Dogs with barking problems have a clear and effective solution these days. The device is called a no bark dog collar and when you purchase one and use it on your dog, the idea is the collar will prevent your dog from barking. The collar sends out annoying stimulations whenever your dog barks – in time the annoyance will not be something the dog looks forward to. Still, even though static collars have not been conclusively proven to be of definite harm to any dog, there are dog owners who may not want a shocking experience for their pets.
How electric shocks affect a dog
A bark collar releases one of three stimuli, depending on the type – a harmless spray, a low volt shock, an ultrasonic sound; the static collar is one of these. Sound uses a tone only dogs can hear. In some studies, the effectiveness of all three types have been compared; the result is that the sound type seem to lag behind the static and spray type, which are tied for effectiveness.
Online you’ll find a lot of short videos allegedly showing how painful the shock of collars can be to people, and by extension, to dogs. The “skit” usually follows the same pattern – someone holds a bark collar linked to a wire fence buringed underground. The moment they walk outside the perimeter, the collar goes off, shocking them. Those people may have yelled in shock, but that’s not a barometer of pain – the people filmed may have been exagerrating.
The level of current delivered by a collar, and this is what some dog owners find hard to accept, is no more harmful than the static one feels when rubbing one’s feet across a carpet.
The stimulation level can be adjusted in all collars
Static collars usually have an adjustment feature – you can increase or decrease the stimulation level as needed. The default setting is calibrated to be the lowest, for safety reasons. Upon the dog owner’s observation, if the dog has gotten used to and is barking despite the level of shock, the stimulation level is to be increased. You have to observe well at which settings the dog ceases to bark, and keep there for some time. The shocks stop being emitted as soon as the dog stops barking, so this is not torture, just inconvenience on the dog’s part.
The spray type collar as a good alternative to static shocks
The fear for one’s pet’s welfare is often linked to personal experience with shock, that’s how some dog owners analyze these bits of information. The foregoing are but info gathered on the static collar; there’s nothing wrong with still choosing another kind of collar. There are other types of no bark collars out there, ones that do no use a shock as stimulus. Choice is always good. Take note here that the spray type of collar, the most common of which is the Citronelle variety, is said to be just as efficient as the static type of collar.
