If your dog barks a lot for no real reason, or your neighbors are annoyed by the endless "twilight barking" every night, you need to do something about your dog's barking
What Can You Do?
You have to determine what stimulus makes your dog bark. Dogs bark from all kinds of reasons - people walking past your residence, boredom or other dogs. Finding the cause of barking can help you eliminate it and reduce or even neutralize the reaction of your dog.
An animal should never be punished with physical violence. However, if you consider other types of punishment, do not apply them if your dog is under stress or is just scared. These two are also important factors that can cause the excessive barking. You can use positive training techniques instead of coercion. There are three different types of positive techniques and they include exposing the dog repeatedly to the stimuli that annoy him (such as meeting another dog while walking with you) while you try to calm it down and prevent the barking, distracting it with treats so that it does not pay attention to the stimuli anymore, or reshaping - barking on command. Sometimes none of the above works, so you need to resort to a professional dog trainer.
About The Bark Collar?
Many dog owners successfully eliminate excess barking by putting a bark collar on their dog. Three different methods are available, as well as combinations of methods for even greater effectiveness.
A popular bark collar is the one that uses citrus spray that is pulverized whenever your dog barks. These spray collars come in two versions. The first one pulverizes the spray without any warning and the other one utters a hissing sound that precedes the spraying, as a warning. Whenever the dog hears the sound, it will not start to bark for fear that it would get sprayed.
Sonic or ultrasonic dog Bark collars work by producing a "dog whistle" sound - a sound so low that generally only dogs can hear it - whenever the barking happens. The dog doesn't like the sound; it becomes annoying or distracting and the dog will bark less often.
There are also electronic barking collars you can use; they give the dog a shock whenever it barks. The method does not hurt your dog, but it can substantially reduce barking.
You can find alternatives to these collars, but they will not be as effective. These collars have three versions - they can be electronic, with citronella spray or sonic and ultrasonic sound. No type of bark collar can hurt your dog, but it can successfully prevent excessive barking.
What Can You Do?
You have to determine what stimulus makes your dog bark. Dogs bark from all kinds of reasons - people walking past your residence, boredom or other dogs. Finding the cause of barking can help you eliminate it and reduce or even neutralize the reaction of your dog.
An animal should never be punished with physical violence. However, if you consider other types of punishment, do not apply them if your dog is under stress or is just scared. These two are also important factors that can cause the excessive barking. You can use positive training techniques instead of coercion. There are three different types of positive techniques and they include exposing the dog repeatedly to the stimuli that annoy him (such as meeting another dog while walking with you) while you try to calm it down and prevent the barking, distracting it with treats so that it does not pay attention to the stimuli anymore, or reshaping - barking on command. Sometimes none of the above works, so you need to resort to a professional dog trainer.
About The Bark Collar?
Many dog owners successfully eliminate excess barking by putting a bark collar on their dog. Three different methods are available, as well as combinations of methods for even greater effectiveness.
A popular bark collar is the one that uses citrus spray that is pulverized whenever your dog barks. These spray collars come in two versions. The first one pulverizes the spray without any warning and the other one utters a hissing sound that precedes the spraying, as a warning. Whenever the dog hears the sound, it will not start to bark for fear that it would get sprayed.
Sonic or ultrasonic dog Bark collars work by producing a "dog whistle" sound - a sound so low that generally only dogs can hear it - whenever the barking happens. The dog doesn't like the sound; it becomes annoying or distracting and the dog will bark less often.
There are also electronic barking collars you can use; they give the dog a shock whenever it barks. The method does not hurt your dog, but it can substantially reduce barking.
You can find alternatives to these collars, but they will not be as effective. These collars have three versions - they can be electronic, with citronella spray or sonic and ultrasonic sound. No type of bark collar can hurt your dog, but it can successfully prevent excessive barking.
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If your dog barks too much, you need to address the underlying problem using either positive training techniques or Bark collars. More information on barking collars is available here.
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