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Hello Cindy,
I have a 14 month old male german shepherd that travels around in the car with me all of the time. He is very good in the vehicle when I am present, but when I leave him unattened he barks ferociously at everything that moves within his view. I am considering putting a bark collar on him whenever I require to leave him in the vehicle alone. My concern is that I don't want this to inhibit his protective instincts in anyway. Your insight and suggestions would be much appreciated.
I use a bark collar on my dogs in specific situations and it hasn't affected their protection instincts in any way.
Do you use a crate in the vehicle? If not, before I went to a bark collar I'd try crating him and covering the crate with a towel or sheet to block his view of things that make him bark. I'd always rather control the environment when possible, as opposed to correcting my dog for behaving the way dogs do.
Cindy Rhodes
Ok - Thank you. Very helpful.
