It happens that, when you are speaking to some persons and mention the fact your dog is wearing an anti bark collar, they look at you in some strange way , but when they speak about their dogs, you realize those dogs are emptionally damaged. 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. Very few people are able to resist incessantly barking, but no one has any good reason to do it. Not only is the barking going to cause a rift with your neighbors, but it can also get you into trouble with the law. And if you get into such trouble with the law, besides the financial aspect, there is also the possibility of beeing forced to give up at the dog that is continuously causing a disturbance.
For both you and the dog, if you have to give up at him or her, after all those years you have spent together, will be a huge emotional distress. And if the dog is not properly trained to change its barking behaviour and continues to disturb people, the new owner will most likely get rid of it too. Such dogs will eventually end up in an animal rescue center, and in the end they will receive lethal injections. Of course the opposants of electric bark collars never thought that this kind of situation may occur if some dog owner gives up at using the device.
Unfortunately though, the vast majority of people have seen movies where a dog has been tortured using a shock collar, and they’ve read reports on how cruel these collars are. In reality however, these reports are written by those who claim to love be devoted dog lovers, yet they’ve never taken the time to actually research anti bark collars. A quite spread belief among such people is that a portion of the dogs’ neck is shaved in order to apply the electric shocks. Can you believe that some of these reporters are so misinformed so that they claim to have seen burn marks on these dogs’ necks? Have you ever seen a skin burn produced by the small AA batterie?
In truth, electronic Anti Bark Collars should be called “tingle” collars, as opposed to shock collars. Few people have not experienced the static energy effect, and we cannot describe the tiny electric shock produced when we touch something metallic as beeing painful. Yes it gives you a fright, but it’s by no means painful, and it can certainly do you no harm.
There are thousands of dogs alive today just thanks to these collars. They are a real blessing for the owners whose dogs stopped barking just after a few days of wearing the collars. Before the electric shock, most of the Anti Bark Collars issue a warning beep. The electric shock is administered gradually, if the dog continues barking after the warning beep. Even at the maximum intensity, the electric shock barely overpasses what we know as static shock. It’s just as much as two AA batteries can provide.
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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