Don't they just get used to the noise that it makes after a while and bark anyway?
513878
Not sure it's strong enough. My doberman didn't even slow down. She just looked at it funny the first time.
513879
Not really. U need to keep the equipment a little far away and bring only when you need again. Unfortunately the equipment does not have a On/off switch!!
513880
Not sure since I can not hear. I got a co2 BB pistol and kept by my chair. A lot louder and I know it went off. Sure breaks their attention and stops the barking and they learned I was unhappy when that noise sounded. I think if you used it manually I might work better. I think Associating the noise and you being unhappy with the barking is what will give a permanent fix. If my dogs were big enough I would get a shock collar. My dogs 5 lbs and can not find a shock collar that small
513881
Ours was never bothered by it in the first place. We are now trying the Dogwidgets vibration and shock collar and the initial results are encouraging. The vibration gets her attention better than the sound ever did.
375047
Some dogs will become "collar trained" though. But merely putting it own can bring their behavior back.
2160958
I can answer from experience since I don't have dogs that bark, however, I will say it is worth a try, click when they bark, give a reward and lots of praise if they stop barking, continue this for a few weeks and they will learn the new trick, yet they may be so good and do other things wanting treats and sit there waiting as my dogs do, but it is all good.
2048919
Some dogs learn not to bark. Our dog is a difficult dog and didn't learn to stop barking. We use it when he goes outside so he won't disturb the neighbors with his barking. We use it inside when we need to take a nap or at nightime or when we don't want to hear him barking. Overall, it solved a huge problem we were having. Our dog was driving our neighbors crazy with his barking and it was causing us a lot of stress. This device doesn't hurt the dog.
792990
It will beep first and then it's a healthy shock when they are directly over the line. You can adjust the intensity though, depending on how well your dog learns. Most learn the first time.
1504673
It automatically goes to the lowest level. It starts with a beep. It increasingly gets stronger the longer he barks. Mine usually bark maybe once or twice.
1248813
high pitched beep. Loud enough to get the dogs attention...and mine too if I forget to turn it off and sit on the sofa. I don't turn it on all of the time either, once they realized something had changed in where they can sit and where they better not sit.
783546
OF COURSE,It won't.When your dog barks,the warning tone reminds your pet without immediately applying painful stimulus.At each step,your dog gets to choose whether it's worth the increasing pain to bark again.We have found this technique of progressively increasing sound and shock is not only more humane,it is more EFFECTIVE in breaking the barking habit than conventional shocking bark control collars.PETINER can be adjusted to control the sensitivity of the voice,according to the size of dogs barking.
775988
Shocks them, but it has levels. It makes a buzzing noise 1st as a warning. If they continue to bark, then shocks.
1706942
It is supposed to activate when there is barking but honestly it is very sensitive and most sounds will cause it to play that frequency.
863185
once your dog realizes that if she barks she will get a shock with the collar on she will not whine or whimper. but out 7 dogs one dog now the time limit and the collar resets and she only barks when the collar is resetting......smart dog..................
924674
It has varying degrees of actual shock. My border collie learned not to bark after 3 barks with the collar on the lowest setting. Unfortunately, she knows she can still bark if the collar is not on so have to use consistently. It has held up well.
1219531
The improvement is difficult to notice until the collar begins to weaken and the dogs revert to their previous behavior. I have a dog that is occasionally aggressive toward the other; the collar seems to have mellowed him, especially with continuous use over several months.
1437675
It will if you point it in their direction. It's not suppose to be harmful to the animal, but they don't like the sound.
338009
It seems it really depends on how sensitive your dog is to sound, and it's reason for barking in the first place. I bought ours when we brought a new dog into the home and she had separation anxiety. We only needed to use the unit a few times before she stopped barking. Whether the cessation came from using the unit or from her settling in, is hard to say. But when the unit was turned on and she barked, the response was immediate and obvious.
1285870
One bark triggers the beep. Any further barks after that gives a shock. So the dog may bark once, then make soft growls or whines after that. But the dog is reluctent to even bark the first time
123278
Probably. My dogs don't like sounds of any kind. This device only stops them because they can't figure out where it comes from.