Archive for December, 2009
Bark Control Collar FAQs
1. How effective are bark collars? 2. Will my dog need to wear a collar forever?
No. Once training is complete, you should be able to remove the collar, though retraining may be necessary with some dogs. Complete training instructions are provided with each collar.
3. Which bark control device is right for me?
There are two basic models: automatic units and handheld units. Both are equally effective but their applications differ. Remote units, such as bark collars, are ideal when inappropriate barking occurs when the owner is absent or when barking takes place in random or unpredictable locations. Handheld units are effective when the owner is present to correct the barking.
Dogs at Christmas
Two of the four dogs
We have just completed our family Christmas and I am so proud of our dogs! There were 10 people, including three children, staying at my house, and giving the four dogs lots of attention! I did not have to use my bark collars other than the first day, and we hardly heard a peep from them from that time on! The kids played with them, walked them on leashes, and gave them all lots of love, and the dogs were definitely on their best behavior. Now everyone has gone home and the dogs seem lost without all of the attention! I hope all of you had as much fun with your dogs over the holidays!
Bark Control Training
From Bark-control.net
PetSafe Deluxe Anti-Bark Collar
Evaluating the reason why your pet dog is a nuisance barker is essential in implementing proper bark control treatment. One thing to consider is the dog’s home environment. There are cases where a dog’s environment inadvertently triggers the pet’s barking problem. It is said that a dog picks up on his owner’s behavior. A nervous owner begets a nervous dog. Are you too worried Spot might run away that you almost never let him out? Is your schedule too tight that a walk in the park is an appointment to be made a week ahead? To solve dog barking problems, half of the solution is a commitment of time and effort from you, the owner.
Treatment is still possible if there is no change of environment as long as the stimulus to the problem barking is identified. The next step is to desensitize your pet by teaching your dog a series of command responses that can be done anytime the dog shows signs of reverting. To desensitize means to make someone less sensitive or less fearful. The commands given to the pet dog motivates him to take it easy. Days of training and gradual introduction to stimuli would result in the dog’s totally ignoring it. During this, the owner shows the dog that his owner is in charge of the situation.
Will your dog still bark up a storm when left alone at home? Yes, more often than not, dogs still do after desensitization. Since the dog is dependent on the commands given by you, your presence is needed to quiet him down. There is the need to counter-condition your pet into limiting his ruckus without you physically there. To counter-condition your pet calls for lots of imagination. We suggest that before you leave you order your dog to sit. Close the door and walk a block away, then go back. When you hear and see your dog behaving, reward him with a treat. If at first it fails, do not reprimand your pet. Not rewarding him and ignoring him will teach your pet barking out loud goes unrewarded. Try this several times a day, until your pet gets it right.
Since not all dogs are simple to train, you may consider using a bark collar to aid you. These collars come in three types: Shock Collars, UltraSonic Bark Collars and the Citronella Bark Collars.
Excessive Barking
PetSafe Standard No Bark Collar
From Bark-collars.net
Excessive Barking?
Dogs are man’s best friend but what do you do if your best friend barks most of the day? First thing you have to understand is that your dog is an animal subject to instincts and not inclined to feel the embarrassment it causes during one of its barking fits. Before you write off your dog as a nuisance barker, it would be advisable to find out what causes it.
A dog would normally bark from time to time, just as a couple of kids playing can cause noise fit for a platoon. Since barking is a way for your dog to communicate, these are the norms for dog barking.
Territorial (possessive)barking/ Protective barking
Your dog is ruled by its instincts referring mostly to their senses, specifically scent and sound. A change of the usual sound and smell of its environment stirs it bark excessively. The scent of a person may be familiar at day time, but when a whiff of this person’s scent comes at night your dog instinctively barks intruder! This barking is accompanied by your dog’s tail tensed upward and its ears up and tilting forward.
Fear and Phobia
Excessive barking is a symptom of frustration and loneliness. This usually is true in puppies who aren’t used to not being “babied” anymore (change in attention received) and with working breeds that feel satisfaction being on the go or having a job to do. Nuisance barking also occurs in a change of environment for a normal adult dog. The lack of interaction with you or your dog is longing for a playmate.
Separation Anxiety
Your dog sees you as family. The mere jiggle of your car keys signals departure and likely to put your dog into a barking fit. A change in environment, like a new house or a new schedule of the family that leaves your pet alone most of the day brings about the excessive barking and whinnying.
In pain or symptoms of sickness
Just like a sick person, dogs (especially the old ones) are cranky and tend to bark more often when experiencing intense pain or discomfort. It is best to check your dog’s overall health before writing him off as an excessive barker.
Once understood, you can find the best way to help your pet tone down on it’s barking. There are Bark Control Training Classes you can enroll your dog in. And if Spot flunks Bark Control Training, there is also the Dog Bark Collar. It comes in different sizes designed to suit your dog.
The Neighbors Don’t Complain Anymore
My sister’s little Yorkshire terrier-Scout-barks all the time. It’s not that he’s a mean dog – he’s not. It’s more that he gets overly excited and wants to greet everyone with barking. Barking, after all, is a dog’s way of saying hello.
Too bad my sister lives in a condo in the city and her neighbors don’t have the patience to hear a dog barking all the time (I wonder why?) Complaints forced my sister to reluctantly use a dog bark collar on her beloved pet. However, the collar has helped a lot and the neighbors haven’t complained since she started using it.
Dog Training With and Without Dog Training Collars
From Dogtrainingcollar-4less.com
One of the reason for doing an obedience dog training is to establish a foundation to owners and to the dog while many owners believe that dog training is only for those who wish to compete in obedience trials. Dog training requires only a simple persistence to be successful and can be useful to help fulfill some of the dog’s basic and social interaction needs. Here are some dog training collar tips to guide owners along the way.
Here are some quick dog training collar tips to help get owners started.
- Firm and Friendly
When owners give commands such as come, owners want to use a happy and friendly voice. On the other hand, owners will want a lower firmer voice for sit, down, and stay commands. - Praise & Reward
Always praise the dog or offer him treats when he learns new commands - Be Patient
Patience is the key when owners are training their dog. Focus on a single command per session and end it on a positive note. Dog’s are incredibly smart and will pick up all the commands. After each session, spend some time playing. He will associate the time with owners as positive and anticipate his training again. - Use the correct dog training equipment If owners have a well-behaved dog, a lead and a buckle will do on the obedience training. However, if the dog is uncontrollable with undesirable and distracting behaviors, owners should use a dog training collar. Owners don’t have to worry about the size as most remote dog training collar devices now clearly indicate what size of dog the training collar is intended for.
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PetSafe Deluxe Little Dog Remote Trainer
Dog training collars can be really helpful to many dog owners. A remote dog training collar comes by many names and with various different styles including basic dog collar, electronic dog collar, remote dog collar, tone collar, vibration collar, shock dog collar, beeper collar, bark collar (or no bark collars) and sporting collar. These are the most popular dog training collar devices for both amateur and professional dog trainers.
- No Distractions
Try to pick a quiet area when training the dog to do tricks or commands. A secluded back yard works best if owners want to train the dog for basic obedience commands only - Reprimand
Do not hit the dog! Any time the dog has undesirable behavior, be firm and friendly or use a remote dog training collar if the traditional methods used were ineffective. - Be Positive
It is necessary to use positive reinforcement when training the dog by offering some dog treats and a lot of praise if he performs correctly and learn new commands.
- Play with the dog
Dogs which are trained are a pleasure to take for a walk and a pleasure to own
Canine Communication
From Bark-Collars.net
Canine Communication
Though we tend to liken our pets to humans, your pet dog has come from a long list of wild canine animals before he evolved as a domesticated breed. The inborn behavior of your pet can be compared to that of it’s wild relatives: the wolf, coyote, fox and the jackal. There are instinctive behaviors that pet dogs know from the womb and do not have to be taught to them. These include vocalization, body language and marking; also termed – Canine communication.
At four weeks of age pet puppies bark, whine, growl and howl just like pups of their wild relatives. These sounds, for whatever purpose they were made by your pet, are ways of canine communication. An old chinese proverb says “One dog barks at something and a hundred bark at the sound. ” A dog’s excessive barking may mean lots of things - their sounds are ways of provoking excitement, fear, possession, pain, happiness or playfulness.
Vocalization and Body Language
Canine communication can also mean the dog’s use of body language. Your pet’s facial expression, ear tilt, tail carraige, his hackle (raised hair at the neck down to its back) display and body stance signal your dog’s state of fear. excitement, aggression or submission. Signs of hostility (in pain, possessiveness or protection) in dogs include curling of the lips, baring of teeth, flattened ears, tense tail, stiff legs and bristling hackle; this is either accompanied by a growl or bark. Your pets hostile reaction means he feels a threat or fear for safety (his & yours).
All dogs have keen senses; if something obscures its sense of peace and security it would most certainly be hostile. There are times when dogs get too intimidated with something strange or foreign to their senses like engine noises, fireworks and gunfire. Dogs may also show fear by tucking their tails between their legs, their ears tilted backward, eyes downcast (almost pleading). The canine communication you’re familiar with would be when the dog jumps up on you to welcome you home, half sitting and half crawling, ears tilted back and lips bared as if in a goofy smile. All of the afore-mentioned actions include yodelling or yipping.
Understanding your dog’s means of communication will go a long ways in assisting you with his training and teaching you how to use dog training collars.
Turn Down the Volume
Bark control collars can make all the difference if your dog is a little to enthusiastic about barking. Some dogs, especially deaf ones, can bark incessantly only seeming to get louder as time goes on. With a quality model, like a PetSafe dog training collar, you can help them turn down the volume and save your ears, your peace of mind and probably get a few extra hours of sleep.
What’s more, your neighbors will almost certainly appreciate the purchase of a bark control device for your dog since a dog’s barking is often enough to drive a normal person mad. With recent innovations in collar technology, today’s models are more effective than ever and prices continue to drop.