The chances are you’ll invariably hear that you should never use a Dog Bark Collar on your dog because they’re cruel and inhumane. Ask anyone of these people if they have ever tried these shocks on their own or if they have at least seen such a collar and their answers will always be no. These people have been told by others such things and they didn’t verified the information, they just pass it on to anyone who listens.
How can anyone believe that the two small penlight batteries which power the collar can deliver such an intense shock that could do any harm to the dog? Dogs don’t have an understanding of electricity as we do, and if they did, a dog bark collar would prove to be ineffective. These collars issue aversive stimuli to surprise the dog and induce it an unpleasant feeling, not to do it any harm or pain. Any responsible dog owner will try the collar to experience what the dog will feel, and they all can say there is no pain at all, no matter the intensity. Nevertheless, dogs don’t like how the startling beep or the electric shock feels. Opponents of the use of bark collar will continue arguing, they will say the collars may harm the dog mentally or emotionally. These people don’t know that dogs, as all animals, learn all they know from their parents and others of their kind through the corrections received when behaving wrong.
In addition to what’s just been mentioned above, the vast majority of dogs learn to avoid any correction within just a matter of days. A good quality collar will make a buzzing sound before any electrical stimuli is delivered, and a dog quickly learns that the buzzing is followed by a very mild correction. No correction is applied at the first barks; if barking continues, a beeping sound is emitted, and if barking still continues, a mild shock is delivered. If the dog doesn’t stop barking, the collar is set to deliver shocks of gradually increasing intensities. Few dogs are stubborn or stupid enough to continue barking up to the highest intensity level. To the contrary, within just a few days most dogs will stop barking the minute they hear the buzzing sound.
In European countries function the strictest anti cruelty laws in the world, but the use of the Dog Bark Collar is allowed. In truth, a more successful training method doesn’t exist. Professional dog trainers have rather a low success rate when it comes to train a dog to stop barking without using the dog bark collar, but for an untrained dog owner this success rate is much lower. There are many cases of dogs that have been poisoned by the neighbors who were angry due to its unceasing barking. Dog owners can be forced by law to get rid of the annoying pet, and this will psychically distress both of them.
The use of the dog bark collar is safe and humane, while these devices are the most efficient training tools a dog owner can employ to solve the barking problem of its pet.
Some people say the Dog Bark Collar is cruel to use. They emit a warning beep followed by a startling shock. Countries with strict anti-cruelty laws allow the Dog Bark Collar use.
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