Are you fed up with constant barking at late hours of the night? Even the most experienced dog trainers sometimes have to face the fact that regular anti barking training isn’t working and a bark collar has to be brought in. Yes, a bark collar may not be the most dog friendly training gadget on the planet but it serves its purpose.

Because each dog is different and reacts differently, it pays to spend some time evaluating the different types of bark collars there are. If you are serious about getting a bark collar, here you have some common types and some basic information on how they work.

The Ultrasound Bark Collar

This collar is one of the most popular collars that are available for the general public. Like a gadget from a James Bond movie, this bark collar emits a very high pitched sound when it detects excessive barking. The sound is meant to distract the dog from the source of the barking and make him wonder what’s going on. The sound that the collar emit is so high pitched that humans can’t hear it at all, although dogs can hear it without a problem. There are some dog owners that believe that the sound can be harmful becuase it’s so high pitched, but despite what you see in movies, you don’t suffer just because a sound is high pitched, like a high pitched opea singer. Besides, most dogs stop barking upon hearing the high pitched sound from the collar so they won’t be exposed to it for a long time.

Spray Collar

This collar works by spraying a small essence of citronella in front of the dog’s nose whenever the dog barks. Citronella is annoying to a dog’s taste. With time, the dog will figure out the relationship between the citronella spray and his own barking, reacting accordingly. Now, the downside of this type of collar is that smell of the citronella often lingers on the snout of your dog for several minutes or even hours in some cases. Some dogs might believe that the punishment still continues and might not make the connection with the barking. If your dog’s sense of smell is specially suceptible to citronella, then you’d better get a different type of bark collar.

Electrical Shock Collar

Putting a shock collar on your dog’s neck may be an effective way to stop your dog from barking incessantly but this practice may have some negative effect on your dog. The collar works by sending light electric pulses to the dog’s neck muscles whenever the dog barks. Although the electric shocks may be mild and tolerable, still, the electric shock can be a bit painful on your dog.

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