Bark collars

[Sherry Lynn]

I'm a bit leary of Ebay especially because of the whole PayPal thing...

Actually probably best I don't start with it because I know so many people that are really hooked on it! YT gets enough of my time as it is!

[KellyV]

Originally Posted by Sherry Lynn

Barker Breaker
Found it! Looks really innocent, doesn't it!

I am SO going to get one tomorrow!

That looks better than all the collars out there! If Pixie gets out of control again, I'll have to try that.

My questions is: What if you have more than one dog, and one of them doesn't bark at all? I would think that they would hear it as well, and would be punished for something they didn't necessarily do! If you live in a duplex/apartment/condo, would the neighboring dogs hear it through walls/floors? (Which may not be a bad thing if the neighbor dog barks excessively too!!) Would it bother my cats when it goes off??

[FirstYorkie]

Originally Posted by medusa512

i have never used a shock collar or citronella one, but i did try with a choclate lab we had an "invisible fence." he was so crazy he ignored the shocks. one day we noticed his neck seemed swollen. i took off the collar....it had pierced his skin and left 2 holes in his neck and was terribly infected! we had to take him to the vet. never again!

Oh my goodness!

[Erin]

You can also buy citronella in a can, like pepper spray. It's usually WITH the pepper spray. It's about $10 and way cheaper than the collar. I used this to teach Loki what "quiet" meant and now I can literally "sshh" at him and he quiets down. It's very cool. If he gets bad I just show him the can!

[Cookie2]

I don't think they make shock collars for dogs that are small like yorkies. I'm not a big fan of those collars either but I can totally understand since you've tried everything else. I was advised by PetSmart NOT to use the shock collar on mine because she was just too small. When you see the store's (small shock collar) you will realize that they are just too big and are for dogs that are like 25lbs or more. It was like having a collar and hanging a lemon on it as a charm.After seeing the collar in person I just felt so bad because it looks too big and the two metal prongs that go against their neck does not look comfortable either.
If they do make them for small dogs , I have not seen them in PetSmart or Pet Supermarket either

Genie