Friday, October 7, 2011

Use the Bark Collar for the Peace of your Neighbors

By Amanda Best


Barking among dogs is a form of canine communication in the same way that we speak in languages. But there are times when the barking becomes such a nuisance that dog owners just want to make the dog shut up although this can be difficult to do at all hours of the day and night. Here comes the Bark Collar to the rescue of harassed dog owners and their neighbors! Before we discuss the benefits of bark collars, it is only fitting that we define what these devices are in the first place. Bark collars are specialized types of dog collars worn around the canine's neck that keep these animals from barking excessively or inappropriately. Of course, the times when barking becomes excessive or inappropriate or both depends on many conditions including the type of neighborhood, the time of day, and the circumstances surrounding the behavior.

These electronic training tools are designed to work using aversive stimuli. The aversive stimuli consist in a warning beep followed by a mild electric shock, and they are delivered from the collar when the dog barks in excess. These stimuli induce unpleasant feelings to the dog to startle it to cease its barking behavior.

From the above description alone, many benefits can be concluded from the use of the bark collar of which the most notable are the following:

* The device can be used to train a dog to properly behave during night time, when the neighborhood should be quiet. You and your neighbors will no more be waking at odd hours by your dog barking at the moon.

These bark collars have a setting panel, and through using those buttons you can set various items, like the intensity and duration of the electric shocks, in compliance with the training needs, size and discipline level of your dog. Higher settings are appropriate for dogs of large size like the Great Dane, which love to bark anytime with a loud voice, and lower settings are fitting to small sized dogs like the Yorkshire terrier, which barks just occasionally from boredom. When you first use the device you need to do some experiments and adjust the settings of the bark collar; start with the lowest settings and increase the level or intensity of the stimuli until your dog responds to this training technique by ceasing its barking.

* There is also the possibility that your dog barks because of the presence of intruders; most bark collars are able to allow the dog to alert you if it really wants to signal you this thing or another type of danger. In order to do this, the electronic device of the bark collar will automatically shut off in the case your dog barks for at least 15 times in a 30 seconds interval. If you use this function of the bark collar, you will know that prolonged barking means a real danger and you will be able to respond in an appropriate manner.

* These bark collars are adjustable; you can very easily adapt them to perfectly fit to any size of your dog's neck. These useful dog training electronic devices are usually fixed on leather made dog collars.

The Bark Collar is the most indicated product you can invest in, if you really want to train your dog to give up to its unpleasant habit of yipping and yapping at anything and everything, no matter the time of day or night.




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