If you or your neighbours came to the conclusion that your dog barks too loud and too often, you do not need to worry because he is not necessarily suffering from any health problems. Many dogs like to bark loudly at twilight. If this bothers the people in the area, then you should find a solution fast.

How You Can Stop The Barking

You have to determine what stimulus makes your dog bark. What triggers the barking? Is it people walking past the house or yard? Is it boredom? If you can eliminate the underlying issue, you might not need a collar for your barking dog.

An animal should never be punished with physical violence. However, if you consider other types of punishment, do not apply them if your dog is under stress or is just scared. These two are also important factors that can cause the excessive barking. Try using positive training techniques instead. There are three different types of positive techniques and they include exposing the dog repeatedly to the stimuli that annoy him (such as meeting another dog while walking with you) while you try to calm it down and prevent the barking, distracting it with treats so that it does not pay attention to the stimuli anymore, or reshaping – barking on command. Sometimes none of the above works, so you need to resort to a professional dog trainer.

Dog Training Collars

Many dog owners successfully eliminate excess barking by putting a bark collar on their dog. There are many types of collars so you can pick the one that best serves your purposes.

There are collars with “citronella” that can spray when the dog starts to bark. These spray collars come in two versions. The first one pulverizes the spray without any warning and the other one utters a hissing sound that precedes the spraying, as a warning. Whenever the dog hears the sound, it will not start to bark for fear that it would get sprayed.

Other Bark collars use sonic or ultrasonic methods, using sounds that only your dog can hear. Because your dog does not like this type of sounds, it will not start barking when the stimulus occurs.

Another popular version of barking collars is the electronic collar, that gives a mild shock to the dog whenever it starts barking. It doesn’t hurt the dog, but it can deter barking.

You can find alternatives to these collars, but they will not be as effective. They can work by citronella spray, sonic / ultrasonic sounds, or electronic static. No type of bark collar can hurt your dog, but it can successfully prevent excessive barking.

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If you need a solution to prevent your dog from barking excessively, you can either use dog training or Bark collars. The latter comes in three versions, which are all very efficient – collars with citronella spray, electronic collars or sonic/ultrasonic dog collars. Any of these methods will not harm the animal. More information on barking collars is available here.