Aside for being a dog's natural behavior, barking has some other meaning. Its their means of communication which seems to be more common in dogs compared to other canine species. Some of the most casual causes of excessive barking are the following:
1. Attention-seeking
2. Play/excitement
3. Self-identification
4. Bored
5. Lonely/anxious
6. Startle
Its always the best approach to first identify why your dog becomes hysterical all of a sudden and eliminate the cause as soon as possible. If you are in compact neighborhood, people around your house will get extremely irritated by the noise, I mean who won't? It's both unfair and unrealistic to expect your dogs to become mute but that's not a good enough explanation for most angry neighbors and napping relatives.
Training your dog to obey commands like "Be quiet" or "stop barking" and giving it a treat as reward will help it comprehend what you want him to do. However, if your dog barking is seriously disrupting the peace of the community and scarring off children, you should seriously consider purchasing an anti-bark collar. These devices will help make your neighbors feel safer when walking near the dog or passing by the house as some individuals are nervous around animals and feels very uncomfortable when hearing a bark.
Anti-bark collars are not harmful and were carefully made to restrain excessive barking and not to cause pain to your dog. There are different types of bark collars in local and online pet shops. As owners, it is best to know your dog and what type of collar could be the best deterrent to control its bark.
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The primary use of a bark collar is to prevent your dog from barking at the wrong place and at the wrong time. Though there could several valid reasons for your dog to act relentlessly like when you are out of the house for too long or smelled a visitor's scent or someone new to the house or maybe because it is just annoyed with the current condition it has at the moment of the mad behavior. Worse, dogs that disturbs the community may end up at the local Humane Society which most dog owners are afraid to happen. However, when bark collars were invented the trouble of the hysterical dogs come to pass and were solved effectively because of technology.
Basically, there are two types of bark collar in the market today. The electrical bark collar, that works by producing a warning tone or vibration when the dog first begins to bark. If the dog ignores the warning and continue to bark, it emits a small electric shock to prevent the dog from barking more. The collar's shock strength can be adjusted and owners natural set the power to minimum level that could catch the dogs attention. Some breeds have very high pain tolerance, such as the traditional fighting breeds, and this must be taken into account.
The spray collar on the other is also an effective bark control device which does not utilize electric shock but rather by a burst of all-natural citronella spray. Spray collars are perfectly not harmful but still an excellent deterrent to severe barking. Additionally, dogs don't like the hissing noise that comes from the collar, and they don't like the smell of the citronella. Normally, this type of collar works for dogs who ignores electric shocks.
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