Do No Bark Collars Work?
 and obviously it isn't working since I am posting this message.
Anyone have any recommendations? |
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We bought the No Bark citronella collar. We have mixed feelings about it. It wasn't consistent. It would only spray in her face, sometimes, other times it wouldn't go off. We think it was because she had too much hair, so it wasn't close enough to her throat. When it did go off, she'd immediately stop. ...then look around like "what the heck?" Funniest thing ever. She's run away from it, or sometimes even bark at it for spraying her, and then get sprayed again. 
Even though people on this board are against it, my sil takes care of dogs (take them to the vet, walks them, etc). Every single owner that has used a shock collar has had success. Our friends have all had success with them too. I'd say that's a total of about 8 friends. We didn't get one because we didn't want to hurt Yuki. Period. ...but we are impressed by them. |
| An episode on Animal Planet that teaches you how to train your dog (Good Dog U)... the trainer said you can try teaching yoru dog the Bark command. Every time he bark, say BARK and give them a treat. Then you teach them NO BARK.
That's never worked for me.
I wish I had a better solution. I have the same issue with Yuki, and it drives my blood pressure through the roof. From holding her down, to covering her mouth, calming her...
I feel a migraine coming on just thinking about it. ...but I've been very stressed the past few days. |
BatonRougeSheepies wrote: Has anyone tried any of them and do they truly work? We are trying to teach London to "no bark"
and obviously it isn't working since I am posting this message. Anyone have any recommendations? Do you mean the Citronella or the electric ones? They will both "work" if that is what you want to do to a dog...But it may stop the barking but start up a whole bunch or other problems. Personally I do not believe it is right to punish a dog for doing what comes natural to them. Actually, I don't believe in punishment at all...
But in all seriousness if she is not learning then maybe a new approach is needed to help her learn what you want. How are you trying to teach her now? |
| For us...the bark collar didn't work. I probably didn't give it long enough...I really didn't want to use it. At first the pet store suggested this thing that makes a noise that only the dogs can hear when they bark. Merlin wasn't a barker so every time Avalon or Faith barked...Merlin went running to his crate. It only stopped Faith from barking for a day and never stopped Avalon. So I took that back... They suggested the zapping bark collar...I can't use that on Faith she is too timid to begin with...so I try it on Avalon...she got zapped and barked more and more. I didn't even deter her. So I took it back and resigned myself that when they are outside they are going to bark.
Inside I am trying to teach Avalon not to bark. She is the only one who will bark at her people. I think in the new year Avalon and I might do well with some additional training and we might take a course at the pet smart. |
| I wish I had been more vigilant about teaching Dancer not to bark when she was a pup. She was horrible for barking, but now she has settled and hardly barks at all. However, before she stopped being a barker, she taught Sky to be a barker. Sky barks when someone comes to the door, and whenever I am taking one of the dogs outside. She is so LOUD, a very high pitched loud bark. I hope she grows out of it like Dancer did. |
| A neighbor uses/used a bark collar on their beagle and it worked, I suppose. The dog is not much like the beagles I grew up with--it's nervous and high strung. Whether this is because of it's makeup or the collar, I don't know. I do know that beagles tend to bark although we were able to get ours to be quiet without any gadgets.
What I have used for the puppies, with decent success, is a spray bottle full of water. Being hit by a sharp spray of water seems to break their focus on barking as they look for the source of water. Actually, mine will come up and ask for a drink from the spray bottle, which works fine for me, since my only goal is to make them quiet. This is what I've used with good success for the play barking. It does require that you are on the spot and that you have somewhat good timing. My timing is far from perfect, yet, it's been pretty effective. Sherman, and to a lesser extent, Sophie, are going through their 'guard' barking phase: they tend to bark at noises they don't understand. Archie still does this sometimes, and I think it's reasonable and perhaps even a good thing that he alerts us to 'dangers.' However, I am just about to go and make the puppies come back inside since they are barking again (play barkng). This is what I do when they are barking outside. I know that this is a process for them. At just less than 8 months, they still have a lot of learning to do. |
| I agree with Bosley's mom. I WANT my dogs to bark. YOU have to teach them when it is ok to bark and when not.
Indoors they are not allowed to bark, both are therapy dogs and that is a no no. But outside, I WANT them to bark, to see if someone is coming to the house, friend or foe. As pups when they barked indoors I put my finger on my lips and said"Quiet" and after a few times all I had to do, was put my finger on my lips and they knew. When outside and they were barking, I said "Good Boy" and asked, who is coming? I can tell on their bark if family or a stranger is coming to the house and I like that, besides, dogs bark, people talk, that is normal. Exessive barking, that is a problem. I guess you have to teach them early in life. Ingrid |
| We have tried training them not to bark in the house with both the Bark and here's a treat method, but all that seem to do was encourage them to bark non-stop and the treats would come fast and furious. We cut that method out real fast. We have tried the finger to the lips saying shhhhhh - translated in sheepie language that must mean - "oh yeah Mom wants us to jump on her and play". I looked at the collars today but just couldn't do it. Hopefully she will eventually grow out of this phase.
It is such a good thing that my next door neighbor is almost completely deaf (He & his wife are in their early 80s and both are extremely hard of hearing).  |
| I used one on Tator - our ADHD lab. He barked constantly, and seemed to just love the sound of his own voice. I borrowed one from a friend, just to see if it would help. I have had dogs forever, and never had a dog that was not responsive to other training methods to stop barking.
It did work, and this was many years ago. He still seems exactly the same, but now barks at appropriate things. It just seemed to be enough to break the cycle of the constant barking. Tator is a very outgoing dog, so maybe a collar wouldn't be the thing for other dogs. As a rule, I don't recommend a bark collar, but at this time we needed to do something, and the collar worked where other methods failed. |
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