PetSafe Anti-Bark Spray Collar, Citronella

Do Not Look Any Further!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I can say is WOW! I have an 8 lb Dachshund who barks at anything. She literally will run out the door barking, just in case there's actually something there to bark at.It got so bad some neighbors were yelling at us over the fence at night, threatening to call the police. I started looking into bark collars and decided the shock collars are a bit extreme, especially for a small dog like mine. I saw this on QVC and decided to give it a try. I bought it here on Amazon with some refills, but was still sceptical to say the least. Well, I was shocked (No pun intended)by the results. After testing that it worked, I put it on her (a bit bulky for her small neck) and let her out. Of course she ran down the stairs ready to defend but when she barked and the short spray went off, she was immediately snapped out of that state of mind. OK, what was that? Bark! Spray. Hmmm,what the?! Bark, spray. Damn, when I bark I get sprayed with this stuff, I guess I better not bark. That was...
Dog outsmarted collar.
I initially had high hopes of this collar. I will say it is 100% humane and the dogs are initially startled by the spray but mine did not get neurotic about it. I have 2 dogs - one extremely smart and one not too bright. The not to bright dog is a 25lb beagle/rotweiler mix and is the barker of the 2. I put the collar on and she ran outside to bark and immediately got sprayed - it stopped her in her tracks. Cease fire - no more barking. Well the collar only holds about 4-5 sprays before it's empty. After being outside for an hour or so and some half attempts to bark which caused the spray to go off - she realized the collar stopped spraying and then it was full throttle barking. I refilled it and she stayed quiet for a short time but eventually figured out that if she runs and barks the spray just blows by her and eventually runs out. Now it really doesn't work on her at all. She's immune to the citronella. My smart dog on the other hand (a 30lb beagle/border collie mix)...
Stops barking
I bought one to test it out because I was skeptical that it would work on my schnauzer and the price was a little higher than other citronella collars. My dogs will bark at anything and everything, so much so my neighbors complain. I put it on one of the dogs and the first time he barked it stopped him in his tracks. It makes a loud spray and the noise combined with the squirt startles the dog and he forgets why he was barking in the first place. He had it on for less than one day and gave up on trying to bark at things. After seeing the results I bought a second one for my other dog. Now it's nothing but peace and quiet, they still make noise but it is so quiet you can barely hear it.
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