Among new dog owners the question of training their dog not to bark at the
wrong time can be very difficult to answer. A bark shock collar is a good
solution to the barking problem, but a lot of people object to them because the
word "shock" brings them an image of electrocution.
The first thing that has to be understood is that dogs do not react to
‘punishment’ in the same way that people do, and there is a very simple reason
for this. Dogs don't have a good sense of the future and they live mostly in the
present, so unless you correct them at the very moment they do something bad,
they won't understand your actions. Also, the sense of "punishment" is different
to dogs than it is to humans, which is also a concept that new owners of dogs
have trouble understanding. For example, scolding the dog or shouting at it for
several minutes might make the dog miss the link between the bad behavior and
the scolding.
So why Does a Bark Shock Collar Work?
A dog bark shock collar delivers a calculated static discharge when barking is
occurring. The shock is fast and instantanenous and it happens at exactly the
same moment the dog incurs in bad behavior. Most dogs will soon learn that
barking will be punished and will control their impulse. The dog is never really
hurt or in pain by the shock; it's actually the confusion that makes it stop
barking while it tries to figure out what happened.
Since it's not painful, professionals agree that a dog bark shock collars is
acceptable and efficient in teaching your dog to behave.
Since the objective is to stop only inconvenient barking, a dog bark shock
collar shouldn't be used more than 30 minutes a day, and only in situations
where barking is inconvenient. Dogs are very smart animals and no more want to
be punished than any other animal or person. If you simply follow the collar's
instructions that come with it, you'll teach your dog not to bark unnecessarily
in no time, and your neighbors will thank you for it.
A bark shock collar has a reputation of being cruel. Nevertheless, the shock is rather harmless and panlessl and it only confuses the dog a little. On the other hand, using a dog bark shock collar will help you train your dog and avoid invonvenient barking.
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