"No-Bark" Dog Collar

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     For dogs, there are many training tools that you can use to help them exhibit the proper behavior. One of those training tools is a no barking collar. The no barking collar is supposed to train the dog not to bark. It is a good tool for a dog that barks incessantly. Of course, it may be considered cruel depending on your thought process for dog training tools that exhibit the control. So let抯 look at the no bark collar in depth.

First, you need to understand that barking in an instinctual behavior for any breed of dog. They will bark in response to potential threats, happiness, or just to hear themselves talk. Since it is an instinctual behavior, it is most difficult to train the dog not to bark. There are certain dog breeds that will continue to bark for no reason at all. These dogs usually wear on their owners and their neighbors. If you are going to attempt to train your dog from barking you will need patience, persistence, and a gentle hand. Most often the effective training does include the no bark collars.

The no bark collars work with an electrical pulse. The electrical pulse is set low so that it will react when the dog barks. A dog wearing one of these collars is going to get a little shock. It is usually a kin to a shock from the carpet when you touch metal. It is unpleasant, but not harmful to the dog. You can increase the electrical shock or decrease it based on the training you are going to be doing. The more they wear the collar the less the dog should bark. You are programming your dog to believe that when they bark they will get shocked, and if unpleasant enough it will reprogram that instinctual behavior.
Of course the downside is the chance that they will not bark when it is necessary. Since you are training them not to bark at all, for any reason, the chances of them barking when there is an intruder or other threat will leave them silent. This means that you are in effect taking away one of their weapons against nature. This can have some irritating or bad effects if the dog can抰 bark to show there is danger. On the positive side, this isn抰 usually an issue for people who have security systems in their homes, as the security alarm replaces the need for a dog抯 bark.

When training, you do not want to over use the no bark collars. You should use it at a technique to keep the dog from barking at everyday things, but also incorporate other methods of training to show situations when it is okay for the dog to bark. For instance, you can use a voice command such as 搒peak?to teach the dog that he may bark when told to. Again, the choice to use the no bark collar lies in how you view the training method. Some prefer it, as it offers a hands-free approach to training, yet others prefer voice commands and hand signals.