You want to enforce some rules whether your dog is in the house or out with you on the park. You don’t want your dog barking all night, to the point your neighbors complain about you and your dog; neither do you want your dog chasing anything that moves when in a park.
It is for this reason that there a variety of no-bark collars on the market. Be warned, though, that a collar is not an instant fix – it needs some time to work its effects on your dog’s behavior.
There is one particularly recommended unit available – dog shock collar.
Is it your first time buying shock collars? Here’s a quick guide.
There are three categories of bark collars. There’s the static correction type, the sonic type, and the spray type. The shock collar, known also to many as the static correction collar, makes use of a low volt electric shock to startle the dog. The sonic type emits a high-pitched sound that is outside the range of normal human hearing, but which is within the dog’s. The spray type releases a harmless, scented chemical that annoys dogs, which have a sophisticated sense of smell. The shock or static correction collar remains, by far, the most popular.
Bark or no-bark collars are automatic in their trigger system, which is a sensor that activates the stimulus once the dog barks. In this way, the dog shock collar sends out the static stimulus only when your dog barks.
As for whether static correction collars are inhumane, assuredly there are. It need to be kept in mind that the degree of shock static correction collars give off are no more painful than static electricity from a carpet. One reason shock collars are popular is because of the degree of success they enjoy with startling dogs enough to halt their barking.
It is this ability to consistently interrupt dog’s behavior – barking – that they serve as a good deterrent for the said behaviour. Many dog owners report a noticeably toning down of their dog’s loud and incessant barking in just a few days.
However, there’s a limitation to no bark collars – they can only respond to and therefore address on kind of behavior – barking. Training collars are what’s recommended when one needs a more genera obedience training regimen, which is what’s applied to hunting and working dogs. Remote collars are also training collars, and of which there’s also the static correction type. The key difference between no bark collars and remote training collars is that the latter is activated by a dog owner-held remote control.
