Getting A Bark Collar That Works

Do all these hours of anti bark training that you have spent with your dog seem to be fruitless? Sometimes even the most experienced dog owners have to face the fact that their dogs aren’t responding to oral training and need a bark collar. Yes, a bark collar may not be the most dog friendly training gadget on the planet but it serves its purpose. Getting the right bark collar is very important so you should spend a little time shopping around before you buy one. In order to give you a head start, we present you here some choices that people prefer when they buy a bark collar. The Ultrasound Bark Collar The sonic bark collar is one of the most popular anti-bark collars available in the market today. This type of collar produces high pitched sound whenever the dog barks. The objective of the sound is to distract the dog from whatever he was barking at and make him focus on the sound. The sound that the collar emit is so high pitched that humans can’t hear it at all, although dogs can hear it without a problem. Will the sound have negative affect your dog’s hearing? Studies show that high pitched sound used in sonic collars are safe so you need not worry about damaging your dog’s ears. Anyway, the sound only lasts as long as the dog keeps barking, and if the sound makes the barking stop, therefore it can’t last long. Spray Collar This type of collar can detect barking and counteracts it by spraying the dog’s muzzle with citronella smell whenever the dog barks. Citronella has a strong smell that can be very irritating to dogs. When dogs finally realize that their own barking is what triggers the citronella spray, they start to reduce their barking. The other side of the coin is that sometimes the smell of citronella can linger around for much longer than the owner intended it to. As it is it, your dog may suffer from anxiety due to the prolonged effect of the punishment. If your dog is extremely sensitive or irritable to citronella, then this type of bark collar is not your best choice. Electrical Shock Collar Putting a shock collar on your dog’s neck may be an effective way to stop your dog from barking incessantly but this practice may have some negative effect on your dog. Note that the shock collar sends electric pulses to your dog’s muscles whenever it barks. The idea of a dog receiving electric shocks for barking is somewhat difficult to accept for some dog owners.