How to Install a Sure-Shock Electric Dog Fence

A Sure-Shock electric dog fence by Fi-Shock is a standard electric fence solution for aid in containing your pet to a specified area. Although not a modern "invisible fence," where the wire is buried underground, this system still serves as a mental deterrent to any pet that makes contact with the fence when trying to escape from the given boundary. As long as the fence is strung properly and fresh batteries are kept installed in the fence charger for this system, it will train your pet over a period of months to avoid leaving the set boundary.

Things You'll Need

  • Post hole digger
  • Fence posts (one fence post per 10 feet of fence length )
  • Two plastic fence insulators per post if running two wires, or one insulator per post if using one wire
  • Batteries for specific Sure-Shock charger pack
  • Voltage test probe with light in handle (available in most department and do-it-yourself stores)
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Instructions

    • 1

      Mark off where all fence posts will be set into the ground. Begin by placing one post at one corner of the building leaving no space between the post and the building in which the pet may escape. Mark off one hole site every 10 feet, from one end of the fence area to the last which is also set near the corner of the building only on the other side.

    • 2

      Dig a hole in each post location so that 2 feet of each post is buried beneath the ground. Fill in the hole around each post and tamp the soil tightly around each one.

    • 3

      Place one insulator near the bottom of each fence post about 1 foot off the ground and place another, if using two wires, 1 foot above the first. Do this on each of the posts surrounding the premises.

    • 4

      Insert batteries into the Sure-Shock charger controller, then mount the controller to the wall near one of the corner posts next to the building, preferably indoors if possible. Connect one end of each wire to the positive terminal on the charger controller, and connect the other end of each wire to the negative terminal. Turn the fence unit on.

    • 5

      Touch the tip of a light-indicator voltage test probe to each wire and observe whether the light in the clear plastic handle flickers once every second or two. If so, the electric fence is operating properly. If not, check your wire connections and make adjustments to pulse frequency if your Sure-Shock controller has an adjustment knob. If all else fails, try a fresh set of batteries and test again. Unless the charger unit itself is bad, the unit will operate after completing these troubleshooting steps.

    • 6

      Adjust the height and separation of the wires by moving the insulators on each post up or down as needed as your dog grows. Keep the wire separation close together when the dog is small. If the fence is kept operational for a few months at most, however, the dog will instinctively have learned where its boundary is and this psychological training will prevent the dog from wandering further, even after the fence has been removed, as the boundary area will have become your pet's psychological home and "safety zone."