I ran across these products while surfing the net. I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with any of them? I don't know anything about them other than what is on the website.

http://www.animalbehaviorsystems.com/products.cfm

Ed has said before that they are a waste of money. I'm not sure in which article they were in, but he said he bought one to see if it might be something he should offer on his website, and ended up throwing it away.

I've never used one, personally, but since citronella is toxic to dogs, I don't think I'd want to be spraying it in my dog's face.

Gee, I'd been all over Ed's site and don't remember seeing that. If it is junk I'm not surprised as there are a lot of people hawking different "snake oil" type remedies. It did sound interesting though.

http://leerburg.server294.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=000052

I remembered it too. Thinking I'd rather zing them with the electric wasp than spray that crud in their eyes or face.

I have tried this...it is a waste of $! For $100.00, this is an outrageous price for this product & one that doesn't work. I tried it on my Corgis. I returned it several days later. I was only trying it out for my Vet. before they purchased one to sell to the public. Needless to say, they didn't.
From experience, it DOES NOT work!
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I'm sure that the final thoughts of citronella collar users must sound something like this:

"Well, he stills barks incessantly, but he smells just like an orange, so I don't mind as much..."

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Glad I wasn't inclined to give the products a try. Thanks for posting that link to the older thread. I guess I just missed that one.

Don't you wonder how they keep selling that stuff even after it develops a reputation for not working?

There's a sucker born every minute
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I'm going to go against everyone else's opinion on these.

In the military we are prohibited from using electronic collars when training dogs. I handled a malinois who would bark non-stop whenever we were in the vehicle. I spent easily 80+ hours just on vehicle training trying to get him to stop without any sucess. He was fine when the vehicle was still and not running but as soon as the engine started he would bark and it would get worse when it was moving. We even tried leaving the vehicle off and having other handlers push the vehicle in neutral (a funny sight to see) and reward him for being quiet but he still wouldn't stop barking. We went all the way from his most favorite treat to a level 10 correction but he was 7 years old at the time and had it stuck in his head to bark.

My trainer and I tried one of these as a last resort and it worked. He got a shot of spray right near his nose and mouth every time he barked and it was enough to startle him and make him stop barking. After about a day and a half he figured out the barking was making the spray come out and stopped barking.

I did have two problems with it though. First, if the collar was struck by another hard object, like the door lock knob when he moved around in the back seat, the collar would go off. Second, I had to take it off and put it back on a lot of times during the day every time we exited the vehicle and he might have to bark to alert me to a suspect.

Brian - a couple of points. You were the one in 1000 that this product worked for. Your dog is a short nerved dog and as a result - getting startled like this was enough for that dog.

I feel sorry for handlers like yourself - the military has its head up its ass on electric collar. They are functioning in the dark ages. With a little luck people like Stuart Hillard will open their eyes.