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This had absolutely NO effect on the neighbor's small, pyschotic dog. On a day when they'd left and tied the dog to their porch, I had a chance to experiment. Making sure to use a new battery, I tried it at various distances, getting closer and closer. At each point, I tried it above the ground, at head level, and low, at dog level. Finally I reached their porch, and set it five feet from the dog. ZERO. ZILCH. NADA. The dog never hesitated, never altered its barking. I might as well have closed my eyes and wished real hard. Utterly useless. If I could give it negative stars, I would.
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I purchased this item and it was a waste of money. It does detect barks and it does emit ultrasonic sounds. My dog merely found it amusing and completely ignored it after a few times that it triggered. It might work for a few dogs, but I spoke to a pet store employee and he told me many other customers had stories similar to mine. He also told me the sprays have a little more success but the shock collar seems to work best. I purchased a shock collar and now my dog is finally learning to behave. I issue a sound before the shock and after a few shocks my dog is learning to respond to sound alone.
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I was so upset it did not do what it claimed it would do. The neighbors dog is unfazed by it. And their dog can hear perfectly fine when you call its name. I had such high hopes and am considering returning it. I guess we must put up with chronic barking.
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When we would let her outside it seemed she would bark at just about everything, including people, dogs, lawn tools, name it. We could not use the shock collar bark control because we have an invisible fence (with shock collar). Within 3 barks, she understood why the high-pitched sound hurts her ears. Now, she will look around to see if the device is present before she barks. We just have to show it to her and she will stop if it is not already outside and on. Sometimes she modifies her bark (a lower, quieter pitch) to keep it from emitting, but it's not an annnoying bark at all.
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We have two chihuahua mixes next door (as in, 5 feet of space between their house and ours) that arrived 6 months ago. The owners bought them for a grandmother living alone, dump them in the back yard, and never walk them. The grandmother is deaf and doesn't hear them barking (or, after months of this, me yelling at the dogs to shut up). Aside from being a hyper breed already, of course with this kind of treatment any dog would become high strung. These dogs barked at EVERYTHING. Squirrels, people walking by (across the street and on the other side of a 6 foot privacy fence), even myself if I was in the back yard area. EVERYTHING. We tried a different product where you point it at them to get them to stop, but that didn't work. The Petsafe Outdoor Bark Deterrent arrived two days ago and there was an immediate difference. They still erupt into a few barking frenzies, but 90% of the time they self-moderate and pipe down quickly. I have some concerns that they might start ignoring the sound over time, but I don't even have it set yet to the highest sensitivity level, so I think there's still some leeway if they go that route. Sigh...I can't believe some people treat their dogs the way these guys treat theirs.
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