I am not going into another long discussion on bark collars but several of us use them and there are multiple threads on this.
--if you use one, buy a good one -- I have a Dogtra, and I think the Petsafe mutli - level one is fine (I have one of those too). Only use one that requires noise and vibration to set it off and one that has multiple stim levels.
I had a bad experience with a tritronics reshocking on the yelp but that was an older one and they may have that worked out now. Yes my dog was traumatized after repeated stims with the tritronics (it took me 30 seconds to get to her and yank off the collar) for about 15 minutes, then she realized the collar was off and started barking again
- My Petsafe and Dogtra do not reshock on the yelp.
--Try training not to bark first - it is always best to use the ecollar as your last resort. I have one of those dogs and she wears the collar.
--Consider that for a dog whose sense of smell is as important to them than vision is to us, that perhaps a strong odor may be more "cruel" than a microsecond shock.
---Listen to jimbob -- Agree with everything he said in his post --- I am so not used to dogs who have never faced a correction for inappropriate behavior.
Be prepared for everyone to climb out of the woodwork proclaiming them to be cruel torture devices. And for you to be a bad dog owner.