Anti bark collars

Clodagh

Clodagh

Playing chess with pigeons
Joined
17 August 2005
Messages
28,937
Location
Devon
Visit site
I know this has probably been done before but any recommendations?I know some people say they are cruel, but then so it would to beat the dog with a shovel. (joke!).
My stepson's dogs live up in the yard and when he was down to one she was fine, only barking when you went to the gate which is fine. His ex GF's dog has now come back here to live and we are back on the incessant barking. It isn't the exgf's dog doing it but the terrier bitch must just feel very protective and she barks for about 30 minutes every time a sparrow farts. We have a lot of sparrows.
TBH it is JUST ANOTHER THING I don't need this week. So, has anyone used them successfully? I haven't looked into them at all yet.
 
Yes, we did, when the JRT went through a very woofy stage at all passers by when he was a young dog. It worked well. The dog gets squirted only if it woofs, and the timing (and aim!) is better than if you try and squirt them manually with a water bottle. He was quite adept at losing the collar in the hay barn, though.

Definitely worth a try IMHO :).

ETA I can’t remember what make we used, but it looked rather like this.

PetSafe Spray Bark Control Dog Collar, Anti-Bark for Dogs 3.6 kg +, Water Resistant, Rechargeable, 2 Spray Cartridges, 68.58 cm Neck Size https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JC82M6B/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_E35GDbMXJWVXD
 
Last edited:
I have a spray collar I can post to you Clodagh if you like? It was donated to me for Georges, it made absolutely bugger all difference to him and he still yapped happily surrounded by a cloud of citronella spray like Pigpen from the Snoopy cartoons 😂😂😂

ETA - Georges will not stop barking when he is tremendously excited at feeding times and walk times. We have sorted the feeding times by feeding him first.... I’ve threatened him with an electric shock collar about the walking thing 😛😂😂😂
 
Levrier said:
I have a spray collar I can post to you Clodagh if you like? It was donated to me for Georges, it made absolutely bugger all difference to him and he still yapped happily surrounded by a cloud of citronella spray like Pigpen from the Snoopy cartoons 😂😂😂
Click to expand...

That is so funny! I don't know that I like the idea of citronella though, it would give me a headache, let alone a dog. Thank you. Will think!
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
A chap I meet regularly out hacking has fitted his rescue mongel-poo with one as it goes bat shit barking at horses. Within the last 2 weeks it's a reformed dog!
He tried the citronella, but he hated the smell, just water does the job.
Click to expand...

They work. But training works better.
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
Not my dog, suggest you re read my post #8 you quoted.
Click to expand...

I did read it. I don't use aversives on my dogs......just as I wouldn't with a horse. I used to go out to aggressive dogs just armed with treats. Amazing how aggressive dogs turn themselves inside out to get a treat from you. And using a water "pistol" on a rescue dog is not very clever. All you are teaching the dog is to stop warning you (stop barking) that it is terrified of horses.....when, in fact, you should be using desensitization.
 
dree said:
I did read it. I don't use aversives on my dogs......just as I wouldn't with a horse. I used to go out to aggressive dogs just armed with treats. Amazing how aggressive dogs turn themselves inside out to get a treat from you. And using a water "pistol" on a rescue dog is not very clever. All you are teaching the dog is to stop warning you (stop barking) that it is terrified of horses.....when, in fact, you should be using desensitization.
Click to expand...
Its not my bloody dog! Read the damned post! 🙄🤬

Also, nowhere have I said use a water pistol!

Flipping heck, learn to use the forum sweetie before dishing out advice......
 
I have heard you can have a problem with these collars that confuse a dog. Bare in mind I have never seen one or used one but someone I know did. Her dogs spray collar( no idea of make) would spray her dog when another dog barked which is very confusing to the dog. I don't know how common a problem this is though I have heard ( through a third party )of other people having the same problem. I don't know if they all work with noise or if some work by a vibration in the throat. As you can tell I've no idea but going on the person I knows experience I wouldn't use one.
 
We actually had a vibrate collar. My other half bought it before I met him as it can be remote controlled so was more expensive, it has a bark mode too.

One of our dogs is a barker, and NOTHING will stop her. Sometimes she barks over nothing and then won't stop. We don't use the collar anymore as she is much better. The bark setting beeps loudly, then vibrates slightly and then really vibrates. It works really really well. You can get cheaper ones I believe as his was quite pricey. I don't like the citronella ones as the smell doesn't go away.

If I knew where it was I'd happily post it out.. but since moving house, I have no idea. Will have a rummage.
I don't see how a vibrate collar or a water only spray collar is cruel..
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
Its not my bloody dog! Read the damned post! 🙄🤬

Also, nowhere have I said use a water pistol!

Flipping heck, learn to use the forum sweetie before dishing out advice......
Click to expand...

I know it's not your dog. Forgive me, but I thought you said you had a 5 y/0 and "needs must."
 
Blanche said:
I have heard you can have a problem with these collars that confuse a dog. Bare in mind I have never seen one or used one but someone I know did. Her dogs spray collar( no idea of make) would spray her dog when another dog barked which is very confusing to the dog. I don't know how common a problem this is though I have heard ( through a third party )of other people having the same problem. I don't know if they all work with noise or if some work by a vibration in the throat. As you can tell I've no idea but going on the person I knows experience I wouldn't use one.
Click to expand...

If you have, say, 4 dogs in your van and one barks and has a citronella collar on, then ALL the dogs get punished for something they didn't do. It creates a fearful reaction in all of them, so you're right not to use them. :)
 
I don't see how a vibrate collar or a water only spray collar is cruel..[/QUOTE said:
Because the dogs don't understand why they're being used. We understand why, but they don't, barking or not barking.
Click to expand...
 
Firefly9410 said:
(S)he said the dog was 5yr old and belongs to someone encountered whilst hacking. The post was really not difficult to understand.
Click to expand...

Actually, no she didn't.......she said she met someone when out hacking who had a dog that barked. End of conversation.

She then said, in a separate post, that "needs must" with a 5 y/o dog, which implied the dog was hers. Why put up two posts to say the same thing?
 
Sandstone1 said:
Dogs generally bark for a reason. You would be better off finding why the Dog is barking. Using positive punishment is not really the answer.
Click to expand...

Sadly when the dog is George, the reason he barks is because he is an over-excited little gobshite who has spent the last 11 years admiring the sound of his own voice and has never been taught to shut up. He is so excited he just has to tell everyone!

Which is very cute, but sadly the neighbours don't think so in the least. In his case I am, of course, working on diversonary tactics which have solved a lot of the problems I was having with him but not all. Sometimes these sort of training aids can have their place if used correctly IMO
 
dree said:
Actually, no she didn't.......she said she met someone when out hacking who had a dog that barked. End of conversation.

She then said, in a separate post, that "needs must" with a 5 y/o dog, which implied the dog was hers. Why put up two posts to say the same thing?
Click to expand...
FFs sake, give it a bloody rest! She said... she said...
I have not implied the dog was mine. Stop labouring your own agenda! 🤬

Havent done this for ages.... *plonk*
 
Firefly9410 said:
(S)he said the dog was 5yr old and belongs to someone encountered whilst hacking. The post was really not difficult to understand.
Click to expand...

Sigh. No, she did not. Her first post said that she met someone who's dog barked at her horse. I understood perfectly that this was not her dog. She then, in a separate post, mentions a 5 y/o and "needs must" which implied it was her dog.
 
Levrier said:
Sadly when the dog is George, the reason he barks is because he is an over-excited little gobshite who has spent the last 11 years admiring the sound of his own voice and has never been taught to shut up. He is so excited he just has to tell everyone!

Which is very cute, but sadly the neighbours don't think so in the least. In his case I am, of course, working on diversonary tactics which have solved a lot of the problems I was having with him but not all. Sometimes these sort of training aids can have their place if used correctly IMO
Click to expand...

Have you tried a bone? Or a filled kong? Or something similar to that? I take it he's in a kennel?
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
FFs sake, give it a bloody rest! She said... she said...
I have not implied the dog was mine. Stop labouring your own agenda! 🤬

Havent done this for ages.... *plonk*
Click to expand...

I understand the English language and grammar very well. Perhaps you should have made your grammar a tad more clear. I have no agenda. Yours, of course, is to make anyone but yourself, wrong. If you want your posts understood, then please make sure you use the English language correctly. Two separate posts, the second post saying nothing about it relating to the first. Comprendez?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top