I would definitely crate her indoors, at least until you can get the barking under control, by whatever means you decide to use. If the neighbors are complaining, I would not trust them not to throw tainted meat or something over the fence. Hopefully your neighbors aren't like that, but better safe than sorry. Also, if there are dogs running loose, there is a possibility of your dog getting out/other dogs getting in. We had a full-grown male, 115 lb. GSD running loose in our own yard out in the country, and 3 stray dogs ganged up on him in our yard and nearly killed him. He wasn't even contained (i.e. "trapped during the fight" in a fence or anything, just 3 on 1 was too much for him. My mom was home, and couldn't do anything but watch helplessly. She was afraid to get a gun out, for fear or shooting our dog by accident. Luckily after a long rough road, he recovered fully. But I always worry now about dogs being vulnerable when owners aren't around. Good luck w/your dog.
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Adam,
Thanks for answering the questions I posted.
The reason I asked if it was a dog run or not was because I was going to suggest you try to put up some sort of tarping/vegitative growth to keep the dog from seeing some of the things that was causing it to bark, but alas, it isn't a dog run, and also, I am not sure that the idea would work anyway.
I asked about who told you the collar could do "damage" over time because I wanted to know if it was a vet, trainer, mom, etc...I would trust the advice of Ed, who has run a kennel producing top working dog that sell for thousands, that these devices are safe, when used properly. That customer who had problems with the collar causing sores and blisters wasn't properly rotating the collar areund the neck, which meant the prongs were always in the same place, more than likely.
Good luck! And we are all rooting for your wife to get that job!
*IF* indeed your dog is "nuisance barking" that is, barking out of boredom, and she is not being teased or confronted with stray dogs from within her own yard while she is in her kennel...
You might like this product because it does not involve actual contact with the dog where it might get blisters and such. It just emits a tone (either audible or supersonic) that annoys the dog whenever it barks - like an immediate unpleasant correction.
With that said I STILL think the best option for you is to get your dog inside with a crate and hire a dog walker. Your dog might be barking because she has been banished from the family "den" and is barking so her family will hear her and take her back. (My parent's neighbor's Lab was like this. Wooo-woooo!!! My family forgot me!!!!)
A bark limiter will only stop the symptom, not the cause of the problem.
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Re: neighbors complaining about dog barking
[Re: Mike Hawker ]
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