This seemed to work the first day, but it is not working today. He's barking nonstop! The green light is still flashing. Any advice?
1163018
It doesn't seem to work at all for my dog. She will bark and bark even with this on near by.
1163019
Can you turn it up to high? I'm sure you've already done that, but thought I'd put it out there just in case. Also, is it too low, too high (I believe directions say about 3 feet off the ground) or too far away? Make sure it's pointing in the right direction. If all of those things are in place and it still doesn't seem to work, box it up and return it for a new one. Amazon has a great return policy. Maybe you got a dud.
1163020
Same thing with our dogs. I wonder if they just adapt to it and bark anyway. I guess the noise they hear is not strong enough to be a deterrent. It might work with some dogs.
441070
Nope, and actually it didn't work only dogs at all (2 German shorthaired pointers). They just looked at me when I pressed it and then would keep barking.
2048922
Our pooch seems to be generalizing his learning. In the house, he barks once with the collar on, and maybe twice with it off. If we show him the collar, he stops. I haven't tried walking him now without the collar because it helps so much.
1797265
My dog stops his activity that is undesirable when we use negative. With a short burst of a positive command his ears pick up but no alarmed behavior. I actually use the positive in a short burst to call him back in from outside.
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Ours never worked for the neighbor dog ! It cost. 48.00 and the dog continues to bark. We even moved it from our yard across the street to the bushes next to the dogs porch still barks
2007042
I had zero luck with this thing. The only thing that worked for me was talking to the neighbors and/or calling the cops. Our township has regulations about barking dogs and I took advantage of them. It's a shame you have to call the law on your neighbors but it may be your only recourse dealing with people who lack common sense.
338007
It worked for my friends dogs, but not ours. I can tell it works, he tilts his head and kind of looks around, but then keeps barking.
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Sorry to hear this, I have had to contact PetSafe regarding the prongs being to long and the collar strap that holds the excess collar at the end and each time, customer service was most helpful. I believe they also said that since I had the collar less than a year, they would send me a new collar strap, they also sent me shorter prongs, both free of charge. I have never had a problem with the remote or the electronic part of the collar. Customer service was extremely helpful and very pleasent every time I have had a question and it appeared that Customer Satisfaction was their number one goal. Have you tried to contact them which resulted in poor results? I do not want you to think I have a half of a brain but was the plug inserted correctly? I charge both the collar and the remote at the same time. I wonder if the battery in the remote could be bad, it is rechargeable but who knows for how long its actual life is. Hope this is helpful but do try to contact Customer Service @ Toll Free: 1-800-941-4200, this # is from the Pet Safe web site," contact us". Hope you will have satisfactory result. I always have. Good luck and I would not mind hearing if they would help. Thank you
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Usually I hit the beep button twice then it works. Make sure the collar is set to the right channel too if yours has three like mine does. Hope that helps.
681737
hi, I don't remember seeing this... *But be warned of the possibilities of it not working :( We have a dog that lives next door that makes us so miserable with his barking.... Every time the dog barked .... I also heard a HIGH PITCHED sound inside the house that was killing my ears!
1681823
Probably not. Whines and soft growls don't trigger the collar. Only barking
1452014
It really depends on how often your dog barks, at least to a degree. You could remove the battery when your dog is not wearing it, as that probably would extend the battery life. They should work longer than 6 wks, however, in my opinion, but most dogs should have 'learned their lesson' (re: what happens when they insist on barking when the collar is on) within 6 wks. At least our hounds did. . .
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the dog may not hear so well due to breed. dogs over the years have been bread to do different thing for man. hunt by smell sight or sound. my unit works ok but there is a pack of small dogs next door.they do stop barking after a min or so. I wish my neighbors would just move I can only hope. Joe
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We have an older black lab and a 5 year old rottweiler/boxer mix....both dogs would bark at anything/everything. We gave this collar a try and after a few times of giving them a warning followed by a shock, they've been doing much better! They will start to bark now and all we have to do is put the collars on them and give them the warning sound....it works...no more barking! :) Hope it works for you too if you decide to get it! :)
1846100
The one I have does not respond to barking. I have to push the button to correct the action.
2149102
I have a lab. I tried shaking a pebble can, a dog whistle, and the "spray" collar. All worked temporarily. With this electric collar he is able to give 1 or 2 warning barks but he is not able to do the continuous nuisance barking. I have been told by others that they have needed to leave it on indefinitely only with the battery removed. Our guy is very stubborn and we have not reached that point yet. We have used this product for a year now, and everyone is pleased with the results.
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I've never tried it with this kind of behavior...just barking, but I imagine it will work for your situation. I would definitely try it.