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Do Anti-Bark Shock Collars work?

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So I posted a thread a couple weeks ago: Here regarding my friend's new dog. As a quick update the dog is GREAT. She's friendly as anything and loves other animals. She gets constant compliments from other strangers, even when there are other dogs in the immediate vicinity. There are, however, two issues:
1) Apparently the shelter who housed the dog before screwed up the spaying process and she was left with one ovary so she's currently in heat. This isn't a huge problem... my friend just has to watch her and make sure other dogs don't hump her till she can get fixed
2) She has massive separation anxiety and she won't stop barking when she's left alone at the apt. It's gotten so bad that the neighbors have complained to the landlord. Unfortunately, he only gave her one week to make her stop.

She's scheduled a trainer for next week (soonest available) but that won't be soon enough. in the meantime she's done the following:
-Restricted the dog to her cage
-Hired a dog walker for an hour
-Got an anti-bark shock collar

my question is, has anybody had any experience with these collars? My friend originally bought a collar that sprayed the dog with Citronella or something everything she barked but the dog CHEWED OFF the collar (she's a really smart cookie) and kept barking. I suggested getting a tough leather collar. I know they sound cruel, but given the circumstances I don't think she has a choice. She absolutely loves the dog in every way and takes care of it to the point of a fault. I scolded her for not being tougher and it's come to this. I've heard that even proper training takes several weeks to get noticeable results. So do these collars work quickly?
 
<don't burn me at the stake for this>

I read the title quickly and saw "do anti black shock collars work"

i lol'd and then felt horrible.
 
Originally posted by: Ns1
<don't burn me at the stake for this>

I read the title quickly and saw "do anti black shock collars work"

i lol'd and then felt horrible.
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I thought it was anti-barack shock collars at first!

Those damn liberals!
 
Originally posted by: cheezy321
Originally posted by: Ns1
<don't burn me at the stake for this>

I read the title quickly and saw "do anti black shock collars work"

i lol'd and then felt horrible.
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I thought it was anti-barack shock collars at first!

Those damn liberals!
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lol
 
Leaving the dog in a confined space usually works. Our dog also goes nuts when we leave because she misses us so intensely. We put her in the bathroom for a few weeks whenever we left and she eventually stopped freaking out. I mean she still goes bonkers when we walk in the door but she understands we are coming back now so she stays chill in our absence. It seems that whoever owned her before she was dropped off at the pound didn't pay attention to her or left her alone for long periods of time. Being an extremely social animal, she is now overcompensating and craves our affection 24/7. We love it and she is as cute as a button.

In response to your question, I have no idea and it sounds kind of cruel but there really don't seem to be a lot of alternatives at this point.
 
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
Leaving the dog in a confined space usually works. Our dog also goes nuts when we leave because she misses us so intensely. We put her in the bathroom for a few weeks whenever we left and she eventually stopped freaking out. I mean she still goes bonkers when we walk in the door but she understand we are coming back now so she stays chill in our absence. In response to your question, I have no idea and it sounds kind of cruel but there really don't seem to be a lot of alternatives at this point.
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Yeah she considered locking the dog in the bathroom as well. She's currently locked in her cage but it doesn't seem to help. I dogsat for my friend over the weekend while she was out of town and I feel her pain. The dog is great, is incredibly playful and loving. The barking is so bad that you don't even want to go out for a couple of hours for fear that the neighbors will complain. Kinda kills the social life and increases stress.
 
Try an ultrasonic bark whistle first. Its a small device that will sound a piercing ultrasonic whistle when its microphone detects barking. Much less painful for the dog than the shock collar and still very effective. The first time I used one of these in my dog's presence you would think he had been shot the way he jumped and looked around with a surprised look on his face.. Its excellent for breaking their state of mind - something that Caesar Chavez does all the time on Dog Whisperer - redirect their attention/energy. It also helps to use the device in the dog's presence when they bark with a firm (not shouted/loud) no! or quiet! Over time the device has gotten less reaction out of my dog but he knows that when it goes off he is supposed to be quiet, and I'm sure it helps that he is settled into his daily routine of snoozing in the bedroom all day until playtime (aka when I get home from work).

If the ultrasonic whistle proves ineffective, move up to the shock collars. Note that if your dog is persistent barker, it will just wear out the battery in the collar, resulting in an inconsistent response which means it will be totally useless.
 
We tried a shock collar and 1 dog would go hide for an hour if he got shocked and not bark much for a couple of days. The other would get into a terrible bark, yowl, bark cycle which was basically torture. The have been put away. We are currently trying the citronella collar which based on 2 days of use seems to work much better and with none of the pain of the shock collar.
 
My dog had bad separation anxiety, he is one of the quietest dogs you'll ever meet in person, but as soon as he's alone he barks his head off in his crate (or out of his crate if he wasn't in it). I picked up a collar - ran me about $120 I believe - and it worked immediately. I still put it on him, but the battery has been dead for months, it still works. He knows that when the collar comes on, he shuts up. Also, the barking would upset him, so he would be much more agitated/panicked when he was alone - he's much calmer/happier nowadays.
 
Originally posted by: Mwilding
We tried a shock collar and 1 dog would go hide for an hour if he got shocked and not bark much for a couple of days. The other would get into a terrible bark, yowl, bark cycle which was basically torture. The have been put away. We are currently trying the citronella collar which based on 2 days of use seems to work much better and with none of the pain of the shock collar.
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Noted, thanks



My dog is fine being left alone. He hates anybody on wheels however, no matter how far away they are.
 
Originally posted by: Ns1
<don't burn me at the stake for this>

I read the title quickly and saw "do anti black shock collars work"

i lol'd and then felt horrible.
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Sadly they do. 😉
 
Shock collars are not fcvking cool in any form. My friend had one and we each took turns holding it and walking the line to see what it was like for the dog. . .yeah not cool. Dog has fur of course to soften the jolt but he threw it away after we tried it ourselves so its w/e.

The other kind he tried made a really high pitch noise when they barked which didnt do all that bad. It startled the dog but eventually we could hear the buzz sound it made so it sucked for humans too if the dog kept barking through it. It was also a cheap-o so I imagine they have better ones than what we tried.
 
Originally posted by: se7en
Shock collars are not fcvking cool in any form. My friend had one and we each took turns holding it and walking the line to see what it was like for the dog. . .yeah not cool. Dog has fur of course to soften the jolt but he threw it away after we tried it ourselves so its w/e.

The other kind he tried made a really high pitch noise when they barked which didnt do all that bad. It startled the dog but eventually we could hear the buzz sound it made so it sucked for humans too if the dog kept barking through it. It was also a cheap-o so I imagine they have better ones than what we tried.
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This always struck me as terribly cruel. If your dog is barking that's your fault not it's fault.
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I tried my bark collar on myself before putting it on my dog. It was nothing other than a little startling. Granted it increases in intensity as barking continues - but if I barely felt it, and my dog has much thicker skin than me + fur - it can hardly be construed as cruel.
 
i hate those collars. i had one for my siberian husky and he would constantly escape. the solution was to turn up the intensity of the collar (the range where it was effective) and it got to the point that if he went between cars, he would get shocked. one time he tried to run through the fence and never made it all the way through. instead he was stuck there (let's say in some range within 5 feet of the wire in the ground) and was constantly shocked. i was sleeping at the time and heard him screaming from my bedroom. i woke up and ran outside to him, picked him up and brought him inside. we never used that shit again. i will never in my life get it for any dog ever.
 
Friends got a new puppy a few weeks ago, they have been using an Anti-Bark collar with him, and they said it was working ....
 
Those who've had bad experiences haven't appeared to tune the device properly. I have a friend who uses it on her golden and it doesn't hurt her. But the damn dog learned how to bark at different frequencies in order to get around it ...
 
Yes they do work and quite well. I got my parents a Beeler (half Beagle, half Blue Heeler) and she's been a great dog, but she does like to bark. Their house backs up to a golf course and out on the fairway is a den of Kit Foxes. Being part Beagle, she loves to hunt fox. She knows they are nocturnal, so at night she likes to go out and bark at the general direction of where the hole is. She barks because she wants them to come out of the hole so she can chase them.

Of course this doesn't bode well with their neighbors. They got a shock bark collar and it worked immediately. Yes, she got go the shit shocked out of her on the 3rd or 4th bark, but let's just put it this way... it works. She knows when the collar is on that she shouldn't bark.

It's rather hilarious because if she has the collar on and she wants to bark, she will bark very quietly... soft little woof's that are just soft enough not to set the collar off. She's figured out how loud she can bark before she gets shocked.

Recently she treed a skunk and despite having the collar on, she barked. I'm sure it shocked the shit out of her, but she's not a pussy dog and going to let a shock keep her from kicking the ass of some skunk trolling in her yard.

She doesn't wear the collar all the time. At night she's confined to the house and doesn't wear it. During the day when my parents are gone they put it on her. When the neighbors are on vacation, she gets to "be a dog" as my mom says, and bark until she is satisfied that barking is accomplishing something.
 
we got one and it took our dog about 2 tries to realize barking was not fun with it on. The one we got ups the intensity the more they bark. I really have to question the people who are saying they are cruel and doubt they really ever tried them. The one we have felt like one of those hand buzzers and was more a surprise/discomfort than pain.
 
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Friends got a new puppy a few weeks ago, they have been using an Anti-Bark collar with him, and they said it was working ....
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On a puppy? Your lazy asshole friends should learn how to train the puppy instead.
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Friends got a new puppy a few weeks ago, they have been using an Anti-Bark collar with him, and they said it was working ....
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On a puppy? Your lazy asshole friends should learn how to train the puppy instead.
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Puppy could be like what, 9mos or a little more? You never know CC, so calm down.
 
Originally posted by: dougp
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Friends got a new puppy a few weeks ago, they have been using an Anti-Bark collar with him, and they said it was working ....
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On a puppy? Your lazy asshole friends should learn how to train the puppy instead.
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Puppy could be like what, 9mos or a little more? You never know CC, so calm down.
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And they should learn how to train a puppy/dog properly.
 
Tried it on for the first time last night. We basically put the collar on her, left the apt and sat on the stairwell. As soon as she started barking, we heard the loud yelp. She did it twice and didn't bark. However, when we walked back in she'd apparently peed all over the place. Not sure if it was shock, pain, or anger. My friend started crying. I tried to tell her that it'll only take a couple of days to get her to stop completely but she wouldn't stop. Hope she left it on her this morning. Oh well, not my dog.

::For those worried about constant barking causing constant shocks, the device has a safety feature that shuts it off for 3 min if the dog keeps barking constantly for like 30 seconds or one minute::
 
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