How to Adjust the Bark Collar

As people communicate through different languages, dogs also communicate through different types of barking. This is usually a normal behaviour for the dog, but there are dogs that bark just because they like to bark, regardless the our of the day or night, as there are people who speak just because they like to speak. The dog owners can use a Bark Collar or other anti bark measures to rescue themselves or their neighbours when they are under duress of their dog excessive or inappropriate barking.

Prior to underline the benefits of using bark collars instead of other anti bark measures, let's see what are these devices and how are they working. These devices are similar to usual dog collars that dogs wear around their necks, and have this specific task of keeping the dog from barking excessively or inappropriately. Barking is not always considered excessive or inappropriate or both by the dog owner or other people, but this is depending on many factors that include the hour in the day or night, the type of neighborhood and also the adjoining circumstances of the occurrence of the behaviour.

The aversive training is the basic principle that was used for the design and production of the electronic bark collars. If the dog starts barking and does not stop during a period of time that can be preset by the owner, the Bark Collar will issue a beep of warning followed in a few seconds by the delivery of a mild electric shock to the dog's skin. The electric shock will startle the dog into stopping its barking behaviour, creating the dog an unpleasant feeling, and in time, the dog will associate the warning beep with the disagreeable electric shock, and will stop its barking when hearing the warning beep or even before.

Above we have described the function and use of the electric bark collar, and from here some notable benefits can be concluded.

* It can be used to train a dog in proper behavior especially at night when the neighborhood is peaceful and quiet since the people are fast asleep. You and your neighbors will be able to sleep restfully for the rest of the night instead of being waken up at odd hours to the annoying sound of your dog barking at the moon.

* The owner can adjust the intensity of the electric shocks issued from the bark collar based on the training needs, discipline level and size of the dog. If you have a dog of a large size that uses to bark just because it likes barking, it will be useful to adjust the settings at the higher level of intensity, while if your dog is one of a small size that barks only occasionally, it will be more appropriate to set the lowest level of intensity for this device. Start with the lower level and increase it until your dog properly responds to this aversive training technique.

* Most bark collars will have a method by which dog owners can be alerted to the presence of intruders in the house and its premises because of the dog's barks. One popular method is when the collar automatically shuts off when the dog barks for at least 15 successive times in 30 seconds. You should then be able to respond in an appropriate manner such as looking for the source of the dog's agitation.

*Bark collars can fit dogs of any size. They are usually made of leather.

You can effectively use the bark collar for training your dog proper behaviour.


Here comes the Bark Collar to the rescue. It works through the principles of aversive training. The Bark Collar will deliver to the dog's skin a mild electric shock,

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