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Bark collars for dogs are made to stop your dog from nuisance barking, learn a bit more about how they work and if they will stop your dog from barking completely. You might want your dog to warn you if there is any intruder, or other situation that might normally cause your dog to bark. If you want to stop all barking even dog training for dummies would agree that this collar will help you.

There are three different methods used by bark collars for dogs; citronella, tone and stimulation. These all work on the principle that when your dog barks one of the above will happen, your dog will not like it and they will stop barking.

Citronella spray collars; give off a spray of citronella directly in front of your dogs face when they bark. It is controlled with a small microphone that recognizes the sound and sends a signal for the spray to be activated. The microphone can be adjusted so that your dog will not be sprayed if another dog barks.

Tone Correction Collars; this line of bark collars for dogs works by having a loud sound go off when your dog starts barking. You can purchase a remote control model that you turn on when your dog is barking uncontrollably or there is an automatic collar, that will sound off whenever your dog does.

Stimulation Collars; these collars work be sensing the barking through vocal cord vibrations, they send out a static electrical impulse to stop your dogs’ barking.

A survey conducted by PetSafe concluded that using an electronic bark collar for dogs, worked on 2/3 of dogs who had a barking problem. On the dogs who stopped barking while wearing the collar the owners were able to remove the collar after a period of time and the dogs still did not bark. It is reported that some dogs need to have placed back on from time to time for re-training.

All bark collars for dogs are not designed to hurt or punish your dog rather they are just a correction training tool. The stimulation collar is compared to the static electricity produced by walking over carpeting. As long as these are used correctly they could help your dog to stop the nuisance barking, but keep in mind that bark collars for dogs will stop all barking.

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