May 13, 2011
Our two 9 month old dogs bark when we let them out in the morning. The neighbors are threatening legal action. What can we do?
Full Question:
We have two GSD's (a male and a female) age 9 months. They were spayed & neutered at age 6 months. We have used your training videos and the dogs have performed remarkably. They were house-trained practically overnight after we used the information from one of your videos.The new problem is our neighbors. They are old, cranky, and light sleepers. We have the dogs on a routine to accommodate our work schedule. We take them out between 6 and 7 am every morning to eliminate. Some mornings they bark at the paper boy or another animal they see. Our neighbors complain the barking is bothering them and waking them up and have threatened legal action. Would you recommend us trying to train the dogs to use a litter box for the 6-7AM potty break? Would this mess up their house training? We're working on eliminating the bark but, the neighbor said, "If they bark one more time..." well you can figure out the rest. Your comments would be appreciated.
Ed's Answer:
I have the same problem with my neighbors. They hate barking dogs. I solved the problem with the No-Bark collars. This took care of the problem in one day.
There are a lot of no bark collars on the market. I have tried them all. The Tri Tronics No Bark is by far the best. They work off lithium batteries which will power the collar for 5 or 6 months. Many people resist using a collar on their dogs (especially young dogs.) That’s a mistake, especially with the Tri Tronics collars.
The beauty of this system is the stimulation from the collar can be adjusted to the point where the shock does not hurt, it’s just slightly uncomfortable. This is great for young dogs. There is a video that comes with the collar that explains exactly how to determine what level of stimulation to use on your dog.
The important thing to remember with collars is that they are not meant to be worn 24 hours a day. They must be taken off for a few hours before being put back on. We put them on at 5 PM and they come off in the morning after 8 AM.
There are a lot of no bark collars on the market. I have tried them all. The Tri Tronics No Bark is by far the best. They work off lithium batteries which will power the collar for 5 or 6 months. Many people resist using a collar on their dogs (especially young dogs.) That’s a mistake, especially with the Tri Tronics collars.
The beauty of this system is the stimulation from the collar can be adjusted to the point where the shock does not hurt, it’s just slightly uncomfortable. This is great for young dogs. There is a video that comes with the collar that explains exactly how to determine what level of stimulation to use on your dog.
The important thing to remember with collars is that they are not meant to be worn 24 hours a day. They must be taken off for a few hours before being put back on. We put them on at 5 PM and they come off in the morning after 8 AM.
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