Anti Bark Collar Guide

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There are many people who are opposed to “bark collars.”  I can fully understand their objections because when you look at these devices from the surface they may in fact sound cruel.

I would like to assure you they are not.  The shock produced by these collars are really not meant to hurt the dog.  The shock is meant to create a small unpleasant sensation that tells them to stop doing whatever they are doing.

I was fairly leery myself of the whole “shock collar” device until I got a pug two years ago.  He is the cutest dog you have ever seen but he will bark non-stop at any and everything.  A school bus, kids, the mailman, other dogs, you name it he barks at it.  It was enough to make your nerves rattle at times.  I had to find some way to address this problem.

I went to the nearby pet store, Petco, and bought an anti bark collar for approximately $100 after some fierce negotiating with the store manager.  They had an ad on their website for one price yet when I went into the store they had another price.  The difference was $30 so I got them to take that off.  Anyway I bought it and put it on my dog that very day.  No keep in mind that most bark collars have several levels of correction so you can choose how strong the shock will be.  Even the top level will not hurt your dog but for small dogs likes mine I keep it at medium.

I have to admit that I did feel bad at first but wow did the training go fast.  With the collar one my dog stopped the constant barking within several hours and stopped most random barking within 2 days.

The bark collar does not just zap the dog whenever he barks.  He has to bark loud and more than three times for it to go off.  So after a while if he barked it was only two times and then he abruptly stopped.  Dogs learn quickly!

My pug is pretty good about barking now.  I do not mind the occasional bark he and there or to alert us that someone is at the door but the out of control inappropriate barking is pretty rare now.

I got my first anti bark dog collar several months ago.  Its actually what gave me the idea to start this blog.  After that I got to thinking, being the huge blogger that I am, “maybe I should start a blog about this.”

I love my dogs.  I have the cutest little pug you have ever seen and a lasso who is way past his prime of being cute.  I live on a busy street.  People jog by all the time, cars pass by every minutes, just tons of activity.  So what does that mean???  It means tons of barking.  Its non stop.  One person jogs by….bark.  Kids get off the school bus…bark.  The mailman…bark.  A person rings the doorbell…double and triple bark.  Its annoying.

So I went to PETCO.  They just built a PETCO store in Anchorage, not too far from where I live, and they have everything, or supposedly.  I take my pug, Woodstock, in with me, and start to look for the anti bark collars.  Couldn’t find them anywhere.  I finally find someone and they take me to the front where a glass case is (much like the case where stores keep cigarettes).

They had 3-4 different styles.  I picked the the Petsafe one.  I got two.

One thing to note about PETCO.  Before I went I looked on the internet for anti bark collars.  I searched on PETCO and found the one I was looking for.  Their website said it was $90.00.  But when I went to PETCO the sticker said $130.00.  They tried to pull a fast one.  One of the managers said it was due to shipping.  Thats a bunch of crap.  I told them I wanted that collar but was not going to pay $130.00.  Someone else in town, a small time store, was selling no bark collars for $99.99.  The only reason I went to PETCO was because of their selection and good price online.  It said that the prices would be the same in the store.  So to make a long story short I negotiated the price of the dog collar down to $85.00.  They still made money, trust me, and I got the collar for under what I had planned.

I will talk about this more another time but the anti bark collars do not work well with all dogs.  For my pug it worked great.  He got buzzed several times and figured it out quickly that his barking days were over.  I wish I could have said the same about the lasso.  His hair was thicker and his bark never triggered the shocking mechanism.  So for a long time I had one dog who didn’t bark and one who did.  Not the situation I was looking for.