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I know what you mean. I don't want to shock or spray my dogs.
My neighbor's dog (who they let roam at will - indoors or out) figured out the timing on the shock collar...so it was bark bark pause...bark bark pause....because it fired on the third bark. My friend's Cairn terrier figured out the citronella collar. She'd bark bark bark and then turn her head just in time for the spray to miss her. Then bark bark bark TURN. Bark bark bark TURN.
So I know my kiddos Frick and Frack will figure it out. They're way smarter than those two other dogs and have a real, er, fondness for barking.
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I know what you mean. I don't want to shock or spray my dogs.
My neighbor's dog (who they let roam at will - indoors or out) figured out the timing on the shock collar...so it was bark bark pause...bark bark pause....because it fired on the third bark. My friend's Cairn terrier figured out the citronella collar. She'd bark bark bark and then turn her head just in time for the spray to miss her. Then bark bark bark TURN. Bark bark bark TURN.
So I know my kiddos Frick and Frack will figure it out. They're way smarter than those two other dogs and have a real, er, fondness for barking.
I don't have as much of a problem with the spray as I do with a shock. It's really mild and it doesn't hurt Artie.
As for figuring it out, I guess my plan of only putting it on when I let him out back early in the morning is a good one. If I had it on him all the time, he'd figure it out. This way, it'll always be a surprise. SURPRISE!
Lol...Frick and Frack aren't their real names. But they are trouble-makers (sweet ones) and I call 'em Frick and Frack, Ren and Stimpy, Dumb and Dumber, etc. Their real names are Rio (rough collie - looks like Lassie) and Shiner (smooth collie - named after my favorite beer).
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Lol...Frick and Frack aren't their real names. But they are trouble-makers (sweet ones) and I call 'em Frick and Frack, Ren and Stimpy, Dumb and Dumber, etc. Their real names are Rio (rough collie - looks like Lassie) and Shiner (smooth collie - named after my favorite beer).
I figured those weren't their real names -- wishful thinking, though, on my part. My father used to call me and my cousin Frick and Frack, so seeing that brought back some sweet memories.
Is the citronella collar still working? I went to Pet Supplies Plus last night and they had only the lemon-scent mist collar. It supposedly sprays a fine mist of lemon scent that the dogs dislike. Personally, I think it smells darn good.
I got one for Ringo to control his (same as you) early morning and later-of-an evening barkfest. He loves to be outside; but we can't let him stay out there and bark all evening.
I have to say; I can't tell if this one works or not. I put it on him this morning and he still engaged in some fence fighting with the neighbor dogs. If the collar sprayed him; I sure couldn't tell. There was no look of surprise; no sudden stop in barking. He was quiet for a while - then barked at some squirrels. Then quiet the rest of the am so we let him stay outside.
Hmmm. Maybe it is working. Jury's still out on this one.
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Hey Dawn,
Is the citronella collar still working? I went to Pet Supplies Plus last night and they had only the lemon-scent mist collar. It supposedly sprays a fine mist of lemon scent that the dogs dislike. Personally, I think it smells darn good.
I got one for Ringo to control his (same as you) early morning and later-of-an evening barkfest. He loves to be outside; but we can't let him stay out there and bark all evening.
I have to say; I can't tell if this one works or not. I put it on him this morning and he still engaged in some fence fighting with the neighbor dogs. If the collar sprayed him; I sure couldn't tell. There was no look of surprise; no sudden stop in barking. He was quiet for a while - then barked at some squirrels. Then quiet the rest of the am so we let him stay outside.
Hmmm. Maybe it is working. Jury's still out on this one.
It is still working for Artie, and nobody's more shocked than I am! I can't say that I use it frequently -- just on an as-needed basis -- but it certainly works. In fact, and I don't know if this was just a fluke, but the other day, I let Artie out at about 7.30am, knowing that he'd bark. But I think that just putting on the collar did the trick -- he didn't bark once! But that may just have been a fluke.
The citronella is exactly that -- a lemon-scented mist (I like the smell, too!) ["citron" is "lemon" in French, by the way] -- but unless Ringo was VERY far away (and I mean VERY!), you should have been able to see the mist. When Artie's in the furthest part of the yard, I can still see it. If it was working, I'd be surprised that Ringo didn't find it offensive -- at least the FIRST time it sprayed.
Some dogs will bark no matter what, I've been told, but not to be alarmed at the first spray really surprises me. And the fact that you didn't actually SEE the mist.
This is the one that I got, which works like a charm... for Artie:
You might want to return the one that you bought -- it doesn't sound like it's functioning. Maybe the battery's no longer working??? Or maybe it's not fully switched to the "on" position?
Well, I decided maybe it didn't come pre-filled with the spray so I added some. I'll try it again later. The battery appears to be working; the lights come on when I turn it on.
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Well, I decided maybe it didn't come pre-filled with the spray so I added some. I'll try it again later. The battery appears to be working; the lights come on when I turn it on.
Oh! Yours has a light indicating the battery is working. Lucky!
I asked my husband to check if the battery was working, after I'd left the thing on for days and days. Imagine a grown man barking into this thing and the look of shock when he got sprayed! Just kidding -- he has a battery tester thingy.
I asked my husband to check if the battery was working, after I'd left the thing on for days and days. Imagine a grown man barking into this thing and the look of shock when he got sprayed!
LOL - that reminds me of something that happened here a couple of years ago. I was looking over our training gear and as a joke asked DH to hold the probes on the electronic correction collar so I could see if it was still working. Without batting an eye he actually did it!
Oh! Yours has a light indicating the battery is working. Lucky!
I asked my husband to check if the battery was working, after I'd left the thing on for days and days. Imagine a grown man barking into this thing and the look of shock when he got sprayed! Just kidding -- he has a battery tester thingy.
LOL I can just picture that, it would have been worthy of UTube
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Just kidding -- he has a battery tester thingy.
