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Originally Posted by maddiesdad I am now faced with getting a static collar. It was not where I wanted to go but we have exhausted all options. I have not consisdered the citronella collar because of the lack of reaction on Maddies part to being sprayed with water and vinegar. I want a collar that will be sensitive enough to go off with her barks but smart enough to know its her bark and not just a loud noise.
I realize that many of you dislike these collars and they are not my favorites either but we have exhausted the avenues available to us and need to solve this problem. Maddie is nearly 10 pounds and should be able to wear a collar made for a smaller dog. The collar will be used in supervised settings for training only. If anyone has any recommendations I would appreciate it. |
Sully has been trained on a static collar, on a very low setting. Because of it, he is NOT a barker! He has gotten to the point to where all he has to do is here the collar turn on (it beeps one long beep) and he knows he better NOT bark.
I am not a cruel mommy. I love my yorkie - everyone knows that. Every other behaviour is reinforced with treats and love and praise. But since we live in such a tight condo community, we can't afford to have neighbors complaining to the regime about barking. We knew this and so we trained Sully not to bark from the start.
I bought Sully's bark collar on eBay for about 50 bucks. Eli and I joke that it's one of the best 50 bucks we ever spent.
But Sully is so good with his barking these days that he very rarely even wears his bark collar anymore! It's been wonderful.
They say that even on the higher setting, this collar only equals to a startling tap on the nose with a newspaper. It's very gentle, but oh boy it gets the job done. PM me if you want to talk more about this.