Krista Fahy Webboard User Reg: 12-28-2004
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I have a quick question about bark collars. Would they be effective for a howling or baying dog? Technically, what triggers the stim? Is it the quick snap of the voice box in a bark or is it a volume trigger? Seems to me a dog that starts with a low bay and builds might not trigger the collar.
BTW - this is for a neighbors dog. I would rather see them try a bark or e-collar than suggest they get rid of their newly adopted beagle who is an all night longer howler... The other neighbors probably don't care one way or the other as long as it stops... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
I think the bark collars work off the vibrations from the vocal cords. My dogs howl at the trains. I had bought the inexpensive innotek bark collars a couple years ago, and wasn't too impressed with those. I just bought one Dogtra bark collar and am charging it up today. It was more expensive, but it's rechargable, compared to my other ones needing batteries replaced. It fits a lot better around the neck also. Maybe the Innotek's have improved since I had bought mine. I live next to the tracks in town, and I had adopted one dog that howls and now they all howl. If that Dogtra works well, I'll be making another trip to town for a couple more collars. They always pick up on the bad habits.
Ed Frawley Administrator Reg: 07-11-2001
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The best bark collars on the market are the Tri-Tronic http://leerburg.com/815.htm - we dont sell the other brands because of past service problems. They work for howling on the day they are put on. There are cheaper collars out there but they have service issues.
It depends on the howling and I don't know that there is any way to predict if it will stim the dog for that noise or not. I know of one dog that can make a "moaning noise" that's sort of a howl, that no Ecollar has been successful in stopping.
Most Ecollar dealers will give you a refund if you return the collar within 30 days, unless it's been abused. That should let you know if it's going to work with your dog.
I think that the Dogtra bark collars are easily the equal of those from TriTronics. And they're less expensive. And they use rechargeable batteries.
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The thing that makes the Tri-tronics bark collar the best out there "in my opinion" is the Bark-o-meter. It tells you how many corrections your dog recieved throughout the day. This is a great feature for fine tuning the level of stim your dog needs. Well worth the extra few dollars over the Dogtra model.
Just my 2 cents
The thing that makes the Tri-tronics bark collar the best out there "in my opinion" is the Bark-o-meter. It tells you how many corrections your dog recieved throughout the day. This is a great feature for fine tuning the level of stim your dog needs.
The bark-o-meter seems like a gimmick to me. I put the bark collar on the dog and put him into the back yard. I bring in what makes him bark, such as another dog. If he barks I turn it up one notch. This is repeated until the barking stops. If you go just by the bark-o-meter you could stop your dog from barking when it's appropriate, such as when someone is breaking in. I don't want to stop all barking, just the bored barking or barking at passing dogs or people walking by or the like. But not everyone wants this.
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