It happens that, when you are speaking to some persons and mention the fact your dog is wearing an anti bark collar, they look at you in some strange way , but when they speak about their dogs, you realize those dogs are emptionally damaged. Some dogs rarely bark, but there are also those who rarely stop barking, and unless you live in the middle of nowhere, your neighbors are going to complain, and of course they’ll have every right to. Incessantly barking will eventually drive anyone up the wall. In fact, if your dog continues to disturb your neighbours through its excessive barking, especially at inappropriate times, you will also get into troubles with the law. The legislation of most countries stipulates that the owner can be forced to get rid of his dog if this is causing disturbances continuously.

Having to give your dog away after he or she has been with you for many years can be a huge emotional upset, both for you and the dog. And if the dog is not properly trained to change its barking behaviour and continues to disturb people, the new owner will most likely get rid of it too. In many cases, these dogs just keep moving from one home to a next, until eventually they find themselves in an animal shelter, and then finally on the receiving end of a lethal injection. Of course the opposants of electric bark collars never thought that this kind of situation may occur if some dog owner gives up at using the device.

There were cases when a dog has been tortured using a shock collar, and scarie movies were made about the subject, and reports have been written on how cruel the use of these collars is. The vast majority of those who wrote such reports claim to be the most devoted dog lovers, but none of them ever did at least some basic research about the anti bark collars. Some are even under the impression that you need to shave a section of the dog’s neck, in much the same way criminals are shaved in preparation for the electric chair. Other reports make claims of burn marks, and this in itself shows just how misinformed these people are. Is the small AA batterie able to produce a skin burn?

In truth, electronic Anti Bark Collars should be called “tingle” collars, as opposed to shock collars. We have all experienced static electricity when undressing some sort of clothes, and the tiny shock we have sensed can’t really be described as painful. Of course it frightens you for the moment, but it does not harm you.

Thousands of dogs have escaped euthanasy due to these collars. Practically everyone who has used them consider them to be a real blessing, in that problematic barking almost always stops within just a few days of the collar being put on a dog. Moreover, most Anti Bark Collars firstly issue a warning beep before and shock is administered. If the dog continues barking, a mild shock is given, and if it continues, the intensity increases. The static shock we know is barely overpassed by the maximum intensity level of the collar shock. It cannot be more powerful than the two AA batteries allow.

The right nickname of these electronic Anti Bark Collars should be in fact “tingle” collars. The intensity of the electric shock is adjustable. Most Anti Bark Collars firstly issue a warning beep.