Are you getting tired of shushing your barking mad dog?
Your neighbors probably are losing sleep over this, as you would, too.
Renters have a right to worry about this matter – they could get evicted due to the mounting complaints against them. Because of this nuisance habit, some dog owners reduce the time they spend with their pets. So that means reduced time out on the park and on long walks.
Your pet wants your attention, and barking is one means to that
Spending less time with them just worsens the problem since dogs will also use their barking to get your to spend time with them. At night, when they bark loud enough to wake half the block, you get up from bed and come to their side – so their behavior of barking is getting rewarded with your attention. They bark, you come, so you’ve been conditioned. It’s a cycle you can break.
Animals nearby, sounds, presences, things moving in the garden, cats
Dogs also bark at stimulus in their vicinity. This can be anything from the loud sound of a truck pulling close your house, to the presence of other dogs being walked and passing near your front door, to birds chirping and jumping about on electric wires, to cats and raccoons and things moving in the bush. You can’t always be there to shoo other animals away, and you can’t do much about a truck’s sound.
dog bark collar – use one to tone down your loudly barking dog
If you’re looking for a way to stop waking up at night because of that barking, and to savor more time in the park with a quiet dog, there’s a way. A bark never really stands alone, it is preceded and followed by more. It’s a habit one can break by using a dog bark collar. Unlike a standard collar, a bark collar interrupts your dog’s barking spree. Over time, there’ll be no more barking.
The bark collar dynamics – stimulus and response theory
The same principle is followed by every no bark collar on the market. A device is attached to the collar, often this is waterproof, and is powered by batteries that are replaceable or rechargeable. The device in the collar releases a stimulus – spray, shock, sound – depending on the stimulus type you chose. It’s like being slapped on the wrist every time you reach out to the cookie jar. The stimulus is annoying, more so that a regular slap, and that’s what serves as disincentive for the dog.
The effective types of no bark collars
There have been some studies comparing, on many types of dogs, the effects of all three collar stimulus types – spray, sound, and static. The results found the static and the spray type to be the more effective deterrent to nuisance barking. Static types release a low current shock that jars your dog – but it’s no more painless than the static you get from walking on the carpet barefoot. The spray type releases a scented, harmless chemical to overwhelm your dog’s sensitive nose.
