Wireless dog containment systems – An electronic dog containment system could be just what you need. These systems offer a way to psychologically train your dog to remain in your yard. Although most dog containment systems work the same way (you bury a boundary wire around your property, and your dog receives a static correction via a collar receiver when he gets too close to it), many of the systems have features that makes them more suited for specific situations.

Here are some questions to ask yourself to help you choose the best dog containment system for you and your dog. How big is your dog? Your dog's size will play a definite part in what system you can get. You may find a dog containment system that meets all your other needs, but the collar itself is too bulky for your dog. If that's the case, it will be a lot more difficult to train your pet. Comfortable collar receivers are very important. Some dog containment systems come with collar receivers specifically designed for smaller dogs, such as the PetSafe Little Dog Fence. If you have a pet that weighs less than 15 pounds, a system like that would be the one for you. Is your dog hard to train?

Dogs that have difficulty learning will need stronger corrections than smaller or more easygoing dogs. Look for a dog containment system that caters specifically to hard-to-train or stubborn dogs to make sure you get the most out of your system. Also, if you have more than one dog, you may want to look into dog containment systems that allow you to set different levels of correction for each dog. If one dog is difficult to train, but the other is really easygoing, your easygoing pup isn't going to need as high a level of correction as your other dog. How big is your yard?

Most dog containment systems are only designed to cover a certain area. If you only have an acre of property when all is said and done, then a system designed to cover a large area, like 100 acres, is an unnecessary expense. Make sure you know the size of the area you need to cover when you start shopping for dog containment systems. That way you'll avoid buying more of a system than you need. What is the topography of your yard?

Though usually it doesn't matter, certain kinds of dog containment systems won't work well if your yard is uneven or hilly. These are usually wireless systems that don't require anything by way of installation. They require an even surface to be really effective.

One last tip Remember: If you're getting an electronic dog containment system, you're going to need to train your dog to recognize what it means when he gets a correction. Consistency and patience are the keys to training. All dogs learn differently.

Even if you have one dog that catches on in a single training session, it's no guarantee that your other dogs will pick up that quickly. With an electronic dog containment system, you'll be able to ensure your pet's safety while you're outside. That peace of mind alone is well worth the cost of a system.

There are various types of dog containment systems found for keeping your dog restricted to a certain area. Of the lot, the wireless dog containment system is the most flexible and easy to install. It consists of a transmitter working with a collar receiver.

You can take the transmitter of the wireless containment system and use it anywhere you like. The only drawback here is that the area covered by it is usually smaller, and in a pre-defined shape.

To install the wireless dog containment system, you have to put the transmitter in the required room and turn it on. Then the receiver collar has to be put on the dog. If you want to restrict the dog to only one part of the home or garden, you should use a single transmitter, but if you plan to define two or more areas that are either conjoined or completely separate, you have to use double or multiple transmitter installations.

As these transmitters are installed separately, you can put the dog in one place or another, without actually having to re-set the transmitter each time. Maintenance of the wireless containment system includes periodic monitoring to ensure its proper working, and physical checking of the wires for signs of wear. Have back-up systems charged regularly and replace used batteries in the receiver on a regular basis.

The transmitter of the wireless dog containment system emits a radio signal from the room it is located in. This defines the boundary for the dog. There is a lightweight collar on the dog that listens to this signal, so that the dog knows that it is free to run and play in the yard with the signal. However, if the dog reaches the boundary of the signal, the dog receives a warning beep; and if it still does not retreat from the boundary, a correction is given to him. With some training, the dog is bound to learn its boundaries.

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The use of home landlines seems to be becoming a thing of the past as many now use mobile handsets as their main phone in or out of the home. It seems Panasonic have come upon the idea that if wireless/mobile reception were better while indoors them maybe even more will come away from landlines in favour of the mobile alternative.

So to this end, Panasonic has come up with Link to Cell base station, which is basically a Bluetooth connected base station which links your mobile handset so if you receive a wireless call it will come on your mobile but then the Panasonic Link to Cell will ring your home phone when you receive a call on your mobile handset.

Your handset connects with Link to Cell base station which allows the user to put their handset in any particular corner to gain good reception. Six satellite handsets can be connected throughout the home while each handset being DECT 6.0. As a final touch, the Panasonic home phone handsets are all RoHS certified. Panasonic’s Link to Cell is available not at $99.99 whit a single home handset with additional handsets costing $39.99.

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Victorinox, which has been making fine pocket knives for more than 100 years, has of late taken its Swiss Army brand of cutlery into the world of portable flash storage. now, the company is cramming high-end, high-capacity SSD storage into the smallest possible package. The 1TB SSD drive is no bigger than a typical pocketknife, yet features USB 3.0/eSATA transfer functionality and can hold the equivalent of 220 million pages or some 330,000 high-res photos.

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This is designed to help locate stray or stolen pets, but we don’t see why it couldn’t be attached to children as well. you affix the lightweight fob to any cat or dog (or child) over 10 pounds, and then establish a “Tagg zone” — essentially a geo-fence — where your pet (or child) spends most of its time. It could be your own home, or even backyard.

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Just one gotcha: the price. For $100, you get the hardware and one month of service. Each additional month is $7.95. that may be a fair price for tracking Fido, but if Timmy is going to run away just because you took away his Xbox, do you even want him back? — Jon Phillips

When you hit the gym or run the trail for a grueling workout, the last thing you want is your earbuds getting sloppy with sweat and slippy from your ear canals. Yurbuds, which has been making athletic in-ear buds since 2008, not only guarantees its buds won’t fall out but swears the patented TwistLock tech ensures a contoured fit. that means pain-free listening even after extended usage, no matter how gangly and misshapen your ears might be.

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Sitting on my back step, elbows on knees, cupping a wine glass, I study the mural that stretches along one side of our backyard fence.

It starts on one end with a tropical island, where a crab makes a grab at a purple Teletubby, two little girls in grass skirts do the hula, and a worried-looking cat sits precariously close to the ocean’s edge. then, in a swirl of waves, the mural becomes an underwater scene dotted with mermaids, scuba divers and fish, all painted in the bright colors that appeal to a kid.

Artistically, it isn’t impressive. more like something out of a "Little Mermaid" coloring book than a Diego Rivera. It is colorful but faded, fanciful but dated.

Anyone who studies it long enough will notice that the parasailing guy has two right hands, and jellyfish don’t actually have eyes. but when you know that each character represents someone who was important in our lives during my son’s first year, it’s a real work of art.

And it has been the backdrop of our lives for almost 12 years.

I sketched the mural shortly before my son’s first birthday, using black paint on the all-white wall, and left it like that.

Then, at Sawyer’s luau-themed party, guests in plastic leis and Hawaiian shirts brought to life the character that represented each of them, painting college logos on T-shirts and stripes on bathing trunks. They blued their eyes, highlighted their hair and added freckles.

The people at Sawyer’s birthday party were there through that tough and tiring first year of my son’s life, telling me I could when I thought I couldn’t.

And as they populated the mural that day, it felt like a contract — signed in red, blue, yellow and green — that they would stick around for whatever came next.

As a toddler, Sawyer would drag his chubby fingers along the mural, stopping at each of the figures painted there. he would poke Tinky Winky in one crooked eye, pat Sonnet, his half sister who’s a mermaid on the wall, and kiss his favorite: "Nana!"

The painted Sawyer waves from the lap of his mother, who looks thinner in paint than real life. my cousin Tiffany, who took care of Sawyer after I went back to work, stands protectively over both of us.

Sawyer’s half brother, Skyler, wears a snorkel and holds a sign that’s hard to read now but used to say, "Fish are our friends. Eat tofu." I can barely make out Sawyer’s other half sister, Savannah, who’s riding an inner tube.

Sawyer’s father scuba dives, wearing yellow shorts with red hearts. my friends are on the wall, too, some disguised as mermaids. Tom and Amy ride a surfboard. Judie shakes Steve from a coconut tree.

Every night Sawyer would take inventory of the people in his world, and I would watch from this same step, calling out the name of each person he touched. It was a lovely, calming rhythm in our lives.

Cousin Kasey wrestling the purple octopus for a basketball. Her little brother, Virgil Jr., pulling at her shirt. Uncle Danny playing an electric guitar under water, fish groupies surrounding him.

They were all there within reach of Sawyer’s fingertips, and for me, too.

I have sat out here a thousand times over the years, in the quiet after the dishes were washed and the boy in bed. I confided in the painted figures, telling them my worries about whether I picked the right school, said the right thing or made the right choice.

For a single mother, they were an ideal audience, never interrupting, always there and in silent, unanimous agreement with everything I said.

They witnessed Sawyer learning to kick a ball, climb a tree and swim, sometimes from the wall and sometimes in real life. They serve as a colorful backdrop for birthday parties and family portraits, and stand guard when we take the trash to the alley in the dark.

But now the mural is fading, beaten by regular attacks of sprinklers, the blazing sun and time. In some places, the paint has rubbed off completely.

And so much has changed since the mural went up. A few people have moved away. Skyler no longer is a vegetarian. Little cousin Virgil Jr. is a U.S. Marine fighting in Afghanistan. A dog lives here now. and Sawyer is going on 13.

I could restore it, perhaps like the Sistine Chapel, if I had the time. or paint over it, giving us a new canvas. or paint over it and leave it, letting it fade into the background again.

My need to do something about the mural coincides with a time when I’m beginning to let go of my son. Sawyer is deciding for himself whether he needs a jacket, setting his own alarm (and occasionally getting up when it goes off), doing homework on his own, and going more places with his friends and fewer with his mom. It makes me nostalgic for that toddler child.

When we first talked about what to do about the aging mural, Sawyer said to leave it. He’s not big on change. he doesn’t even like it when we get a new car (a total of two in his lifetime).

But now, coming out to sit next to me on the back step, he says we may as well paint over it to match the other walls.

"We’ll still know they are there," Sawyer says.

There if we need them.

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