Has anyone used a no bark collar?

Before you use the collar, you need to find out why the barking behavior occurs. If the dog has been exercised to exhaustion (thirty minute brisk walk for some dogs), fed/watered, fully emptied out and given a distracting toy/chew in its crate and still barks enough to bother the neighbors, you may have a behavioral issue. Has the dog always barked for attention or is this a new behavior? Have you ignored the behavior in the past or rewarded it through positive/negative attention? If this is the case, you may find behavioral shaping to work by treating the dog towards positive, pleasant behavior and make it drop/forget the barking negative behavior. However, if the neighbors are complaining and you face eviction/police fines, using a no bark collar along with behavioral training may be the quickest route. The static collar is no more harmful than the citronella collar, which can cause allergic reactions, etc. Just because it isn’t a shock doesn’t mean it’s any more humane of a negative reinforcement. I’ve used the Tritronics bark collar successfully and most dogs stop barking in the crate within two days of use with no cases of regression. I’ve never had an incident of the collar injuring the dog, making the dog misdirect aggression or become fearful of the crate. Those who offer only a single method of training/behavioral advice are limited in their knowledge of animal behavior and understanding that some options are "only when you’ve exhausted all other options", such as this collar. The ultrasonic units are also effective on barking, without the static shock.

When my dog was in training class, just about every dog in the class had to wear the bark collar at least once. The trainer used the citronella based collar, which is much more humane. When the dog barks, a puff of citronella comes out of the collar. The dog hates the smell of it and learns within 2-3 barks that barking=bad smell.

The shock anti-bark collars are extremely cruel, in my opinion, and whilst they may not deliver a shock severe enough to cause physical harm to the dog, they certainly hurt!

What many people seem not to realise is that they can cause all sorts of psychological problems of an agressive nature, too. If, for example, your dog’s natural instinct is to bark when it sees a stranger approaching the house, and it now gets an electric shock when it does that, then it can associate the pain with the approaching human and become agressive and fearful of people, when it may have been friendly (but noisy) before.

Have you considered a citronella (or compressed air) collar? Preferably one which has a remote control, rather than working from a barking/noise-sensor, as they are unreliable. This then works on distraction, rather than punishment.

i would never shock my dog for barking. I would suggest putting on your neck and shocking yourself at the level you would shock your dog and decide whether its humane or not, and no I’m not kidding. If its too strong for you it sure will be WAY to strong for your dog.

Barking is natural and can NEVER be controlled.

We have used a bark collar and it was very helpful. She would go out the doggie door in the middle of the night and start barking…..drove us insane. We tried everything to get her to stop…….but night after night she would go out and bark for up to an hour if we didn’t hear her……it was very unfair for the neighbors. And the "quiet" command would only work when we were awake. Being a sleep at 2:30 am we couldn’t exactly say it. So we got a collar and I’ll tell ya….best thing we ever did. For our sleep and the neighbor’s sleep. She doesn’t wear all the time…but when she goes out and barks and refuses to come in…..or goes right back out after we bring her in….she gets it put on. She shuts up immediately and goes to sleep.