I don't write reviews...ever! But as I was on my walk in the park with my incredibly barky, loud, squeaky dachshund mix this morning I couldn't wait to get home and write this one. He's a weiner and he's a puppy...and he makes noise literally ALL of the time. He's been driving me and my husband crazy since he came to live with us. Don't get me wrong, we love the little monster...but we really had no idea just how much weiners bark. So in comes the bark collar out of desperation. We really didn't want to do it, even though they call it humane it just seemed like we would be dampening his spirit. Well let me tell you...his spirit has not been dampened one bit but his bark sure has! I put this on for the first time just this morning...he barked twice, got "vibrated"...and this has now been the quietest day we've had in almost three months! And he doesn't seem to mind which is the best part. This thing is worth the money twice over, it works great. I can't really say anything about the battery life...I've only been using it for 7 hours...but I hear it works for a couple of weeks. Doesn't matter, we plan to take it off when he goes to bed at night and put it back on in the morning. It seems like a safe item, not like a shock collar at all. The vibration doesn't even seem to bother him...he acts like we strapped a toy to his neck and he's trying to figure out why! It was simple to use, just plug it in for a couple of hours, do the easy test they gave instructions for and put it on. It's amazing that he's learned the point of it all in only a few hours. Bless whomever made this thing. Oh yeah...and sizing it to your dog is simple, just measure it when it's on and cut off the excess you don't need. Easy peasy! I recommend this to anyone who is struggling with the noise...join the quiet club...you'll thank me for this review if you do. Have a blessed, quiet day. Read more
Doberman Family. This product was recommended by Doberman Planet and I thought there was no way this would be effective. It actually works ! We have been through lots of training with our Doberman and he exercises daily. We have tried everything to manage his backyard barking. We gave this a shot and blow away that it works. He has learned to use a low or soft bark or simple make a warning noise versus. Would recommend. Read more
We got this so that we could open our ground floor patio doors during the hot weather which face on to the street without our dog barking a greeting to every passing dog, or uber eats delivery person. We just wanted to stop the sudden loud barking when a dog walks past. We didn't want to stop the low volume barks, grumbles, play howls etc which don't bother us and we particularly love hearing her happy play howl. So collar sensitivity was important to us so that it could differentiate between wanted and unwanted barking. When this first arrived it worked like a charm. We put it on our 15lb doodle on a low sensitivity setting so that it would only alert for loud barks, it worked great and our dog learnt within a couple of barks to not bark loud but she knew she could still do soft barks and other noises. She suffered no ill effects from the noise and never needed to get to the vibration stage, when the high pitched noise went off she instantly stopped barking and looked around confused for the source of the noise. Sadly after only 2 weeks the collar stopped working consistently. Gradually we had to keep increasing the sensitivity of the collar as it failed to pick up on her loud barking, we tightened it so that it was a more snug fit in case it had somehow loosened and we changed the batteries but neither appeared to make a difference. The sensitivity got worse and worse over time, we had to continually increase it until the collar stopped alerting altogether. In the last 2 weeks the collar has begun working intermittently, sometimes it alerts to a bark if its a super loud bark and it ignores the quieter barks. Sometimes it alerts and vibrates for even a quiet play howl or a low grumble - which we absolutely don't want an alert for. Overall this collar started well but is now effectively useless since its completely unpredictable and unreliable and doesn't allow us to control the sensitivity. Read more
I was very skeptical of this collar. I didn't think beeps and vibration would work to control barking on our coonhound. Generally, it does. At first, it was very effective. She was somewhat confused at first and would stop barking. We have used it for a little over 2 weeks. The biggest problem we had was that she would bark at other dogs and people and anything she saw out the window. This collar has definitely controlled 90% of the barking when seeing something out the window. She has learned that with the collar on, she should not bark. However, when another dog or person walks by the house or come close, this collar is not effective. She is able to bark through all the levels and simply ignores it. There is just too much focus on what she is barking at to bother to recognize the beeps and vibration. We have worked with her to stop by giving commands and working to get her to stop when the collar alerts. The training is the key. The collar itself is not enough to control these circumstances and requires continued effort to teach her not to bark. Overall, the collar works and is helpful as a training aid. I will be getting a collar that provides static stimulation, however, simply because this collar is not enough to get my dogs attention when she is focused. We got her recently as an adult and I believe this is the first time she has had any training on not barking. Read more
Shock level was low since it’s a vibrate collar, appearance was nice and sleek, battery life was amazing, fit was nice, easy of use 100%, quality is definitely great. Read more
