Question on no bark dog collars??

Question

I have two dogs and we just recently bought a new house. It turns out our neighbors are nuts - our dog barked at a passing neighbor dog and OUR neighbors are threateneing to call the police on us constantly. I don't want to but have no choice in trying to get my dogs to stop barking. My oldest dog is fine - he only barks at himself while chasing his tail. But I have a 4 month old german shpherd who believes he can sing all day. How old does he need to be before he can wear a shocking bark collar? And also, has anyone had sucess with the citronella collar?

**He is out for about 3 hours in the morning and about 4 in the afternoon. Always in the house if I am. I don't think we'll try the shock collar, maybe just egg my neighbors house.

Answer 1

I believe your German Shepherd has to be well over a year before he can have a shock collar. It also depends on the shock collar, because some shock collars are close to being inhumane. Be careful. You should ask you vet if you dog is showing signs of depression, irritation, or pain after placing the shock collar on his neck.

Answer 2

Not only are shock collars painful, but they lower the immune system in an animal receiving the shock, making them more vulnerable to illness, and some will continue shocking the dog wearing it, even though it is ‘hearing’ another dog’s bark. Try a citronella or sound emitting collar, since the animal needs to be distracted. Dogs bark because of boredom, so the surest way to stop them from excessive barking is to give them a lot of exercise and attention.

Answer 3

The dog is barking for a reason. try a squirt bottle of water..is the dog/puppy outside all day? he needs play and exercise...and a firm "NO"..when he barks. training is the key here, go to" pets are us", or another place that has a trainer, and get some advice from them. or look up "the dog whisper", he has a food dvd/video out..that may help.
and by the way, if they call the cops, there is nothing they can do about it. so long as it's not in the quiet hours. check your city for the regulations for times that they have a noise regulation. barking dogs are not agaist the law just annoying! you just don't want to get on the bad side of your neighbors. but it's best to get your puppy trained..oh, and socializing your dog helps too..with people and other dogs..Good Luck! (let your neighbors know your working on it, and your sorry..)

Answer 4

LOOK FIRST OF ALL TRY THE COLLAR ON YOUR SELF AND EVERYTIME U WANT TO SPEAK THEN IT WILL GIVE U A ELECTRIC SHOACK IF U CAN HAVE THE COLLAR ON YOUR NEXT A WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT TAKING IT OF WELL THEN U CAN THINK ABOUT IT OK

LOOK BARKING IS THE DOG WAY TO COMUNICATED IT ISNT FARE THAT IF EVERYTIME U WANTED TO COMUNICATE SOMETHING SOME ONE PUT AN ELECTRIC COLLAR ON U HOW WOULD U FEEL AND SECOND FORGET ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS CAUSE THEY CAN SPEAK THERE MIND AND YOUR FAMILY DOGS CANT THAT IS UNFAIR WHAT ABOUT WHEN THEY OPEN THERE BIG MOUTHS TO SCREAM AT THERE CHILDREN OR AT U THAT IS COMPLETELY WRONG AND THAT IS CALLED ABUSE AND IF THEY TRY TO TELL U AGAIN THAT THEY ARE CALLING THE POLICE ALL U GOT TO SAY THAT THERE ISNT ANY LAW AGAINST BARKING AND U SHOULD TRY OTHER THINGS LIKE GIVING THEM WATER IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTER NOON TAKING THE WATER AWAY UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY WILL GET TIRED OF BARKING AND WONT BARK THAT MUCH AGAIN ULL SEE I HAVE 5 DOGS AND THERE IS PEACE IN THE NIGHT BECAUSE I DO THAT WATER IN THE MORNING UPTO 4PM THEN NO MORE WATER UNTIL THE MORNING BUT IF IT IS VERY HOT IN THE NIGHT LEAVE IT UPTO 6PM AND IF YOUR NEIGHBORS KEEP BOTHERING U ,U CAN TAKE THEM TO COURT BUT DONT HARM YOUR FAMILY FOR PPL WHO ARE SELFISH

Answer 5

Shock collars cause pain...do not use them. If your dogs are out during the day for only short periods of time, then your neighbours have no case against you and the cops won't do anything...but if your dogs are outside dogs and left unattended through the day and night, then the barking IS your fault...you should not leave dogs outside all the time.

Thanks for the additional details...yeah, your neighbours are just crazy, your dogs don't need to be punished!

Answer 6

I had one of those once for my dog, I thought I would set it on max. The dog barked and then started howling. I was getting bit trying to get the thing off her. Ever sense then I think they are cruel, how would you like to be shocked everytime you spoke. She only barked anyway when riding in the back of the pickup. If it is during the day the neigbors have no reason to complain.

Answer 7

A co-worker of mine recently had to give up her puppy because of his barking and the complaints from neighbours. Here in Ontario it's called "noise pollution" and the police can force you to get rid of your dog if the complaints persist.

If you want to stop barking dogs, you must first understand why your dog is barking. Dogs bark for a lot of reasons, including frustration, loneliness, and separation anxiety. Anxious barking can be stopped by giving the dog a toy or bone to chew on; stop dogs with a healthy distraction. Frustrated dogs may bark because they want to chase something outside or play with another dog. It's harder to stop dogs that seem to bark just to hear themselves. You may help this by moving them to a room where they can't see whatever is frustrating them.

Hopefully these suggestions help.

Answer 8

I like your later addendum to your story,go for it egg the bastard, he or they should not be able to tell you how to raise your dogs. and I found that if you try to use a shock collar the dog will learn, but at what cost,He or She could get an infection from it due to burns the dog may receive from the contacts on the collar,also you will have to shave spots on his neck if it has really thick fur,and how far are you willing to go just to please your neighbor.
Treat your dog right take them for training and you may avoid all of these problems and have well behaved dogs in the end.

Answer 9

I believe he can be any age and also I have never had sucess with the collar. Dont buy it its a waste of money trust me. If they are telling you they are going to call the police you should talk to them about it or keep him inside. Also you should take him somewhere where he can get it all out like a dogpark or somewhere where no ones around.

Answer 10

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/epOKw

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.