Today we are going to take a look at the ultra sonic bark collar. Unlike the other collars which administer a punishment on your dog via a shock, or burst of concentrated spray, these collars are primarily sound based.

As you probably know a dog’s sense of smell is extremely sensitive and thousands of times better than humans. What you may not know is that a dog’s sense of hearing (sound) is also very acute and frequencies that we as humans cannot hear can bother them.

When an ultra sonic bark collar detects your dog barking too loud or excessively it sends out an extremely high pitched sound frequency. It is a tone that most dogs just cannot stand. It does not hurt them in any way but it annoys them to no end.

Your dog will get this high pitched noise (which they find unbearable) every time they bark over what is considered acceptable and will start to associate their barking with the negative response they get. As with anything that causes pain (as for humans) behavior patterns are modified to avoid it.

Again, this frequency does not harm your dog. Personally I do not think anti bark collars that operate on shock and spray mechanisms hurt your dog but obviously there is a difference of opinion on that with some people. This collars causes no pain whatsoever.

Keep in mind this also. You can buy ultra sonic devices in not only collar form that go around a dog’s neck but also ones that do not. They have for sale stand alone ultra sonic units that you can set up and make go off my remote.

You can have the unit in your living room and when your dog starts barking you press a button and it goes off. You would be surprised by the results you get. You can also use it for other neighborhood dogs. Some of the more higher quality models have a very high range.

These anti bark collars that train a dog off high pitched sound cost $100 or more. There are some that are less than that amount but they work poorly. The stand alone units are a little more.

Anti bark collars are one of the remedies that many dog owners around the world implement to solve this problem. There are quite a few types of these collars in the marketplace which you can utilize to train you dog.

I purchased all these Dog Training Aids at PetSmart.com

Here are three main categories from which you can pick from.

The Shock Collars

Shock collars, at least in my personal opinion, are the most effective barking collar.  It produces a very small amount of shock to your dog when the device senses your dog barking loud and excessively.  They usually will go off after the dog gets over a certain noise decimal and they bark more than three times.  The shock collars will work on pretty much every dog. Some owners tend to think of this device as being slightly inhumane.  However, you must realize that these “zaps” are not made to cause harm to your dog but rather give him or her an unpleasant feeling in turn telling them that what they are doing is “bad.”

The Ultra Sonic Bark Collars

The Ultra Sonic bark collars produces a really high decibel pitch when your dog starts to bark. The can only can be heard by dogs. People cannot hear it at all. Most dogs hate the sound it produces. Therefore in turn when the collar senses you dog  barking it will emit that high pitched annoying sound which usually will cause your dog to stop barking. They are not effective on deaf or hard-of-hearing dogs.

The Spray Bark Collars

The other name for the spray-based training aids are citronella bark collars. This particular device works by emitting a strong scent, usually lemon or citronella, which is really bothersome to many dogs’ strong sense of smell.  Their noises are really sensitive and this smell is just too much! Like other two collars whenever it senses a dog barking out of control  it will produce a little bit of citronella into the air. However, to be honest, this anti bark collar is only effective if you dog has a light-medium barking issue.  Many dogs will get used to the smell, as strong as it may be,  over an extended period of time.

So these are the three types of barking collars that you can choose from.  I have seen all three be effective.  They all are safe and if used right can really help your nerves.