Do all these hours of anti bark training that you have spent with your dog seem to be fruitless? Sometimes even the most experienced dog owners have to face the fact that their dogs aren’t responding to oral training and need a bark collar. Most people would prefer not to have their dogs wear a bark collar, but they quickly change their mind when the collar solves the problem.

Getting the right bark collar is very important so you should spend a little time shopping around before you buy one. If you are serious about getting a bark collar, here you have some common types and some basic information on how they work.

Sonic Bark Collar

The sonic bark collar is one of the most popular anti-bark collars available in the market today. Like a gadget from a James Bond movie, this bark collar emits a very high pitched sound when it detects excessive barking. The sound is meant to distract the dog from the source of the barking and make him wonder what’s going on. The sound that the collar emit is so high pitched that humans can’t hear it at all, although dogs can hear it without a problem. There are some dog owners that believe that the sound can be harmful becuase it’s so high pitched, but despite what you see in movies, you don’t suffer just because a sound is high pitched, like a high pitched opea singer. Anyway, the sound only lasts as long as the dog keeps barking, and if the sound makes the barking stop, therefore it can’t last long.

The Citronella Collar

This collar works by spraying a small essence of citronella in front of the dog’s nose whenever the dog barks. Citronella is used because dogs are known to dislike it a lot. When dogs finally realize that their own barking is what triggers the citronella spray, they start to reduce their barking. The problem with this type of collar is that the smell of citronella sometimes stays on your dog’s nose well afte the barking has stopped. Some dogs can get stress or anxiety if they can’t get rid of the smell. If your dog’s sense of smell is specially suceptible to citronella, then you’d better get a different type of bark collar.

The Shock Bark Collar

Putting a shock collar on your dog’s neck may be an effective way to stop your dog from barking incessantly but this practice may have some negative effect on your dog. The collar’s method consists of detecting the dog’s barking and then reducing it by administering small electric shocks to the dog’s neck. The electric shock is painless to dogs, but some people think it can be cruel.

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