Isn’t it ironic that so many people give you a strange look the minute you mention anti bark collars, and yet those self same people are will to subject their pets to extremely emotional upset, and even cruelty on occasions? If it happens to own a dog that loves barking all the day, and especially when your neighbours want to rest, you can be sure that those people will eventually complain, and for the very best reason. 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. Most jurisdictions have legislation in place which could force a dog owner to get rid of their dog if it’s continuously causing a disturbance.
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. What is really the worst, if the dog continues to disturb people through its barking behaviour, the new owner will 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. Many people do not think that far, and so they call inhumane the use of a device producing a negligible static shock that could prevent such situation.
We should take into consideration that media extensively presented, through movies, reports and exaggerated talk shows some cases of psychologically disturbed people who tortured their dogs using shock collars. 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. And as the proof of such cruel use of the anti bark collars, some reports make claim have seen burn marks on the neck of these dogs. Is the small AA batterie able to produce a skin burn?
The electronic Anti Bark Collars should better be called “tingle” collars than this awfully looking 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.
There are thousands of dogs alive today which would otherwise have been dead or in shelters if it weren’t for 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. The electric shock is administered gradually, if the dog continues barking after the warning beep. The static shock we know is barely overpassed by the maximum intensity level of the collar shock. After all, there are only two tiny batteries delivering the charge in the first place.
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.
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