Among new dog owners the question of training their dog not to bark at the
wrong time can be very difficult to answer. A bark shock collar is a good
solution to the barking problem, but a lot of people object to them because the
word "shock" brings them an image of electrocution.
First of all, owners have to understand that the concept of "punishment" is
different to dogs than it is to humans. Dogs don't have a good sense of the
future and they live mostly in the present, so unless you correct them at the
very moment they do something bad, they won't understand your actions. That word
‘punish’ is something else that new owners take offence at but they do not
realise that a dog can be very seriously ‘punished’ simply by the tone of the
owners’ voice. If the owner is berating the dog many minutes after the
‘offence’, the dog simply gets confused because it does not associate the
punishment with the offence.
Does a Bark Collar Work?
A dog bark shock collar delivers a calculated static discharge when barking is
occurring. The shock is fast and instantanenous and it happens at exactly the
same moment the dog incurs in bad behavior. Once the dog makes the link between
barking and punishment, it learns to stop the former to avoid the later. The
dog's natural resistance and thicker skin prevents it from feeling pain; in
fact, it's the confusion caused by the static shock that makes it stop barking
while it wonders what is happening.
Far from being cruel, a shock bark collar is the only way that an immediate
message can be sent to your dog when it behaves incorrectly and, by repetition,
teaches your dog how not to be punished.
A bark shock collar shouldn't be used more than 30 minutes a day, and only at
times where barking would be troublesome. Dogs are smart and they will learn to
stop "bad" barking in order to avoid the punishment once they figure out the
link between the barking and the shock. A dog's bark collar comes with
instructions, and if you just follow them, your dog will stop inconvenient
barking in no time.
A bark shock collar has a reputation of being cruel. Nevertheless, the shock is rather harmless and panlessl and it only confuses the dog a little. On the other hand, using a dog bark shock collar will help you train your dog and avoid invonvenient barking.
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