As fun as they are, dogs can create some problems, among them, barking. Some dogs, especially if they were not trained properly as a puppy, will bark constantly for no good reason at all. Many dog owners dont’ train their puppies because they find it harsh on them, and because their small yaps aren’t a ploblem, and by the time owners realize the problem, the puppy is a full grown dog.

If your dog has a barking problem, it becomes your problem as well as a problem for the people that lives nearby. Some common consequences are that your dog may scare or annoy guests that come to visit you, or may not let your neighbors sleep at night. There are a lot of different products available on the market today that claim to be able to help dogs stop barking.

Among those, the dog barking collar is one of the most well-known and controversial ones. As it name implies, the collar will emit a small electrical shock to the dog’s neck whenever it detects barking. The shock will distract the dog from the object it was barking at, and the dog will stop and try to figure out what caused the shock, until it makes the connection between the barking and the shock. At that moment, it will stop their barking because it knows that more barking will make the shock appear.

Is The Collar Cruel?

There are a lot of dog owners who rely on this type of dog barking collar but there are a lot of others who feel as though this is a cruel training method to use on a dog. The second group believes that dogs are part of your family, much like your brother or your son, and since you wouldn’t give them electrical shocks, you shouldn’t give them to your dog either. They say that the collar can harm your dog because after all it is giving it an electrical shock.

If you want to know how intense the shock can be, you can try it on yourself, but many people are afraid of doing this and you might find hard to push the button that triggers the shock.

Consider that a dog’s resistance to pain is greater than a human; nevertheless, if you think that the shock is too intense for your dog, there are other products that you can try. The shock collar isn’t the only type of anti barking collar there is. A popular option is the citronella dog collar. This collar uses a small spray of citronella essence as a correction technique. Citronella oil is what is used to repel mosquitoes so it is quite a strong scent and your dog will learn to stop barking to avoid having this stuff sprayed.

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