Training My dog

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. A bark collar is not exactly the thing that dog owners would prefer to train their dogs with, but it’s effective and gets the job done.

Because each dog is different and reacts differently, it pays to spend some time evaluating the different types of bark collars there are. If you are serious about getting a bark collar, here you have some common types and some basic information on how they work.

The Sonic Bark Collar

The sonic bark collar is one of the most popular anti-bark collars available in the market today. The sonic collar detects when your dog is barking and then reacts by emiting a very high pitched sound. 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 is perfectly audible by dogs, but completely undetectable by humans, so don’t think that it doesn’t work just because you can’t hear it. Some people think that the exposure to a high pitched sound is harmful to the dog, but in reality it’s as harmful as listening to the highest note on a piano is to you. In any case, the sound from the collar is activated only when the dog barks, and since the sound causes the dog to stop barking, it won’t last long.

Spray Collar

This collar works by spraying a small essence of citronella in front of the dog’s nose whenever the dog barks. Citronella has a strong smell that can be very irritating to dogs. If your dog receives a squirt of citronella every time he barks, he will soon get the message that barking is a bad idea. Now, the downside of this type of collar is that smell of the citronella often lingers on the snout of your dog for several minutes or even hours in some cases. Some dogs might believe that the punishment still continues and might not make the connection with the barking. If your dog is extremely sensitive or irritable to citronella, then this type of bark collar is not your best choice.

Shock Bark Collar

The shock collar is well known among dog owners, but it’s also somewhat despised, despite it’s proven effectiveness in reducing innecessary barking in dogs. 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.