stand on the other side of the boundary that your pet is familiar with. Do not call for your pet as it is still early on in the training and he/she will likely try to come to you. Stopping and talking at random intervals in normal, casual tones should be sufficient. This is showing your pet that even though someone is on the other side; he/she can not go to greet them.

Day Seven through Nine: You may put the receiver on your pet and let him/her out in the yard without a leash. Stay outside with your pet and keep an eye on him/her just like you would for a small child.

Day Ten through Thirteen: You should be able to let your pet out with limited supervision.

Day Fourteen:  Congratulations! Your pet should be trained and you should be able to let him/her out with no supervision.

Flags

By the end of the second week you can start to take the flags down. Start by taking every other flag down on the first day. Wait a couple of days and repeat. Keep doing this until there are no flags left. Within a week they should all be down.

The reason for this process is so your pet does not become dependant on the flags. Your pet needs to learn that the audible warning is the indication of their boundary limit. Also, by slowly taking down the flags, it lets your pet know that the flags are not what is keeping them in the yard, it is the sound and correction. If you take the flags down all at once your pet may think that it is safe to cross over the fence.