This essentially put a stop to my puppy's random unexplained ...
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This essentially put a stop to my puppy's random unexplained bouts of diarrhea after less than a week's use. We use it 100% of the time now.
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The clip provided to attach the harness to almost severly injured my dog.  My 13 lb dachshund, featured in the photo provided, was attempting to lay on his side in the seat. He managed to push the ring open and then got his leg caught.  Naturally, he freaked out and I was pretty scared myself  for a minute. I was able to free his leg before he injured himself but it could have neen a lot worse. The manufacturer easily could have avoided this if they would have made the clip with an end that screws shut instead of opening so easily by pushing. This was our first test run and he managed to do this within a block of driving. I read and followed the instructions as well. Maybe my dog is just too active for this seat but I am returning this product immediately.
4571986
I was desperate to find help for my 15 month old rescued siberian husky's separation anxiety. She was still struggling with being alone after many, many months of working with her using gradual separation techniques. I read mixed reviews about DAP's effectiveness, but decided to give it a shot anyway. I certainly did not expect miracles and actually fully anticipated it would have little effect on her behavior.

Within  2 weeks of putting it on her, I had increased the amount of time she could spend alone from 30 minutes to over 4 hours using gradual separation techniques and the DAP collar. This was remarkable! Not only is she calm while I am gone, she is no longer displaying overly-excited behaviors when I return.

I am very pleased with the effectiveness of this collar and would recommend it. It is important to remember that you still must work with your dog on separation issues. The collar does not 'fix" the problem. It is a tool for use during the behavior modification period that will help the dog calm itself more effectively.
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First of all, I have nothing negative to say about the crate itself -- that is, until last night when I was putting my 4 month old puppy into his kennel and he turned his head and SOMEHOW got his eye caught in the loop that the post fits into to close the door.  He freaked out, I freaked out.  The only thing I could do was pull him out of it.  His eye now will only open halfway.  I hope it is only due to swelling and nothing permanent.  This was a freak accident, but please be careful when you put you pet into any crate or kennel.
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I can't believe it, but this is working for my three excitable yappers. Was having a problem with barking during the night and this has just about solved it. I use is manually instead of waiting for it to detect the barking.
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This has helped my 1 year old yellow lab/golden retriever mix to stop chewing things that she shouldn't.  It's not perfect, nor the one-stop solution--we still need to keep things picked up off the floor so that she won't chew them.  But this allows her to ignore the things we forget to pick up or that the toddler leaves around.  The biggest indication that this works is this: when she starts chewing shoes or slippers again, we'll notice that we forgot to change her pheromone collar or the diffuser refill.

If you expect this to be the only thing to solve your dog's separation anxiety, then this won't meet your needs.  What this *would* do is be one tool among many (including training, positive reinforcement) that you could use to help your dog.
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It took a minute or two to figure out how to put this on, but now it's a cinch! Helps to control my German Shepherd "puppy"  that is 6 months old, and about 60 lbs of pure muscle. I don't have to worry about him dragging my wife down the sidewalk in chase of wildlife, nor do I worry about strangling or hurting him. I suspect this will continue to work for him up to his full size.
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This made my dog a better dog. She had gotten a bit arrogant and uncontrollable. I put this on her collar and have only had to use the vibration setting. This setting is very unnerving to her and she immediately stops what she is doing.  She is a little more humble now and minds her mommy! :-) I highly recommend but only to good dog owners who would avoid using the shock until absolutely necessary because sometimes it just is.
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I very rarely give out 1 star reviews, but I believe in our situation with this collar, it's more than warranted.

I didn't like the idea of having to use one of these, but we had family members lined up as visitors to our house for 3 straight weeks. We don't have a lot of visitors since we don't live close to our families, except my mom and two of my wife's brothers. My uncle was scheduled for one week, my wife's parents for a week and two of my wife's aunts for the next week.

Our dogs:
A dachshund mix who is about 10 pounds. His heart and fight far outweigh him. He barks at anyone he doesn't instantly recognize, including a few times at me and my wife. I never expected him to be much of a guard dog or a protector, but he does his best to prove me wrong.
A poodle mix who is about 15 pounds. She's older, much more sociable and is one of those dogs who would more likely lick you to death before ever trying to hurt you. She's so sociable that we've met two of our neighbors thanks to her "visiting" when she goes out to use the bathroom. We end up finding her laying on a neighbor's porch while they talk to her and give her treats.

As you can probably guess the dachshund was the concern. So, I ordered this and had it one-day shipped to arrive a day before my uncle so we could get used to using it. The morning of my uncle's arrival, my wife put the collar on the dachshund and sure enough it started beeping and I assume shocking. After the sixth beep, our dachshund walked across the living room, stopped and peed all over himself. He hasn't used the bathroom in the house in 2 years and he's only 2.5 years old. It did stop the barking and my thinking was it was maybe just the surprise/shock of the collar that caused the accident.

That night, my wife and uncle went out to eat. My mom had come in from work and put the collar on the dachshund before we got back since the dachshund seems to forget who is welcome and who isn't. This is where the one star comes in:

As we were walking into the house I could hear the poodle barking and a beeping noise. Now mind you, the dachshund and poodle are similar height and both were standing side by side at the door looking out at us, but the poodle's barking was triggering the collar to beep/shock the dachshund. So there goes my poor little dachshund back under a chair. It took me about an hour of letting him sit right beside of me to calm him down and stop him from quivering. All because the poodle barked.

To me that's just unacceptable. These are the first dogs I've ever lived with in a house. All of my previous dogs were big, outdoor dogs, so I'm not one of those way too overprotective pet-owners. I just don't think I would be too happy if my son got punished for something that my daughter did. I feel the same way about the dogs. Maybe it would be good if you only have one dog, but if you have two know ahead of time that the dog not wearing the collar can trigger the beep/shock on the other dog who is wearing it.

I'm not going to put the video I have, but it's on my phone if anyone wants me to upload it. It shows me blowing into the collar four times which brings a little longer beep each time. On the second beep our dachshund lays down and starts to pout. The poodle just looks around as if to ask what's that noise. On the third beep the dachshund really does a similar motion as a dry-heave like he's going to be sick. Maybe it traumatized him, but it's not like he's going to learn why seeing that it was the poodle's bark that was triggering it. Visits are over, I'll stick to trying to work with him verbally to stop the barking.
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well, our puppy is very courageous but doesn't like to travel.  This made a HUGE difference.  He bitched as normal for about 2 minutes and then settled down.  I'm a believer!
2154781
Last year I adopted a VERY vocal and LOUD dog that likes to talk back. I read the reviews before I bought this and figured what the heck. If it doesn't work, I won't be out much. I received it yesterday and it shut my dog up IMMEDIATELY. It startled him initially and I believe he has already associated the noise with his barking.  I'll also add that my dog is on the mend from a dog bite from four days ago and is probably not quite 100% yet but I feel good the device will continue to do the job. I was under the impression though, that the device would go off after 3 barks. Mine goes off after my dog barks 1 time.

I'm sure my neighbors appreciate the peace and quiet!
485581
I got this collar at a thrift store so I wasn't expecting much life left in it. It did stop working after a couple months (wouldn't hold the oil in anymore for some reason), but by that time, he had learned what the collar did. It brought sanity back into my life. All I had to do was show him the collar and tell him "I'll put the collar on you" and he'd shut up. Got to the point where I didn't even have to show it, just tell him. But now we're expecting a baby so I'm going to purchase a new one in hopes that it will do the trick this time!
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Originally got this because we have tried EVERYTHING with our 2 year old black lab to make him stop barking.  We've tried verbal scolding, squirting him with water, positive reinforcement (treats and verbal thanks) when he doesn't bark, citronella collars, and nothing has worked.  So we finally decided to resort to a shock collar.

We are college students, so when looking for anti-bark collars, we did not want to spend TOO much money, and the reviews here seemed pretty decent, so I thought I'd try it out.  BIG MISTAKE.  First, when it arrived, it had no battery.  Contacted seller, and they were gracious enough to refund 10%, which was about the cost to buy a battery.

Once everything was set up, I tried it on myself on the lowest setting, to make sure that it wouldn't harm our dog (merely spook him).  It wasn't bad so I put it on him.

It was nice that it gave the verbal beeping warning first, because that seemed to distract him and he would immediately start looking around and stop barking.

However, soon after, we noticed that if he shook his head, it would beep.  If someone slammed the door, it would beep.  If he bumped into something, it would beep.  With all of these triggers, I started to worry.  So I would only put the collar on if we knew someone was coming over so he would learn not to bark with someone at the door.  Same thing.  Only, I noticed putting it on him made him seem twitchy.

Now we no longer use this collar, because I think his twitchiness may have been from getting shocked when he wasn't supposed to.

This collar is faaaar to sensitive.  EVEN ON THE LOWEST SETTING!  So we will have to buy something better.
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I have a mixed breed Jack Russell/Queensland heeler puppy who is very high energy, very stubborn, and very interested in chasing after people who might walk by our property. Once installed this product was very effective in correcting his behavior in leaving our property border, I did have to turn it up to 4 before he started responding properly, the lower settings just weren't enough to keep him from wandering.

Once he got the message he completely stopped testing the borders, he hear's the beeping and backs off quick and never chases after people (or birds, or squirells, or whatever) who might go walking by anymore.

One tip, I had problems "closing the loop" after running my line. I live on a fairly large property at around .5 acres and found the loop wouldn't close unless the sensitivity on the base unit was turned up to 7 or higher. I can only presume this is due to the small gauge wire and overall resistance in carrying the signal for such a long distance. If you're like me, you are more likely to have read a review than the manual so here's another tip, the sensitivity knob is under the front plate of the base unit. You have to pop it off to get to it.

All in all, this was highly effective at keeping my pooch where he belongs. I would recommend this solution.
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My puppy has separation anxiety and barks when I leave the house. The barking can continue for hours. Now, this could be a coincidence, but about 2 weeks after I placed the diffuser next to my pups crate, he was able to stay calm and stop barking at me when I left. We also taught him the quiet command, but that had never worked in the crate before. Now it does. So, although I can't be sure this diffuser is responsible for the change, my dog no longer barks in his crate. If your dog's anxiety is causing you grief, then I think it's worth a try.
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My dog howls incessantly when I leave the house, no matter what. I tried giving him various other things when I left to ease his poor puppy pain of separation, but these are the only things that have worked so far. I throw him one of these, lock the door, and am met with golden silence and a happy pup :)
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Last month my dog who is not even 9 stopped walking all of a sudden his back little legs just crossed and he could berally stand he would sqweel when we went to pick him up or when he would try to get up on his own we had to carry him, I ordered this after reading some reviews and some dog aspirin and in no time he is back to being him happy self he is a Pomeranian so very active by nature ,  our vet is usually very busy and takes about a month for a visit  we cancelled the appointment because it doesnt look like he needs it for now