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06-26-2012, 08:24 PM
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Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by donsabi
One major problem with all these anti-bark collars is that the dog soon learns that when the collar is removed he can bark all he wants.
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Lol!
I agree.
My dogs know when their leash is on and when it's not.
Perfect angels with the leash on.
Once it's off...whoo hoo!!!!!!
Trainer's like, "Oh, you have to train them to do recall blah blah blah." I say, "How?" "Oh, you put a leash on and then start lengthening the..."
"Hold up. Stop. If they have the leash or any kind of rope on...THEY KNOW." |
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06-27-2012, 11:30 AM
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Location: Alaska
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Originally Posted by stan4
Ha ha ha!!!!! My friend's cairn terrier, Daisy, figured that thing out asap. She got sprayed a few times...now she does that thing...she goes, "Bark, bark," and then IMMEDIATELY turns her head...spray goes past her..."Bark, bark," turn. "Bark, bark," turn.
EFFIN' hysterical.
They don't bother anymore.
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Our Golden Retriever figured it out too. She'd run back and forth across the yard, barking until the collar was empty. Once empty, she'd only bark at what she wanted. Also, she has a high pain threshold, so an electric collar was of no use. Fortunately, she doesn't bark as much, mainly at a neighbor whose son teased her as a pup. |
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06-27-2012, 11:43 AM
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Location: Alaska
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Originally Posted by donsabi
One major problem with all these anti-bark collars is that the dog soon learns that when the collar is removed he can bark all he wants.
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That's partly due to an owner training issue. My wife would remove the collar from our GSD about an hour after she put it on. He would bark shortly thereafter. I'd leave the collar on shortly after the first barking fit and leave it on all day and sometimes through the night. His barking would really curtail for several days. The inconsistent training is what taught him that it's okay to bark when you remove the collar. |
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06-27-2012, 12:25 PM
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Location: South Jersey
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Originally Posted by Skydive Outlaw
Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what brand works the best. I have an 8 year old dog that I have never used one on before and would never use it regularly or have it on him when he is just hanging around my house, etc and he doesn't really have a problem aside from whenever I leave him in my Jeep to just run into a store for 15 or 20 minutes and then he goes into an insane barking frenzy that if you noticed it would seem like he had been trapped for days and it is getting obnoxious on multiple levels. When people in a parking lot start making comments about an "abandoned" dog (15 minutes and he turns into a drama queen) I need him to settle down.
thx
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This is the problem. The dog doesn't like being left in the car. Why not just leave the dog at home? That will solve all the problems. |
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06-28-2012, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by AdotAllen
This is the problem. The dog doesn't like being left in the car. Why not just leave the dog at home? That will solve all the problems.
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Was wondering the same thing, I wouldn't take my dog anywhere that required me to leave him in the car. |
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06-28-2012, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by akck
Our Golden Retriever figured it out too. She'd run back and forth across the yard, barking until the collar was empty. Once empty, she'd only bark at what she wanted. Also, she has a high pain threshold, so an electric collar was of no use. Fortunately, she doesn't bark as much, mainly at a neighbor whose son teased her as a pup.
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Shock collars aren't all that painful anyway, I used to use one on my Dachshund to keep him from barking while we were at work, I tried it on myself (wasn't gonna put it on my dog if I couldn't handle it), it was a very mild jolt. |
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06-28-2012, 10:24 PM
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Location: Northern CA
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Originally Posted by Skydive Outlaw
Wow, in addition to the great advice on bark collars. Thanks for all the concern regarding leaving him in a vehicle. I don't do it when it's over 75 degrees and I live in the Seattle area too, where I am right now, and FYI dogs are allowed to be left in vehicles. I'm not sure what states make that illegal but I wouldn't want to live in one where it was. I really can't bring him into a store when I'm shopping aside from Petsmart.
Got a collar yesterday and tossed the instruction video in the garbage and secure it to the little tyrants' neck before my next stop and it worked great. The Sound of Silence. . . It's working out so well already that I think eventually he will just associate being in the vehicle with not going mental and barking non-stop and I won't have to use it anymore.
And yeah, he has a really rough life, being left in my Jeep when I'm in Target, Safeway or at the mall. It brings me to tears sometimes - the horror of it all. Aside from his travels that now exclude insane barking, he lives a pretty amazing life. He has three tandem skydives under his belt thanks to the custom harness I had made for him, (I'm sure thats cruel and unusual treatment too) he has a huge backyard, goes to the groomer whenever he wants and has no real rules, answers to no one (aside from the collar) and is pretty popular at the off leash dog park.
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You take good care of your dog, we get that, no need to be so snooty about it. You asked for advice, and you got it. |
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06-29-2012, 06:53 AM
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Location: ๏̯͡๏﴿ Gwinnett-That's a Civil Matter-County
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Originally Posted by Skydive Outlaw
has no real rules, answers to no one (aside from the collar)
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Well that pretty much says it all.
Answers to no one
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has no real rules.
Instead of punishing your dog through shock collars, why don't you teach your dog the wanted behavior?
You know.... training... through positive reinforcement?
Your dog isn't going to know what is expected of him with no rules. |
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06-29-2012, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by claudhopper
You take good care of your dog, we get that, no need to be so snooty about it. You asked for advice, and you got it.
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He apparently doesn't mind asking for input, but isn't too happy receiving it if it's not what he wants to hear. |
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06-29-2012, 07:16 AM
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Location: Atlantis
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Update on the tyrant aka my 9lb Maltese warrior.
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I tested him out last week with the collar on but WITHOUT the battery in the collar.
The maniac did not bark a single time with the collar on (without a battery in it) because the moron thinks that when the collar is on, he is going to get shocked if he barks.
I should have thought of this sooner. It is absolutely amazing.
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More to follow in the continuing adventures of Sir Barney the Maltese
Sky-0
Last edited by Sam I Am; 06-29-2012 at 12:58 PM..
Reason: Sorry - but let's don't bring women's hygiene into this...or semi slurs against Down's syndrome.thanks..
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