Sunday, February 04, 2007

Using A Dog Bark Collar For Controlling Dog Behavior Problems

Luckily, dog bark collars have been created to address this canine behavioral problem. Dog bark collars are exceptionally designed dog collars to provide an aversive every time your dog tries to bark aloud.

Dog bark collars are available in different types, with various ways of stopping your dog's barking. Here's the list:

1. Shock collars

This is the most expensive type of dog bark collars. However, in spite of its high-priced attribute, this collar is nothing more than that. According to various researches, shock collars are the least effective dog bark collars available in the market today.

Shock collars run an electric current that creates shock, thereby, hurting your dog. At some point, the pain may not effectively stop the barking because there are some dogs that can endure the pain and will still continue the said behavior.

The worst scenario would be on how your dog will try to divert his attention to other pets or to people who are within close proximity.

2. Aversive sound collar

Although considered a little better than shock collars, aversive sound collars do not pose high effective results as far as dog barking control is concerned.

Aversive sound collars try to produce a “high-frequency” sound whenever your dog barks. Usually, the sound is set off by the sound of the barking itself. The others are turned on manually.

3. Citronella dog bark collar

This is considered as the most effective of all types of dog bark collars. According to some research, citronella dog bark collars are twice as effective as the other types of dog bark collars particularly shock collars. The efficiency is well attributed to the citronella solution present in the collar.

This type of dog bark collar produces a gentle mist of citronella scent that is directed on your dog's face, particularly to the nose whenever he barks. Dogs do not like the scent of citronella and will automatically stop barking whenever he smells this.

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