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Anti Bark Collar Fitting Advice

Its important to make sure that you properly fit and place your bark control collar for an effective operation.  On most collars the contact points must have direct contact with your dogs skin on the bottom of his/ her neck.

To make sure you have a proper fit for your anti bark collar , follow these steps as outlined:

1) You have to make sure that the battery is off.

2)Have your dog standing up.

3)Center the contact points underneath your dog’s neck, touching the skin.

4)With the Snap Buckle fastened, thread the collar through the metal buckle and retaining tabs

5)Slide the extra collar through the C loop on the top of the snap buckle.  This will hold the collar in place.

6)Once the collar fit is determined use the snap buckle to remove or replace the collar

7)The Anti Bark Collar has to fit snugly, tight enough for the sensor to detect vibrations but loose enough to allow one finger to fit between a contact point and your dog’s neck.  Check the fit after you put it on and the dog walks around for a little bit.

Okay, this is extremely important.  Listen up because I have heard complaints about this time and time again.  It will be necessary on a lot of dogs who have thicker hair to sometimes trim the hair around the Contact Points or neck to make sure that contact is consistent.  If you do not do this then the collar either will not function or it will work sometimes and other times it won’t.

Anti Bark Collars

I first used an anti bark collar back in January 2009. It was on a recommendation of a good friend. It was for my pug and lasso whom I loved but drove me crazy due to their excessive barking.

My friend and I took a trip to Petsmart and bought two deluxe bark collars. They were the ones that gave a dog a small shock once they barked over a certain decimal.

It worked the first day I used it. Oh course the kids thought I was mean but I was at the last straw. I work from home and sometimes I could not hear myself think amidst all the barking especially when kids were getting home for school.

There are three main anti bark collars and you should use the one that you feel more comfortable with. The shock collar will get quicker results but some feel that the spray and ultrasonic bark collar are more humane. Regardless, hopefully my blog helps you in your decision.