Stop Dog Barking |
| User Article | Views Posted on: 2010-01-21 07:39:29 |
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| "In some ways I really love my puppy but there are some things I can't really stand for. I sort of view my puppy the way I used to see my stuffed animals when I was a kid. She is soft comforting and sleeps in my bed with me. Although she is a little bit messier than my toy animals – she licks my face and is still not completely housebroken yet – nonetheless she provides the same feeling of comfort that I used to have with stuffed animals. If she didn't always make so much noise she would be the perfect pet. I bought a ""no bark dog collar"" for her but unfortunately it seems to do no good. She is a stubborn animal. It is one of those humane anti bark collars. It is actually a citronella dog collar. Supposedly dogs find the smell of citronella confusing and unpleasant enough that it will make them stop barking. Unfortunately this doesn't work for Sadie. When she barks and the no bark dog collar squirts her in the face she looks confused for a moment. It only lasts a moment however and then she starts barking louder than before. Every time the no bark dog collar squirts her it only gets her more excited. After awhile we have to actually take off the dog collar. By then she has been doused in citronella and the whole house smells of it. It is getting to be such a problem that we have been researching other kinds of 'no bark' dog collars. None of us really wants to hurt her – and many of them do hurt dogs – so we have stayed away from the less humane kinds up until now. Nonetheless the barking has gotten out of hand. I have been thinking about and electronic 'no bark dog collar'. Although they give the dogs a shock they seem more humane to me than the ones that emit a high-pitched beep. These can really hurt a dog's ears which is a very cruel thing to do. Personally I would rather get an electric shock than have a loud bell go off in my ear every time I make a noise. I am sure that my dog feels the same way. Nevertheless whatever no bark dog collar we get the dog one thing is for sure: it better work. The neighbours are about at their wits end and I am getting pretty close myself." |
