Dog Guard of Des Moines

Dog Guard of Des Moines serves the metro and central Iowa: Des Moines, West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Johnston, Grimes, Waukee, Clive, Altoona, Pleasant Hill, and Indianola, along with the smaller towns around them. It is part of Dog Guard Midwest, the family-run business that covers much of Iowa, so the zip search on this site will point your address to the right team.

Either order works, so pick whichever fits your builder's schedule. Going in before sod or landscaping lets the wire be placed around the final plan for beds, patios, and sprinkler lines. Going in after is routine too, with a tidy seam in the new lawn. In fast-growing suburbs like Ankeny, Waukee, and Grimes, your Local Pro handles brand-new yards all the time.

No. A quote can usually be put together from your address, the shape of the lot, and the number of dogs, with no visit required. Price follows the property itself: how many feet of wire the boundary takes, what the line has to cross, and how many receivers you need. Share what you want the boundary to do and the rest can be worked out by phone.

Because the two solve different problems. A buried wire backs up the gate someone leaves open, stops a digger or climber at the fence line, and can cover the front yard, where most homes have no fence at all. It can also keep a dog out of a garden or pool area inside the yard. Plenty of Des Moines installs run alongside a physical fence rather than replacing one.

Yes, one boundary wire serves the whole pack. Each dog wears its own receiver with its own settings, so a cautious older dog and a bold young one are each trained and tuned separately on the same line. Adding a dog later just means adding a receiver, not changing the fence. Training covers every dog in the house, including the puppy who arrives next year.

Training starts the same day the system goes in. Flags mark the line so your dog can see what the new boundary is, warning tones come before anything else, and corrections are introduced step by step at levels set for your dog. You get a simple routine of short practice sessions, and most dogs settle into the boundary over the following days.

Yes. Indoor wireless containment units create small off-limits zones inside the home, with no wire burial required. They are a tidy fix for a dog that raids the litter box, a counter-surfer in the kitchen, or a cat that treats the nursery as personal territory. The pet wears the same style of lightweight receiver used outdoors, and the zones are adjustable, so the rest of the house stays fair game.