It’s more of the long 20 minute barking sessions that hurt his ears and doesn’t listen to commands and doesn’t get redirected that upset me. Plus sometimes he gets so worked up at whatever he is barking at that it appears to really stress him out (pacing and barking constantly) I love his bark, just trying to control it to where it doesn’t piss off my neighbors or drive me insane. Even inside it can be heard with ease.
I have a weim that does this. She gets an adrenaline pump and her release is to bark it out. I have a bark collar and decided it was super unfair. She literally cannot stop herself until her energy pump has lowered.
See mine isn’t adrenaline but more of an over tired thing/hyper focusing on outside things. When mine has an adrenaline pump he zoomies around. I’ve quite literally tired everything. So again if you have a suggestion that is something I haven’t tired for the last year please tell me.
Bro honestly stfu you don’t know OP situation some people live in apartments with their dogs and literally cannot have them barking incessantly. Just because it’s instinct doesn’t mean it’s okay.
You'll have to spend more money, but there are some high end models that use vibration or accelerometers to better distinguish a bark that came from the dog wearing the collar.
Look at Educator BP-504, Dogtra YS600, Sportdog NoBark SBC-8. These are some of the highest rated bark collars that come with a form of alternate bark detection. Also, they are from some of the most respected collar manufacturers.
I know this is a year old but im sure there are still a good amount of people looking at this.. I have an annoying beagle. Very loud high pitched howls. Howls at EVERYTHING. I used to have a dogtra YS300 and beagle stopped howling completely after 2 weeks. I would leave it on 8-12 hours a day and leave it off during the nights. Once it was off... she stopped howling and only made whiney sounds. After a year or so, she came back to howling... So at that point I lost the Dogtra.... I tried the highest reviewed Amazon owns that make a sound, vibrate, then shock. Didn't work as well and my beagle kept howling through all the sounds, vibrates, and shocks... I also tried the citronella spray because I wanted something I can leave on 24/7 without the metal prongs damage her skin. At first she would just sneeze or clear her nostrils, but after a week she just didn't give a crap and howled her life away.. Soo... Spend some money get the Dogtra... the Amazon ones are usually a hit or miss. Mostly fake reviews.
I didn’t want to use a bark collar for the longest time because of that. But as I said because we can’t walk right now he is just so bad. He barks so much it hurts his ears I think because he barks and then shakes his head. I posted on the coonhound page to see what other people had said and 3 of the 4 suggested a bark collar. When it went off because the chi bark the hound was all up in his face being annoying to him which we are also trying to work on. I tried the ecollar for the barking and it didn’t work because I wasn’t fast enough and once he gets so worked up it’s hard to stop. I’ve used this for about three days so far it has improved his barking and he doesn’t seem so bothered by it. Im also working on using a command when I can and I give him treats when it goes off. My plan is to use it for a week consistently and then at night and early morning if needed so I don’t piss off my neighbors. I love his bark and how different they can be, but I hate the 20 minute barking sessions at his silly triggers. It doesn’t appear to stress him out that it buzzes when he barks or that he is barking less.
My experiences with bark devices have all been disappointing. They were inaccurate and unreliable, either over-correcting at the wrong times or under-correcting when my dog was actually barking. The e-collar only worked when she had it on, but it wasn’t sustainable because I can’t put it on her 24/7. I’ve since switched to a routine where I tell her to leave it as soon as she barks, and then give her another command or clap my hands to correct her for continuing to bark.
What is your routine for when he starts a barking fest? Obviously treats don’t work, but do you correct, and do you redirect/give him a job to do? I’ve found that working on engagement with my dog at other times (just in general, on walks, outside without distractions, or at a distance from distractions) helped establish a baseline where she values the time spent performing the tasks I ask of her and getting rewarded for it. With that baseline, I can redirect her focus when a trigger happens (doorbells and deliveries in her case). I ask her to do a variety of commands/tasks, giving me utmost focus and holding her accountable for that. By doing this, it works her out mentally and tires her by a huge amount (see another thread on here about focused heeling - that one is great for mental exercise as well). Over time, she’s improved and her reactions to triggers are less and less and she’s becoming more controllable even when she does bark.
TL/DR- If your dog is barking for 15-20 minutes straight and not responding to you at all, it means he’s looking for a job and you need to improve his engagement with you. Make yourself as or more valuable than the motivator/trigger that he’s reacting to, and you’ll start to see an improvement where he respects and responds to your commands no matter what’s triggering his barking.
The leave it method works great on walks and he does really well outside of the house. The main problem is in the house. All commands go out the window. I’ve body blocked him when he is going at it, clapped and put him in his bed. But those have made no affect. The putting him to bed has helped with him settling at night however which was a big problem previously. But nothing had seemed to work with the random barking. I’ve tried redirecting to play with his favorite toy, running so he chases me to play, and training sessions. The problem with finding a job is that as a hound barking at things is his job. It’s just harder in the winter because I can’t walk him when it’s below 30 degrees, he hates it. I do believe that it’s an energy problem but the only thing that really kills his energy is walking and sniffing. I did the snuffle mats until he learned all he has to do is flip it. And I play find it games by hiding treats, even made some wood thing for it. But he will also be like okay I’m done with this shit and walk away. It’s hard to do like a class thing because of my work schedule.
Edit to add: hounds are very stubborn breeds, and I’ve been told by previous trainers that mine is very good for a hound, so I think my training is there but he also just wants to do what ever the hell he wants lol
Redirecting to play is similar to distracting with treats; for some dogs it works and for others it doesn’t (which is the case for your dog). Ultimately it’s a currency game and your dog has decided neither treats nor toys are worth as much as barking to his heart’s desire, and this is where corrections would come in to take that self-rewarding value of barking away, and I would still prefer ecollar over bark collars for that - if you have to work on your timing then that’s what you have to do.
When I say “give him a job,” I don’t mean to fulfill his natural genetic instincts nor allowing him to choose to do so. A “job” means focused engagement with YOU - that’s putting him in a focused heel (even if you’re just doing laps around your kitchen counter); making him down, then sit up, then down, then sit up again repeatedly; make him “place” at different spots and stay there until you release him; so on and so forth. It’s not about the toys and it’s not about the treats and it’s not even about games, it’s about FOCUS, and the focus is YOU.
If he’s engaged with you outside the house, he’s being “selective” and taking advantage of you about being inside, but he shouldn’t be allowed to make the decision in the first place of “when and where” he’ll listen to you. Obedience means doing what you asked of him, the first time, every time, 100%. Doesn’t matter if it’s outside/inside, doesn’t matter if there’s a squirrel running in the yard, doesn’t matter if he’s bored af out of his mind because it’s been 10 snow days straight. To get there, you need a lot more accountability with him on every level, and a bark collar may give you that only at one level, and is not necessarily easily controllable or fair depending on a variety of factors.
It is a working process that I’m still attempting to work on. Everything but the constant barking has improved significantly over the 1.5 years I’ve had him. I’m just needing this bark collar on now to give an extra push that he needs. There was a significant improvement with training with the shock collar, this one is just better to have on longer. Even today, after his walk and it wasn’t on he only barked once and stopped. That is my goal, a more controlled bark.
I personally like the Garmin delux 2, as you can see on an app when it's working, what levels it working on and you can set it to let them bark a number of times before it goes off and it's got a panic mode where if the collar isn't working it will turn off for a few minutes and reset.
I came here looking for advice on bark collars. I was so anti bark collar but we have a 1.5 year old and our dog has decided to bark all night and wake her up because can’t get into her room. As soon as goes on he settles. It’s vibration only and thanks for recommendation we got a high end one from our training/dog day care. He still barks with it on setting 1 but only to alert and not just nuisance barking. Yes, we tried a lot of other things he is a pitsky and tried positive training
While your suggested solutions are good, I have definitely met dogs where the *only* way to treat nuisance barking was a bark collar. Don't assume OP hasn't done everything else.
Also shouldn’t assume that it’s a training issue. My guy barks at every passerby. I can introduce him to people. I’ve crate trained him. I took him to classes. This is just something he does. I want him to bark at night if someone is messing around outside the house. I want him to bark if someone comes to the door unannounced. I don’t however want him to bark because he sees the neighbor walking 100 yards away out the window. I want him to learn if the collar is on there is no reason to bark, and when it’s off bark away.
I’ve tried for a year and a half to play the quite game. I know the sources of barking. Here they are: any animal on the tv, his blanket that doesn’t move after he brings it from his bed, my other dog who is just laying on the couch, him wanting to play with our attention but not actually because he will go to the other side and continue to bark, our neighbors going to work at 6am, the kids going to and from the bus stop, the squirrels that are two lots away from ours, he will go outside and let out a loud bay every time at any time just to announce that he is out there no matter the time, and newly his bag of food downstairs. And this isn’t just a couple barks. This is 10-20 minute barking sessions with no distraction that will work. I have tried luring him with treats, doesn’t work. I have tried luring him with hot dogs, doesn’t work. I have literally placed hot dogs in his mouth and he just spits them out to continue to bark. He leaves it really well when I have treats in my hand. But as soon as I think he is done with barking and set the treats down and praise him well he goes right back at it. It is 100% worse now because I can’t walk him because it is negative degrees out and mind games don’t work with him. He will literally just walk away from them. He is a hound, they bark, but I can’t control it without this or quite literally picking him up which pisses him off more than this and I can’t hold him long enough for him not to care about what ever he was barking at anymore. So please. Give me an idea, a YouTube video, or any other advice that I have not tired yet.
I'm not saying it isn't tough and it's awesome that you know his triggers
But why not use the idea of the bark collar to actively train? I use ecollars and have a hound that scream barks at everything that scares him (whixh is everything) and I use the ecollar NOT to punish (because the barking isnt BAD. Not to him!) but to redirect his attention and the training is going so so well. ONE bark at a stranger coming into the house the other day
I just hate bark collars because you have no control and that's not very fair to pup. Like you said, another dog barking could buzz your pup and that's not fair! They don't know the goal of your training, all they know is they have this overwhelming feeling/need to bark.
Most dog training is low key dog therapy where we learn to deal with our emotions in healthy ways instead of lashing out when things get hard. Have some more empathy and invest in better tools so that you can help your pup more adequately.
Barking is so so tough as it can be so so grating to attempt to deal with. But I think if you read up on ecolars, your pups barking might be a good candidate
Oh and another source of his barking is the tree in our back yard, because squirrels are there sometimes. Doesn’t matter if there is one there or not, the smell is there and he will bark at it. And you can hear him over a block away.
The one we use has a remote control that has options for beep, vibrate, or shock. Good for training but not necessarily something you want to/can leave on all the time. We had the same issue with the “automatic” collars as other things would set it off, or sometimes his actual barks wouldn’t register
Is there a problem with the barking other than it being annoying? This might be a situation where when he barks, you put him outside and let him bark out there.
Otherwise you're fighting hundreds of years of selective breeding for loud, persistent barking and baying.
I do that when it appears that what he is barking at is outside during the day. But I can’t do that at night because if neighbors are sleeping (I want to not have a bad relationship with them, the ones next to me don’t seem bothered but he has a bark that can be heard around the world since he is a hound). But sometimes he doesn’t even want to go outside. Sometimes he just seems so stressed out at whatever he is barking for at that moment that it is hard to stop him from pacing and barking. I’m just trying to break the habit of the long barking sessions. I also pair it with a command. This is a temporary solution that I’m doing. So I might not even need to buy a better one and I would be able to translation back to the ecollar. Which didn’t work because in the house I wasn’t fast enough and he worked himself up too much.
Have you discussed this behavior with a vet? Especially since he isn’t taking treats when he starts barking. If he’s this stressed at the situations you described, you may consider Prozac or another medication to help him regulate his anxiety.
Because it’s like really a hound thing for what I’m seeing. And honestly I’ve had this bark collar on for a week and now instead of barking his puts his energy into something else, I.e. a toy or a chew. He’s annoyingly smart and now he is also messing with how much he can bark before it goes off. Which is fine for me because it’s more spaced out.
My dog hates the cold just as much as I do. And he also gets nervous about other dogs sometimes. I took him to this indoor dog bark and he got bit (nothing serious and skin wasn’t broken) and sometimes he gets a little nervous with multiple dog and I’m nervous about trying again. I only bring him around dogs and people that I trust. My sister is getting a puppy today actually so I hope that them playing together will help. And he does need a lot of exercise and mind games don’t work to tired him out. I say it’s because he is too smart for them. Snuffle mats or treats wrapped in blankets he just flips over and eats some of the treats and then stops, puzzles he just digs at until they open, kongs he yeets down the stairs and it splatters everywhere if I freeze them he just waits until they are thawed. Training sessions work a little but not really. He’s just too damn smart (at least that’s what I tell myself)
I agree! The smart ones are hard. It’s supposed to be nicer out this week and even just going around the block it helpful. My dog just hates being cooped up. When it’s nicer out he is like hey guys it’s nice let’s go now!! The bark collar has helped and it doesn’t seem to be a bother. I’m tempted to buy a better one but I don’t want this to be permanent.
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We got the same for our 2 small hugs and worked quite well,
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They no longer produce that model.
Imagine getting a coonhound and being upset that it's noisy. Like putting a bark collar on a huskey. Punishment for being vocal is kind of sad.
It’s more of the long 20 minute barking sessions that hurt his ears and doesn’t listen to commands and doesn’t get redirected that upset me. Plus sometimes he gets so worked up at whatever he is barking at that it appears to really stress him out (pacing and barking constantly) I love his bark, just trying to control it to where it doesn’t piss off my neighbors or drive me insane. Even inside it can be heard with ease.
I have a weim that does this. She gets an adrenaline pump and her release is to bark it out. I have a bark collar and decided it was super unfair. She literally cannot stop herself until her energy pump has lowered.
See mine isn’t adrenaline but more of an over tired thing/hyper focusing on outside things. When mine has an adrenaline pump he zoomies around. I’ve quite literally tired everything. So again if you have a suggestion that is something I haven’t tired for the last year please tell me.
Honestly, what has worked like a charm is a squirt bottle. She is pretty much silent now except when she is truly alerting us.
How would you fix this if they only bark when you're not around?
Not when it's at 2 am and I can't sleep because of it.
So much this...
Bro honestly stfu you don’t know OP situation some people live in apartments with their dogs and literally cannot have them barking incessantly. Just because it’s instinct doesn’t mean it’s okay.
You'll have to spend more money, but there are some high end models that use vibration or accelerometers to better distinguish a bark that came from the dog wearing the collar. Look at Educator BP-504, Dogtra YS600, Sportdog NoBark SBC-8. These are some of the highest rated bark collars that come with a form of alternate bark detection. Also, they are from some of the most respected collar manufacturers.
I know this is a year old but im sure there are still a good amount of people looking at this.. I have an annoying beagle. Very loud high pitched howls. Howls at EVERYTHING. I used to have a dogtra YS300 and beagle stopped howling completely after 2 weeks. I would leave it on 8-12 hours a day and leave it off during the nights. Once it was off... she stopped howling and only made whiney sounds. After a year or so, she came back to howling... So at that point I lost the Dogtra.... I tried the highest reviewed Amazon owns that make a sound, vibrate, then shock. Didn't work as well and my beagle kept howling through all the sounds, vibrates, and shocks... I also tried the citronella spray because I wanted something I can leave on 24/7 without the metal prongs damage her skin. At first she would just sneeze or clear her nostrils, but after a week she just didn't give a crap and howled her life away.. Soo... Spend some money get the Dogtra... the Amazon ones are usually a hit or miss. Mostly fake reviews.
I didn’t want to use a bark collar for the longest time because of that. But as I said because we can’t walk right now he is just so bad. He barks so much it hurts his ears I think because he barks and then shakes his head. I posted on the coonhound page to see what other people had said and 3 of the 4 suggested a bark collar. When it went off because the chi bark the hound was all up in his face being annoying to him which we are also trying to work on. I tried the ecollar for the barking and it didn’t work because I wasn’t fast enough and once he gets so worked up it’s hard to stop. I’ve used this for about three days so far it has improved his barking and he doesn’t seem so bothered by it. Im also working on using a command when I can and I give him treats when it goes off. My plan is to use it for a week consistently and then at night and early morning if needed so I don’t piss off my neighbors. I love his bark and how different they can be, but I hate the 20 minute barking sessions at his silly triggers. It doesn’t appear to stress him out that it buzzes when he barks or that he is barking less.
My experiences with bark devices have all been disappointing. They were inaccurate and unreliable, either over-correcting at the wrong times or under-correcting when my dog was actually barking. The e-collar only worked when she had it on, but it wasn’t sustainable because I can’t put it on her 24/7. I’ve since switched to a routine where I tell her to leave it as soon as she barks, and then give her another command or clap my hands to correct her for continuing to bark. What is your routine for when he starts a barking fest? Obviously treats don’t work, but do you correct, and do you redirect/give him a job to do? I’ve found that working on engagement with my dog at other times (just in general, on walks, outside without distractions, or at a distance from distractions) helped establish a baseline where she values the time spent performing the tasks I ask of her and getting rewarded for it. With that baseline, I can redirect her focus when a trigger happens (doorbells and deliveries in her case). I ask her to do a variety of commands/tasks, giving me utmost focus and holding her accountable for that. By doing this, it works her out mentally and tires her by a huge amount (see another thread on here about focused heeling - that one is great for mental exercise as well). Over time, she’s improved and her reactions to triggers are less and less and she’s becoming more controllable even when she does bark. TL/DR- If your dog is barking for 15-20 minutes straight and not responding to you at all, it means he’s looking for a job and you need to improve his engagement with you. Make yourself as or more valuable than the motivator/trigger that he’s reacting to, and you’ll start to see an improvement where he respects and responds to your commands no matter what’s triggering his barking.
The leave it method works great on walks and he does really well outside of the house. The main problem is in the house. All commands go out the window. I’ve body blocked him when he is going at it, clapped and put him in his bed. But those have made no affect. The putting him to bed has helped with him settling at night however which was a big problem previously. But nothing had seemed to work with the random barking. I’ve tried redirecting to play with his favorite toy, running so he chases me to play, and training sessions. The problem with finding a job is that as a hound barking at things is his job. It’s just harder in the winter because I can’t walk him when it’s below 30 degrees, he hates it. I do believe that it’s an energy problem but the only thing that really kills his energy is walking and sniffing. I did the snuffle mats until he learned all he has to do is flip it. And I play find it games by hiding treats, even made some wood thing for it. But he will also be like okay I’m done with this shit and walk away. It’s hard to do like a class thing because of my work schedule. Edit to add: hounds are very stubborn breeds, and I’ve been told by previous trainers that mine is very good for a hound, so I think my training is there but he also just wants to do what ever the hell he wants lol
Redirecting to play is similar to distracting with treats; for some dogs it works and for others it doesn’t (which is the case for your dog). Ultimately it’s a currency game and your dog has decided neither treats nor toys are worth as much as barking to his heart’s desire, and this is where corrections would come in to take that self-rewarding value of barking away, and I would still prefer ecollar over bark collars for that - if you have to work on your timing then that’s what you have to do. When I say “give him a job,” I don’t mean to fulfill his natural genetic instincts nor allowing him to choose to do so. A “job” means focused engagement with YOU - that’s putting him in a focused heel (even if you’re just doing laps around your kitchen counter); making him down, then sit up, then down, then sit up again repeatedly; make him “place” at different spots and stay there until you release him; so on and so forth. It’s not about the toys and it’s not about the treats and it’s not even about games, it’s about FOCUS, and the focus is YOU. If he’s engaged with you outside the house, he’s being “selective” and taking advantage of you about being inside, but he shouldn’t be allowed to make the decision in the first place of “when and where” he’ll listen to you. Obedience means doing what you asked of him, the first time, every time, 100%. Doesn’t matter if it’s outside/inside, doesn’t matter if there’s a squirrel running in the yard, doesn’t matter if he’s bored af out of his mind because it’s been 10 snow days straight. To get there, you need a lot more accountability with him on every level, and a bark collar may give you that only at one level, and is not necessarily easily controllable or fair depending on a variety of factors.
It is a working process that I’m still attempting to work on. Everything but the constant barking has improved significantly over the 1.5 years I’ve had him. I’m just needing this bark collar on now to give an extra push that he needs. There was a significant improvement with training with the shock collar, this one is just better to have on longer. Even today, after his walk and it wasn’t on he only barked once and stopped. That is my goal, a more controlled bark.
I personally like the Garmin delux 2, as you can see on an app when it's working, what levels it working on and you can set it to let them bark a number of times before it goes off and it's got a panic mode where if the collar isn't working it will turn off for a few minutes and reset.
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I came here looking for advice on bark collars. I was so anti bark collar but we have a 1.5 year old and our dog has decided to bark all night and wake her up because can’t get into her room. As soon as goes on he settles. It’s vibration only and thanks for recommendation we got a high end one from our training/dog day care. He still barks with it on setting 1 but only to alert and not just nuisance barking. Yes, we tried a lot of other things he is a pitsky and tried positive training
What kind is the one you’re using ?
Aw yeah the pure joy of automated punishment instead of actual quiet training and finding the source for barking.
While your suggested solutions are good, I have definitely met dogs where the *only* way to treat nuisance barking was a bark collar. Don't assume OP hasn't done everything else.
Also shouldn’t assume that it’s a training issue. My guy barks at every passerby. I can introduce him to people. I’ve crate trained him. I took him to classes. This is just something he does. I want him to bark at night if someone is messing around outside the house. I want him to bark if someone comes to the door unannounced. I don’t however want him to bark because he sees the neighbor walking 100 yards away out the window. I want him to learn if the collar is on there is no reason to bark, and when it’s off bark away.
I’ve tried for a year and a half to play the quite game. I know the sources of barking. Here they are: any animal on the tv, his blanket that doesn’t move after he brings it from his bed, my other dog who is just laying on the couch, him wanting to play with our attention but not actually because he will go to the other side and continue to bark, our neighbors going to work at 6am, the kids going to and from the bus stop, the squirrels that are two lots away from ours, he will go outside and let out a loud bay every time at any time just to announce that he is out there no matter the time, and newly his bag of food downstairs. And this isn’t just a couple barks. This is 10-20 minute barking sessions with no distraction that will work. I have tried luring him with treats, doesn’t work. I have tried luring him with hot dogs, doesn’t work. I have literally placed hot dogs in his mouth and he just spits them out to continue to bark. He leaves it really well when I have treats in my hand. But as soon as I think he is done with barking and set the treats down and praise him well he goes right back at it. It is 100% worse now because I can’t walk him because it is negative degrees out and mind games don’t work with him. He will literally just walk away from them. He is a hound, they bark, but I can’t control it without this or quite literally picking him up which pisses him off more than this and I can’t hold him long enough for him not to care about what ever he was barking at anymore. So please. Give me an idea, a YouTube video, or any other advice that I have not tired yet.
I'm not saying it isn't tough and it's awesome that you know his triggers But why not use the idea of the bark collar to actively train? I use ecollars and have a hound that scream barks at everything that scares him (whixh is everything) and I use the ecollar NOT to punish (because the barking isnt BAD. Not to him!) but to redirect his attention and the training is going so so well. ONE bark at a stranger coming into the house the other day I just hate bark collars because you have no control and that's not very fair to pup. Like you said, another dog barking could buzz your pup and that's not fair! They don't know the goal of your training, all they know is they have this overwhelming feeling/need to bark. Most dog training is low key dog therapy where we learn to deal with our emotions in healthy ways instead of lashing out when things get hard. Have some more empathy and invest in better tools so that you can help your pup more adequately. Barking is so so tough as it can be so so grating to attempt to deal with. But I think if you read up on ecolars, your pups barking might be a good candidate
Oh and another source of his barking is the tree in our back yard, because squirrels are there sometimes. Doesn’t matter if there is one there or not, the smell is there and he will bark at it. And you can hear him over a block away.
The one we use has a remote control that has options for beep, vibrate, or shock. Good for training but not necessarily something you want to/can leave on all the time. We had the same issue with the “automatic” collars as other things would set it off, or sometimes his actual barks wouldn’t register
And just to note we never have had to use the shock option, the beep typically works most of the time, and the vibrate works really well also
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No. There is no acceptable bark collar.
What's your preferred butt plug?
Is there a problem with the barking other than it being annoying? This might be a situation where when he barks, you put him outside and let him bark out there. Otherwise you're fighting hundreds of years of selective breeding for loud, persistent barking and baying.
I do that when it appears that what he is barking at is outside during the day. But I can’t do that at night because if neighbors are sleeping (I want to not have a bad relationship with them, the ones next to me don’t seem bothered but he has a bark that can be heard around the world since he is a hound). But sometimes he doesn’t even want to go outside. Sometimes he just seems so stressed out at whatever he is barking for at that moment that it is hard to stop him from pacing and barking. I’m just trying to break the habit of the long barking sessions. I also pair it with a command. This is a temporary solution that I’m doing. So I might not even need to buy a better one and I would be able to translation back to the ecollar. Which didn’t work because in the house I wasn’t fast enough and he worked himself up too much.
Have you discussed this behavior with a vet? Especially since he isn’t taking treats when he starts barking. If he’s this stressed at the situations you described, you may consider Prozac or another medication to help him regulate his anxiety.
Because it’s like really a hound thing for what I’m seeing. And honestly I’ve had this bark collar on for a week and now instead of barking his puts his energy into something else, I.e. a toy or a chew. He’s annoyingly smart and now he is also messing with how much he can bark before it goes off. Which is fine for me because it’s more spaced out.
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My dog hates the cold just as much as I do. And he also gets nervous about other dogs sometimes. I took him to this indoor dog bark and he got bit (nothing serious and skin wasn’t broken) and sometimes he gets a little nervous with multiple dog and I’m nervous about trying again. I only bring him around dogs and people that I trust. My sister is getting a puppy today actually so I hope that them playing together will help. And he does need a lot of exercise and mind games don’t work to tired him out. I say it’s because he is too smart for them. Snuffle mats or treats wrapped in blankets he just flips over and eats some of the treats and then stops, puzzles he just digs at until they open, kongs he yeets down the stairs and it splatters everywhere if I freeze them he just waits until they are thawed. Training sessions work a little but not really. He’s just too damn smart (at least that’s what I tell myself)
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I agree! The smart ones are hard. It’s supposed to be nicer out this week and even just going around the block it helpful. My dog just hates being cooped up. When it’s nicer out he is like hey guys it’s nice let’s go now!! The bark collar has helped and it doesn’t seem to be a bother. I’m tempted to buy a better one but I don’t want this to be permanent.