[Eric in the Ozarks]

I have used a “buzz” collar while training dogs. No shock; just a loud “baaa.” noise. It’s just as effective.

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I have been thinking about getting a shock collar for our Maltese. He is a yapper and barks constantly at anything and everything. I can go down to the basement for one minute, and when I come back up stairs he goes ballistic. Joggers on the street, cars driving by, leaving him in the camper (even when it's just a few minutes). This dog is driving me nuts and I'm looking for a solution. I really don't think a buzz or spray collar would work, and whatever I get will have to be automatic (i.e. goes off when he barks).

HELP!

[LibWhacker]

I’ve been using one of those citronella collars to stop the “incessant” barking that’s got one of our new neighbors whining his head off (have owned our home here for 20 years, have dozens of neighbors nearby and NONE has ever complained — until this new renter came along).

When our girl barks, the collar releases a puff of citrus spray out in front of her face... She sees it, hears it, smells it, probably tastes it and feels it tickle the whiskers on her chin. Stops her cold in her tracks.

We’ve thought about going with the adjustable shock collars (which can be adjusted to give anything from a barely perceptible tingle to quite a sharp shock), but for now the citrus collar is working perfectly and seems the more humane option.

I really hate libs; they think they are the only ones who are qualified to feel compassion for my dog. I’d like to show them the compassion my steel-toed boots could heap upon their tiny, shriveled up testicles.

[Darnright]

>I have used a “buzz” collar while training dogs. No shock; just a loud “baaa.” noise. It’s just as effective.<

It’s just as effective on some dogs. There is no one-size-fits-all in dog training.

Electronic collars can be used to break a dog from harassing/killing livestock. Is it worse to cause a dog temporary pain that stops the focus on livestock, or to have it shot and killed by a farmer?

Electronic collars can be abusive if misused or, they can be very effective tools that help a dog learn while keeping his love of work at the highest level. If a dog is in pain, he isn’t going to love his work.