Innovation

HOW OUR CONTAINMENT SYSTEM CHANGED THE PET INDUSTRY
The original Smart Dog design still leads this competitive, technology-driven market.

Smart Dog gives your dog the freedom it deserves. Freedom from confinement. Freedom from chains and leashes. Freedom to run . . . but only in your yard. This is pet industry technology at its finest.

Smart Dog got its start in 1991 when the containment industry's patent expired. But rather than follow the same tired formula, Smart Dog, broke all the rules . . . and made new ones by introducing the first computerized containment system in the world.

This was accomplished with the expertise of Smart Dog's engineers, many of them being former aerospace technologists.
The results of their knowledge, formerly being put to work for the government, was now available to the public.

The key to the Smart Dog system is innovation. In other words, not copying what was already out there. By using a microprocessor, Smart Dog was able to introduce many features that are now commonplace in the containment industry. Some of these features include:

• Adjustable correction levels to match different dogs' temperaments.
• Digital encoding to screen out false signals.
• Omni-directional reception to solve the age-old escape problem.
• Safety shut-off, a simple but important safety feature.

1. Smart Dog's exclusive "Run-Through Preventer" adds additional protection still unavailable from any other manufacturer.
2. Only Smart Dog offers a reasonable (1-2 second) audible warning plus the ability to override that warning for excitable or running dogs. (Just watch and see how many other manufacturers add this "new" feature to their systems in the next few years.) This feature also allows Smart Dog owners to use lower levels of correction, because Smart Dog automatically adjusts to a higher level if your dog ignores the lower setting. (Competitors systems can't self adjust -- their adjustments are made after an escape.)
3. Smart Dog Battery back-up (BBU) feature maintains power from the transmitter in the event power goes out.
4. Smart Dog wire-break alarm lets you know instantly if your system goes down because of boundary wire damage.

Finally, there's the battery cost issue. Have you ever heard of Sony, Panasonic, RCA, or other respected companies offering "battery contracts" such as those offered by some of Smart Dog's competitors? Of Course Not! These days, battery intensive products use rechargeable batteries. Smart Dog has been available with two battery options since 1993. You can buy batteries forever, but more than 90% of Smart Dog's customers prefer our rechargeable systems. All top-of-the-line rechargeable products use Innotek's exclusive Smart Charge technology for fast, efficient charging and no risk of over charging.

Trust your dog's freedom and safety to nothing less than
the cutting-edge technology of Smart Dog!