[mommyofsophie]

Originally Posted by smartpuppiepets

I know someone who used the shock/vibrating collar with lots of success. Although i have not used my self i have seen it working. He has a mixed silky, who is adorable and such a good dog every way. But she used to bark at everything, everyone , all the time and any time. It was pretty bad. He also lived in an apartment and tried all available, i took her here for about a month to try to work with her and to give him a break ... she drove me "nuts" ... no kidding... even my dogs were like ... tired of her barking.
Anyways, it was that bad.
He got her the shock/vibrating collar as the last resource before de-barking her. Because at end it was so bad , even re-homing her would be hard ...
I have seen it in action and at first i felt sooo bad, because she got a "sting" like reaction when she first started barking ... and she was looking around trying to figure out where it was coming from... she was wearing it all the time the first few days. i believe it is on and off every few hours... but she was wearing it consistently...
Today she is a well balanced dog, she does not wear it anymore, every once in a while he puts it on. I have the feeling she does not know the difference between the "collar" and her regular one as i see she barks more often when she has no collar on. She behaves like muy dogs now, she only barks every once in a while, i had her here for 3 days when he went travelling and what a difference.
Now, is there a difference between this shock/vibrating collar and the shock collar?
Is it the same thing?
Because it did work wonders for this dog. She still lives with her owner in his apartment without any more complaints.
I felt bad when i saw the first time , but seen the result i believe it was very worthy. besides he used it with training and other efforts so she is not a traumatized dog at all.
XOXO

Kudos to you for trying to help a fellow dog owner train his baby out of her barking problem!