PetSafe Guardian GPS Dog Fence, 3/4 Acre+

Best GPS fence without subscription— I have a set up at my house and one on the farm for my 2 GSPs (German Shorthairs.) Easy installation and set-up; the app walks you through it. Zero problems. Great range; give hazardous areas more clearance (e.g. do not set the boundary directly beside a road. Use common sense.) Clean appearance with an indicator light. It’s expensive, but it beats having to install an in-ground system or an actual fence. Plus, you can change the fence anytime you need to and if you move, you can take it with you. The collars have multiple levels static correction and the collar will tone when it comes close to the fence border. I remove the collars to charge overnight, so no problems with battery life. Adding a new collar is easy too if you have multiple dogs— you can create a profile for each dog. You can use standard thickness 1” biothane if you prefer a custom collar appearance (I recommend Beau&Nora for custom biothane collars and leashes!) The quality of the collar is great, just cut off the excess. Overall, you won’t find a better or more affordable option without a subscription.

I really give this ZERO stars but this makes you put at least one. It was easy enough to set up and create the boundaries. We worked on the boundaries an entire evening walking the area numerous times holding the collar to be sure we had the flags (ordered those separate) in the correct place to warn our dog before the collar would vibrate/static. The following day we started walking her numerous times on the leash with the collar on vibration only showing her the flags and then getting her to come away from them using treats once we heard the vibration to help her understand that she does not want to hear that sound. I did this multiple times a day for the next 3 days with the collar/leash. On the 4th day we turned on the static option as well, walked her a few times around the area with her leash and she did good and all was working just as it had been. That evening while we were in the basement she went out the door to potty (25 feet from where the collar usually started vibrating) and it shocked her so naturally she runs yelping to me, in the house, and it starts shocking her again before I could get it off her. I understand that this is what the system is set up to do but it should ONLY do that when she is outside of the area I set up. How are you supposed to train a dog when the system is unreliable?! I requested a refund that night and sent it back.

I have been a pet safe user for many years. When we moved into our new house in 2021 we explored fence options and went with the wired version of the pet safe fence. It was a pain in the butt to set up and took quite a while, and we had to buy a ditch witch in order to bury the wire and had to wait for the city to come mark the land before digging, but once it was set up, it was fine and it has worked relatively well over the years. However, in the last few months to a year we’ve had several breaks in the Line, And we were finding ourselves constantly having to fix the wires. This last time was the last straw so we upgraded to this one. I will say that the technology has significantly improved in the last five years. When we looked before there was not a version like this where you could easily manually draw your yard. The products that were similar were in the form of a central point with a circle fence, and would not work for our square yard. We did not want to have to limit our pets space or risk them going into our neighbors space. I set this up in 15 to 20 minutes, and put the collars on and my dogs are ready to go. The longest part was just waiting for the product to update the firmware. Now my dogs are already trained for underground fence so we didn’t have to go through that whole process again. I do recommend people take the time to go through that process. You’ll be happier than just hoping your dog figures it out. When I first started using underground fence products in the early 2000s I did not go through the process and my dogs would run past the shock once they figured it out. Taking my time and taking the full recommended several weeks of months to ensure they are trained is 100% worth it. I have two coonhound/hunting breed dogs and they do not cross the line to chase after anything including Deers, rabbits and turkeys that are frequently in our property. This product is very high-quality in appearance and definitely worth the money. The collar is lighter weight than previous. My only feedback would be that a better battery life for the collar would be appreciated. My previous dog fence collar had well over a month of charge. This one says it’s only about three days which will be an adjustment.

First and most important is make sure you use the correct prongs for dog. As a first responder I feel a great deal of shame and guilt for not knowing better and causing harm to my dog. We started out with the long prongs that come attached to the collar. They caused a wound on her neck very quickly. She did not wear it 24/7, only during the day or when I went to work (one shift) and only been using it for a week. I have swapped prongs and we will try it again when her neck heals but I will be paying close attention to make sure this doesn’t happen again. As far as the unit itself, it works great. I was able to create a boundary with ease for her that keeps her from getting to the neighbors house whom she has a mutual disdain for, she can’t get to the driveway as well but is able to explore deep parts of the property. She shares the property with another dog who also uses a different petsafe boundary unit and he can be a little much sometimes so she is able to leave his boundary and get away from him. I haven't experienced any issues with the transmitter but when I connect the collar in my home (which is a micro home) it takes a couple minutes for the collar to connect. Sometimes when she’s outside it loses GPS but it’s only momentarily and it’s right back. It hasn’t allowed her to get through. She’s very smart so she knows when it’s on and she’s restricted vs when it’s off and she’s free to roam. It only took a couple days for her to pick it up. I would still recommend this unit due to being able to create the boundary vs having a radius. But I strongly caution you to the prong issue and checking your dog daily when they first start wearing. The wound looks extra goopy because of topical treatment.

This is a great product. But they need to go back to the drawing board when it comes to the material used for the collars. I have two duct tape my dogs collars for them to stay. Otherwise they constantly loosen. We live by an extremely busy road where the speed limit is 55 mph. And not only do we have cars we have farm machinery going in front of our house as we live in the country. Having to duct tape, my dogs collars to ensure that they stay at an adequate tightness because it becomes a safety issue. If it is too loose is not good. In terms of the way that the system functions we have over 10 acres of land that our dogs have complete access to and we have no issues. The collars work great.

First, Amazon has been great and have replaced these two collars we purchased, and they did it free of charge. But ONLY ONE TIME. However, we spent over $700 on two of these collars and the base unit. We purchased them in June 2025. They worked well for 4 months. Then they began to fall offline and they do it continuously. No amount of research or restarting will make any difference. It's not our wifi. It shows a strong signal at all times and everything else works all the time. It's not trees or buildings. We live on an open prairie. We reset everything multiple times and every time they work for a while. The chat lines and help line keep telling us to remove the batteries and reinstall them. These units do NOT have batteries. We tried repositioning the base unit. We reloaded the app on our phones multiple times. Sometimes they just come back when we do nothing. We are at the end of our patience. We had really, really cheap GPS collars before that worked well for about 1 year on average. They were better than these. I will never spend any money for this brand again. Never.

We’ve been using the Petsafe Guardian for a year for a 32 lb Boston Terrier and couldn’t be happier! We fought for years to keep an underground, wired fence functioning and had too many frustrations keeping it connected (accidental cuts by neighbors/cable crews/landscapers, etc!) We knew we didn’t want a monthly subscription and we just needed containment- not tracking. We were able to get this connected in minutes and it works even better than the wired fence! The app is simple and user friendly. We did have the luxury of our dog being trained to his boundaries prior to using this, and it was a seamless transition. We can choose vibration or static levels 1-10. We usually go back and forth between vibration and static 2 because he gets too comfortable with vibration after a while and a little static reminds him to stay! The collar has gotten wet and didn’t have any issues. It stays charged for 3-4 days and I get a notification when he has a handful of hours left so I can make sure we get it charged. I also get notified if our power/wifi goes out and the collar loses connectivity, though that has only happened once in a year. It will hold connectivity where it left off even if the power goes out as long as the collar is charged. We have put a little electric tape over the indicator light because it can be a lot of light and it blinks a lot. The light colors are indicative of charge and connectivity. Overall, we are VERY happy with this purchase and wish we had gone wireless much sooner!!!

This worked great at first and then it stopped working. We have a 1/2 acre lot and support is telling us this works best on lots 3/4 and larger. Not what the product info says. Now I have to see how too get a refund.