Anyone here ever use a "Anti-Bark" collar on their dog?
If so, was it successful? Any harm to the animal? How does it work?

One of our little guys has this high pitch bark that feels like a railroad spike being driven into my brain. Although I love him to death, I really need to find a solution to shut him the hell up!

He's quiet until he sees a car or someone walk by our house, and since we live on the busiest street in the city, this is a frequent problem.
My wife doesn't want to use one of these collars as she thinks it's cruel, but I thought I would check with you guys to find out the inside scoop.

I really need to find something because his bark is so loud and high pitch, I swear to God he is going to give me a heart attack one of these days.

Please help, I'm being yapped to death!

Habibi

Here's a picture of the little bastard, lol

 

1. Ear plugs.
2. Ear muffs like used at gun ranges.
3. #1 and #2 combined.
4. Good excuse to upgrade the home stereo.
5. Doggy downers. (If they don't work for the dog they may work for you.)
6. A tall glass of booze for one of you.
7. Sex. Potential downside is yappy kids.
8.

Just being a wise *** here. I have a Dingo/Blue Heeler that is close to what you describe. She gets Laryngitis at times but keeps the salesmen away.

 

A good taxidermist.... they look so real you'll hardly notice the difference.

 

No personal experience with one, but I have heard good things from people who have used training collars. Bottom line is it can work great and they have been in use for decades.
Understandably, people who have used one are reluctant to talk about it for fear they will get labelled as some kind of sadist.

I've heard the shock does not harm the animal but does scare it at first. The ones I've heard about have varying levels of shock intensity. Not sure if they are 'voice activated' or triggered by remote control. Seems 'voice activated' would be more effective.

While it may seem cruel to some, I can think of several situations where it might be worth a try.

 

Another thing that I heard works good, as long as someone is around most the time he barks is a spray bottle with water. One that has a nice distance of a straight stream. When ever he barks you squirt him, squirt him REAL good. After a bunch of times it learns a new behavior, that when ever he barks he gets watered down.

Down side is if you dog loves water, could be a real pain, then he will bark even MORE…

I had a cat once (yes hard to believe, but I tried it out because my daughter wanted one so bad) anyway the little chit would scratch my couch. I asked a friend at work what should I do because when I kicked it, it flew a long ways and I couldn’t get back to it soon enough for round two. She didn’t think that was good and neither did I because it was wearing me out chasing after it for one more kick. She recommend the water bottle. Took care of the problem. Even after the problem was taken care of when my daughter wasn’t looking I would squirt it for the hell of it, was a lot of FUN…

Only kidding about the kicking part, but admit it some of you laughed…

BUT, I am not kidding about the water bottle, nor squirting the STUPID cat ever chance I got...

 

Building off what Dirt Bike Dave stated. If you find that the “electrocute my pal” collar is too expensive you might be able to pick up one of them electric probes they use on cows. There pretty effective at making cows go where you want them to go. My grandfather used one on his farm. A stun gun may work well too. It would have two purposes, one to train the dog and one for intruders or muggers.

If you use the stun gun method you might want to change his name to sparky…

Like Dirt Bike Dave said there is NOTHING wrong with using the collar. But if you a little reluctant you can always try the water bottle for a week or two and see what happens.

 

For crying out loud Habibi. the electric shock collars are for BIG dogs.

You put one on that little feller and you may as well get out the bun and mustard.

 

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I kinda like the taxidermist idea too... LMAO!!!!


Hell, I don't think it'd work. I put one on 01 XLT several months ago and that damn thing won't stop yapping. Geesh...

 

Man that sounds like such fun, Tomorrow Iam going to Target to get a squirt gun and then straight to the animal shelter to get a cat

 

LMFAO... that's the cruelest thing I've heard in years. Funny though!!

RP

 

Innotek (sp?) makes a pretty good bark collar at a reasonable price. It uses a camera battery that last a long time depending on how slow a learner your dog is, and it has 7 different intensity levels. I would recommend level 6 or 7 and make sure that the collar is snug.

 

Habibi, if your wife didn't go for the bark collar I doubt she'll go for this suggestion, but here goes anyway. I used a 2.5 foot long piece of fiberglas rod (was originally the pole for a flag on my son's bicycle), and everytime one of my dogs started woofing, they got one quick 'smack' on the butt. You don't need to hit 'em more than once or very hard since the fiberglas pole will stings pretty good even on a light smack. I only used it on my dogs for about a week before they got the point. Rule of thumb at my house for the pooches: If I feed, wash, and house ya, ya need to do as you're told.

Good luck with that little hairball.

-Mike-

 

we've got one of those "shock" collars at the radio station..

all i've got to say about that is OW! :o

 

You guys crack me up, I knew there was a reason why I love this place.

Well, wife immediately put the ky-bosh on the collar, I tried to bring it up casually, but she said she would put one on me if I didn't shut up abut it.

Yeah, I'm the man of the house and all that, but sometimes I let her pretend like she's in charge

I like the squirt gun idea, I will pick one up at Toy R US tomorrow.
I want the biggest one they carry, one that takes like 16 D batteries with a laser guided scope on it, LOL (I really want it more for our 2 fat free-loading cats who I can't stand, they're gonna get it!) Pictures to follow!

How long do cats live anyway? We've had them since my wife & I moved in together in 88 (she got them before we met)

They freaking live forever! I'm counting the days until they drop dead, but no such luck, they will probably out live me

Ho hum, guess I'll have to roll bigger joints to help tolerate the barking.

Habibi

 

Not long if you let them out doors by busy streets...

Just do one of them "opps, guess I left the door open"