Anti-bark collars?

Yes

He had it on because he barked at strangers without dogs if they appeared suddenly on walks before I could recall. My DOG TRAINER suggested it. Yes it's worked, he hardly ever barks now in that situation.

I also put it on in the car, because when we were stationary he would bark at people walking down the street. Definitly worked. He now does not bark at all in that situation.

I was advised (not by my trainer, but an experienced dog person, who now I ignore) so put it on him at peoples houses as he howls. It made him more stressed and I would never now put one on in situations where the dog is stressed.



BTW, my friends terriers were reported to the council for barking..... The dog warden GAVE her spray collars to stop them!
 
I am looking at using a collar on my jack russell, sounds like it might work. It seems he barks when excited, I've got to do something to stop it :(
 
Been there done that will never ever do it again.

I am far more interested in training something incompatible that making my dog avoid the behavior to avoid pain.
 
I wouldn't use an automatic collar. If Henry is being wingey because he's just. Sooo. Booooored! (he can be a brat when, for example, he is being asked to sit still while I chat to someone) then I will squirt him with some water (assuming I have some) - but just water, nothing else. I can tell the difference between a stressy winge and a booooored winge, a collar cannot.

On a stressed dog, I think they are a recipe for disaster, the dog is not going to learn to be calm and therefore quiet if they're getting squirted or zapped every few minutes. It's far better to deal with the cause of the issue, rather than the symptom IMO.
 
The spray ones are excellent but the cartridges can be expensive. Once I used a static one, NEVER again!! I think you have to look at why the dog is barking so much that you need one! Since we moved to our present home just over 3yrs ago, I don't have a problem with my dogs barking but I do spend alot more time with them in the day.
 
I have tried using water/squirty bottle but couldn't use it when he barks at the tv. I think it is excitement why he barks, he barks when leaving for walks, goes on a long walk which tires him then barks when he gets back in the garden. He will bark at animals on the tv while wagging his tail.
 
If he barks at the TV, get up and remove him from the room until he is calm again, so he learns that if he barks, he is removed from the room and from you. If he barks when you go out for a walk, put the lead away and sit down again until he is calm. If barks when he gets back, take him out of the room for a timeout. It will take time and you will need to be absolutely committed to removing him every single time, but he should get the message eventually.

:)
 
Ok i will try removing him, but it is hard to get his attention example - when we let him out in the garden he barks running up and down the garden at birds etc and doesnt always listen (He responds much better to a mans voice and the barking doesn't happen the whole time he is out). We do call/get him back in as quick as we can but he wil do exactly the same when let back out, he also barks when my mum comes down the stairs. I do remove him from the bottom of the stairs and sometimes he stops until she comes into view.
I'm not mad in thinking at 3yrs old he can be retrained am i?
 
Of course you're not mad - 3 is not that old:)

Don't ask, don't try to get his attention, just make it happen. Either take his collar, or you could put a short house-line onto him if that's easier for you, and lead him gently but firmly out, without speaking to him or making eye contact, then shut the door and leave him to it until he is quiet. When he's quiet, calmly readmit him into the room - again, don't speak to him or make eye contact, just open the door and sit down again. The idea is not to punish, or to engage in any kind of interaction with him (after all, it seems that your attention is what he wants from this) but to give him a clear consequence for barking. If he barks, he is taken away from what he wants - every single time. You don't want to react by getting cross or anything like that - you do not want to make him fearful or defensive, and you don't want to be shouting because to him, that's just you joinging in with the general racket! You want him to learn to be calm. When he's calm, he gets to stay with his people, go out for walks, he gets attention. When he barks, he gets nothing. :)

You have to be persistant, and you have to be consistent, and you have to remember that there are no quick fixes mind you:)
 
No, not ever. i used to have a spaniel that barked as soon as she heard shots (out of sheer excitement), i just took some time and trained her not to the dogs in the kennels bark in the mornings, so i tell them to shut up...and they do.

I knew a keeper that shock collared his young dogs for recall, they didnt need it, he just couldnt be bothered to train his dogs properly without giving them a backhander, which obviously taught them nothing. he didnt like being remnded of this in front of his boss though...ooops :o
 
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