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Even the most fervent dog lover can find it difficult to concentrate on his work when his pet’s barking reaches intolerable levels. If you have neighbors nearby they can probably hear your dog barking or howling all night too and this is just not fair. As a dog owner it is your responsibility to ensure your dog is at least trained well enough that they will not be barking incessantly at all times of the day and night.

Dogs bark and that is a fact but there are things you can do to teach your dog not to bark all the time. The bark dog collar is one of the most commonly used stop barking products available on the market today.

Your Options

If you have decided to get a bark dog collar for your favorite pet, then you need to decide which of the many types of collar you will get. For example, there is the shock collar, which is frowned upon by some dog owners. This collar uses an electric shock that actually shocks your dog when they bark. These collars are not painful to the dog, yet many dog owners dislike the idea of giving their dogs any type of electrical discharge, no matter how small it may be.

If you think that electrical shocks are unthinkable for dog correction, you can try other options, like the citronella collar, for example. The citronella anti bark collar works in exactly the same way as the shocking collar, but uses a spray of citronella smell on the dog’s muzzle instead of a shock. This is not going to harm the dog in any way and instead will stop him from barking because it will peak his curiosity.

The smell is quite potent and the dog is going to be curious as to where this new smell came from. Dogs are intelligent animals, and they eventually will realize the connection between the barking and the citronella spray, and will refrain from barking without a good reason when wearing the collar. Of course, the collar isn’t meant to completely eliminate the dog’s natural way of expression, which is why all models have a switch that allows you to turn it off to give your dog a rest or to let him be free to bark at intruders and strangers that break into your house.

A guard dog will bark at any movement or noise that it’s not familiar with or that seems out of place in the house that it’s defending; and without a collar that hampers the barking, the dog will continue to bark at it, scaring the stranger away and waking you up.

These collars are really something great and work effectively on almost all dogs they are used on

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