2006-12-25 21:54:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
No, they are not. The Ecollar is the only one of its kind to EFFECTIVELY work on ALL dogs without furthering neurosis. To throw keys and bottles at a dog who is intend on barking is ridiculous. To have a REAL dog and throw something at him, well, he will show you the respect you need by throwing something back at you. This is not about you or your feelings, this is about what works for a dog to make him stop barking with the least amount of neurosis involved. If people cannot handle the truth, if they cannot handle to think of their dogs FIRST, then they should not own any. Tyke's response on another question was right on the money, by the way.
2006-12-26 00:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A e-collar and a bark collar are 2 different things. A bark collar omits a small jolt when the dog barks it is triggered from the vibrations. Usually a few jolts can be used and then a dummy collar can be used However you can use a e-collar for barking you have to be there at the time of the bark A e-collar is controlled by the handler and only gives the jolt when you use the remote. Both are extremely effective if used correctly as a training TOOL not a cure all. It is not considered negative reinforcement since you are still praising the dog as it obeys. Before you consider either of these make sure you know how to use them correctly
2016-05-23 07:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
A dog bark collar can be used to stop a dog that barks for what appears to be no reason at all. The best of these, and by far the least cruel, uses citronella to make your dog stop barking. When your dog starts barking the dog bark collar lets go with a spray of citronella under the dog’s nose. First the noise of the spray confuses them. It startles them for a moment and then the smell irrates them. The dogs genuinely do not like it.
They do not understand that the smell is coming from the dog bark collar. Nonetheless they learn quickly that when they bark, even If no one is around to discipline them that an unpleasant smell comes from nowhere and so they refrain from barking. Dogs are smart animals and they learn fast to put together the fact they something they do causes something that they do not like.
Hope that helps?
Take care
Paul
2006-12-26 05:57:44 · answer #3 · answered by Paul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/uwPmA
She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.
2016-07-18 12:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they are. Also they can traumatise your dog to an extend you hardly realise. My hairdresser had a dog who was barking a lot when going to the garden. He got such a collar for a few days (you can rent them). Now the dog does not dare go in the garden at all, so he pees etc. on the terrace !
2006-12-26 00:10:02 · answer #5 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom had one on her chihuahua and every time she barked, it made the noise, scared her, she barked more, it made more noise, it scared her, she barked, it made more noise...
Seemed a bit like torture to me, I guess it depends how the dog takes it
2006-12-25 21:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by tamaleman33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as it isn't hurting the dog then i believe it is okay. when my mom trains dogs and they bark, she throws a peir of keys or a bottle of rocks on the floor near them. it scares them a bit, but is perfectly harmless. after a while, they shut up. dogs are smart if you teach them to be.
2006-12-25 21:59:27 · answer #7 · answered by Melissa P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋