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Has anyone tried this or other ultrasonic devices to help curb their dogs’ barking? It is not a collar but a device that’s left near the front door.
I am trying it out since Sunday. For Zeke, I expected him to be the sensitive one and not like it very much, and for Oscar not to care either way, and Stella to bark right through it.
Stella is my problem barker. She barks way too much and for way too long. I live in a condo community, and if a neighbors dogs were as nosy as mine I’d be complaining a LOT!
It’s been almost a year since I got her, and no amount of training, distracting or bribing with food has been helpful for more than several days. I just didn’t know what to do any longer: until a friend sent me the link to this product.
The reviews had an awful lot of 1 star reviews saying it didn’t even phase their dogs. I bought it anyway.
The results? Zeke barks through it, although the volume and frequency between each woof is much longer, and he doesn’t keep it up for more than about 10 seconds. Oscar is as I predicted; he simply doesn’t care.
Stella on the other hand, barked one woof, and when it went off, she came to my lap for comfort. I didn’t turn it off then, but as the others barked and it went off again, she got more anxious about it and finally went back to the bathroom and hid next to the toilet.
It had been a few hours so I brought her back out with me, where she stayed on my lap for quite a while. (I had turned it off when she disappeared). Within a short while she was playing and making noise at the tv.
Same thing happened the next day. And I turned it off after it sounded once. This morning (the unit is not on), while she will bark at the tv, when the other dogs ran to the door to bark, she jumped on my lap and stayed quiet.
Is this inhumane? It’s just a sound, right? I just don’t know. She is fine this morning, very playful and watching, barking at tv like normal.
Please let me hear your takes on this. Of course I don’t want to hurt her, but it is ending up to be the desired effect. I just don’t know.
And if you have used this method, did it work well? Was it not enough, or too much for you babies?
I am trying it out since Sunday. For Zeke, I expected him to be the sensitive one and not like it very much, and for Oscar not to care either way, and Stella to bark right through it.
Stella is my problem barker. She barks way too much and for way too long. I live in a condo community, and if a neighbors dogs were as nosy as mine I’d be complaining a LOT!
It’s been almost a year since I got her, and no amount of training, distracting or bribing with food has been helpful for more than several days. I just didn’t know what to do any longer: until a friend sent me the link to this product.
The reviews had an awful lot of 1 star reviews saying it didn’t even phase their dogs. I bought it anyway.
The results? Zeke barks through it, although the volume and frequency between each woof is much longer, and he doesn’t keep it up for more than about 10 seconds. Oscar is as I predicted; he simply doesn’t care.
Stella on the other hand, barked one woof, and when it went off, she came to my lap for comfort. I didn’t turn it off then, but as the others barked and it went off again, she got more anxious about it and finally went back to the bathroom and hid next to the toilet.
It had been a few hours so I brought her back out with me, where she stayed on my lap for quite a while. (I had turned it off when she disappeared). Within a short while she was playing and making noise at the tv.
Same thing happened the next day. And I turned it off after it sounded once. This morning (the unit is not on), while she will bark at the tv, when the other dogs ran to the door to bark, she jumped on my lap and stayed quiet.
Is this inhumane? It’s just a sound, right? I just don’t know. She is fine this morning, very playful and watching, barking at tv like normal.
Please let me hear your takes on this. Of course I don’t want to hurt her, but it is ending up to be the desired effect. I just don’t know.
And if you have used this method, did it work well? Was it not enough, or too much for you babies?