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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  FYI, the citronella collars are very unpleasant for dogs as well. It doesn't send out a gentle waft of lemony fresh scent. It sprays a very strong, unpleasant odor directly into the dog's nose.
I want to make sure everyone here has tried pennies in a can before resorting to collars. A squirt of water to the face can also help.
For two dogs barking, that seems like it would be simple enough to train, since it's a very specific, repeatable situation. If they start barking, immediately put them in time out for a minute. They'll figure it out.
Thor does know Quiet, but the difficulty I have is that it's a behavior chain: Thor barks, then he Quiets, then he gets a treat.
There are lots of small, low calorie treats to use if you are concerned about his weight. |
I swear I don't know how that collar even works. It's directly under Ringo's chin and neck - kind of above his regular collar. (and Ringo had a long chin) so how the scent even gets to his nose is beyond me. It appears that it would just do directly into his neck - under his chin.
My son, genius that he is, has put the collar around himself several times and tried to bark and he can never make the lemon scent come out.
So, there ain't no way this lemon scent is going directly up Ringo's nostrils; maybe I'd need a way more expensive collar for that to happen.
I'm going with gentle wafe of lemony scent (smells yummy to me) ~ IF that even happens.
I think maybe at first it must have worked - because I could smell lemon around Ringo's neck. But now, it's just the simple fact of putting the collar on; pretty sure the lemon part is broke.
Keeping in mind that Ringo is much larger, and tougher than Luce; AND MUCH MORE STUBBORN - I'd recommend it for a really problem barker.
Pennies in a can?
Ha! Ringo scoffs at that.
They do scare Lucy.