Pampered Dog Blog

Poeople have the strangest ideas when it comes to Anti Bark Collars and still believe in myths presented in movies. They always associate the bark collars with harm treatment for dogs and avoid purchasing such products; ths kind of behavior is present even in those who usually don’t treat their dogs well. The truth is that constant, annoying bark is enough to really annoy someone. Barking can pose problems when it comes to your relationship with your neighbors, as well as with the law. Most jurisdictions have legislation in place which could force a dog owner to get rid of their dog if it’s continuously causing a disturbance.

Sometimes, the only solution people think of is giving their dog away. To make matters worse, the new owners will quite likely get rid of the dog as well once they discover how much disturbance it causes. They keep on changing places until they end up in shelters and killed by lethal injections. Sometimes, dogs in shelters are killed by lethal injection; you probably don’t want this to happen to your pet as well.

Unfortunately though, the vast majority of people have seen movies where a dog has been tortured using a shock collar, and they’ve read reports on how cruel these collars are. The internet has an important role to play; ghostwriters, without having done research in the field, spread bad rumors about these devices, without even testing them first. There is a myth according to which you have to shave the dog’s neck before applying the collar. Or another myth that says your dog will have burn scars. The internet is the perfect place to read such absurd stories about bark collars.

In truth, electronic bark collars should be called “tingle” collars, as opposed to shock collars. The stimuli they apply can be resembled to those of static shocks. These shocks are annoying, but bearable and harmless. And, of course, static shock is irritating, but has never hurt you.

There are thousands of dogs alive today which would otherwise have been dead or in shelters if it weren’t for these collars. Practically everyone who has used them consider them to be a real blessing, in that problematic barking almost always stops within just a few days of the collar being put on a dog. In addition, the Anti Bark Collars aren’t dangerous; they first send a warning signal, when the dog starts barking. Only when the dog barks insistently, the shock is administrated, and rises in intensity with the duration of the barking. Even so, even the most powerful stimuli is still harmless for your pet, and it can be associated with the intensity of static shock. Of course, it’s impossible for this device to do real harm to your dog.