Re: [pyrnet] bark collars

["Heidi and Scott Wiggs" <campsite@catskill.net>]

How much do these collars cost?

Heidi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jessica Crouch <jrc@cs.unc.edu>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] bark collars


> 
> We started using a citronella bark collar with our pyr Isaac a couple
> months ago, and have been *very* pleased with the results.  He gets a
> squirt of citronella on his nose when he barks, and it has been an
> effective way to stop nuisance barking.  We have a routine now of putting
> the collar on him before letting him go outside and he doesn't seem to
> mind having it put on.  I know it works because if I hear him barking at
> all he comes in smelling like citronella later.  The trick to getting it
> to work was to put it very high on his neck so that the collar is just
> behind his ears and the citronella reservoir is right under his chin.  If
> the collar sits lower then the spray just goes into his fur and doesn't
> bother him.  We also have to keep refilling the collar with citronella.
> It holds about 25 squirts and that usually lasts about a week and a half.
> If we let it get empty Isaac figures it out pretty quickly and goes back
> to his old habit of barking all the time.
> 
> Before we got the collar Isaac would bark a lot, especially in the
> evenings when he could hear other dogs barking in the distance.  Now when
> he is wearing the collar he will still bark if there is something unusual
> going on, but he no longer barks at the far away sounds.  
> 
> I'm sure everyone's dog is different and what works for Isaac will not
> necessarily work for everyone, but I definitely recommend giving a
> citronella collar a try if barking is a problem for you.
> 
> Jessica & Isaac
> 
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