If you are looking for a quality dog bark collar, then take some time also to choose the appropriate type. Most dogs may have different reactions to different collars. You dog may not be affected with the citronella dog collar, but is responding to the dog shock collar.
When looking for a good quality dog bark collar, there are a lot of questions that your should consider. The truth is, every dog owner who is planning to buy a dog collar have already asked these kinds of questions. So, let us find out what exactly are these questions and let us also find out the answers.
Can these type of collars harm my dog?
Citronella dog collar and ultrasonic dog collars are designed to emit unpleasant feeling to dogs whenever they start barking. To relieve you with your worry, these kinds of dog corrections won’t hurt or harm your dog.
Electric dog collar has an adjustment function to set the shock to a low level. So it intensity of the shock will only depend on how the owner set it. If the owner set it to a very high level, it can cause the dog some serious problems. That why it is wise to set the intensity to the lowest level first, then observe if the setting fits to your desired results. If not, then set it higher. But you need to be very careful.
No matter what type of dog bark collar you choose, it is not designed to hurt you dog. It is just a minimal correction whenever your four footed pet starts to bark.
Will the training help my dog or it will make the problem even worse?
A dog bark collar will only work after several barks. Usually, it does not take long for your dog to relate his or her barking with the dog bark collar.
Most often, as soon as your dog has gotten to the stage where it can already control his or her bark, the non-breaking behavior is established and will be a part of his or her lifestyle.
However, one pleasure of removing the collar from your dog is that he can bark again without being bothered with that smell or shock. This is enough to set him back to his old behavior of barking very much. In case this happens, you just need to change is old collar with a new one and do some retaining.
These kinds of collars are not designed as a replacement for a collar. It just need to be there for training purposes. It is very uncommon for most dog owners to make their dog bark in some cases, like when you have a visitor or the mailman is out there. These are times that you need to take off the collar and then put it back on afterwards.
What type of dog bark collar is best for my doggie?
This question depends on you as the dog owner. On the other hand, you may find desired results with a citronella dog collar if you own a dog who is a good tracker. One example of a dog that has a sensitive nose is the bloodhound. With its sensitive nose, it will be greatly affected by the smell of citronella dog collar compared to dog shock and ultrasonic collar. If you have a German Sheperd, you will have good results when you use an ultrasonic collar than a citronella dog collar.
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