I am so excited! Have you ever had a dog so yappy and aggressive that it woke you up all hours of the night barking and growling at other members of the household who were just getting up to use the restroom or getting a drink? I have! I have been contemplating rehoming my dog because she never let's me sleep at night. I decided I'd give this a try. It's only day one and it's working SO well. My house is at peace! I'm not EVEN joking! I used the training button to stop the growling and after two growls and two button pushes, my dog has not growled since! My sons were never allowed to enter my home without her going ballistic and if they had friends over, she wouldn't stop barking until they left, even if they stayed the night! My son had a friend over today, she did two barks. That's it. Later My girlfriend came home and Luna did a bark and a half. Usually she goes psycho when she sees my girlfriend. I am in LOVE with this device. I've never seen my dog so quiet and calm. I even take it outside with me when I walk her since she literally starts acting like a psycho the moment her foot crosses the threshold from inside the house to outside the house. Thank you so much for restoring peace in my home. I might actually start to love her all again. The struggle has been real. I'm a mom of 4, a student, and working. I need my sleep! I'm looking forward to sleeping through the night tonight. This quit working after a couple of weeks. I sent it back and got a replacement, it did the same thing. Worked for a couple weeks and then quit working. It would go off over little noises, but not actually produce a sound. The sound can be heard by younger kids by the way. I couldn't hear it, but my kids would get annoyed by it. Read more
Like most dog training devices, you can’t just turn this on and expect it to do all the work. That being said, it has worked amazingly for us! Our 10m old puppy was getting in a bad habit of barking in her crate while my husband and I were working so I decided to give it a go. I placed it next to her crate and we happen to have a camera facing her crate so I can look back and see when it has given correction. The good: When it emits the sound the light flashes red so I kept an eye on it to see how it did when she barked and watched her response. It works perfectly, even sometimes when she is clear across the house in another room or outside. She responds by visibly flinching and immediately quiets down. I’d say within a day her bad barking habit was gone. The bad: it occasionally picks up aberrant noises as barking. Since I already knew her response when it goes off I noticed a few times her flinching when we were cleaning or I was playing piano loudly on low keys. Sure enough it had gone off inappropriately. So now if we’re doing something really loud or if I’m playing the piano I unplug the battery (it would be really nice if it had an off switch, but it doesn’t) to avoid her being inappropriately corrected. I imagine if I didn’t take the time to do this, and she was unfairly corrected, she would either stop responding or be a very unhappy pup! To sum up, I’m really pleased with this product. But you do have to put some work in. I hope nobody is torturing their dogs with it expecting it to be foolproof. Read more
I bought this Indoor Bark Control trainer because my dogs have lately decided to bark and howl at random sounds late at night which isn't pleasant for my family or the neighbors. The actual sound emitted I can very faintly hear, which means I know when it is working but unlike my dogs it isn't uncomfortable for me. It is clear when the trainer emits the ultrasonic sound the dogs are affected and it so far has seemed to help curb the behavior. But the reason I gave it only three starts is because the detection of barking is very particular. I find the device doesn't work unless the dog is right next to it and barking. This means anytime they bark in another room or even just too far away from it, there is no correction of the behavior. I do like that there is a button you can manually push; I have begun just keeping it near me and setting it off when they bark. So overall I probably would look into a different product if they don't bark in the same spot or you do not want to manually correct your dogs behavior. But it does help get the job done. Read more
We bought this product with great hopes of having a little freedom without fear of upsetting the neighbours. We have two dogs: a 9-year-old Coton du Tuléar and an 18-month-old Miniature Schnauzer. The problem is, our Coton will bark at anything: a leaf floating by, a low-flying bird spotted from the window, the loo gurgling...etc. Her bark is acceptable and not very loud. Bailey's however is another story. His bark never "dropped" and he gives out a high-pitched, deafening whinny and then there's a feed-off-each-other barkfest. We went out ONCE in 18 months for dinner over at a friend's and when we came home, the neighbour politely notified us that she couldn't sleep as Bailey went on and on and she was worried he would have a heart attack. We set the unit up at dog level by the back door. Just to give you some idea of how insane it is when the postman comes, he wears EARPLUGS to deliver our mail. We have tried every training trick imaginable to quieten Bailey as soon as the postman comes, to no avail, so one of us has to pick him up and rush him out of the kitchen while the other signs for packages etc. While this is going on, the postman assures us that he has never met a dog like this, that there are some very good training programs etc. in the vicinity - you get the picture. So five minutes after setting this up, a bee buzzes past and Candy woofs. Bailey then begins the whinnying. Candy stops, head on one side, listens to the sound for a second or two, then carries on. Bailey follows suit while the unit flashes red to let US know it is working. This scenario repeated approximately 20 times before we decided to send the unit back. We are happy that it worked for some pooches and are now desperately trying to find some other, non-shocking or squirting device to help out. Read more
