The citronella collars are like $100. Our trainer just uses a citronella spray. It's aerosol and I bought it at Petsmart near the pepper spray for $10. It distracted Loki enough so that he would quiet down and then I would literally "Shush" him. I say "SHHH" and he quiets down now. Sometimes he throws a tantrum and i have to use the citronella again. The trainer says that yelling "Quiet!" at them when they are barking only joins them in making noise. The other thing I do with Loki is let him bark at the stranger/mailman/etc. for about 5 seconds, say "Thank you" and if he starts up again he goes right in his crate for a time out. He isn't allowed to bark at things IN the house, that gets him an automatic time out. Once he settles down he can come back out. |