Antibark Collar - Ultrasonic Tones & Voice Recording

[CP*]

I am looking for anti bark collars for one, maybe two of my dogs and came across this one:

The Iki Voice is a fully adjustable bark collar that uses a combination of ultrasonic tones, vibrations and sound recordings to distract your dog from barking. You can actually record your own voice message/command that will be played to the dog when they bark!

Although the vet suggested citronella for my little one my older one is a sheltie with a very big ruff of fur at the front and I figured the spray of citronella would get clogged up in his fur all day.

Has anyone had experience with anything similar to the Iki voice? It is rated as 65-80% effective.

[BrunoBella]

I've never tried one caro but there was a recent topic discussing this.

Previous topic on antibark collars

Hope you get it sorted out .

[Steve K9Pro]

K9: we have tested just about every anti barking device there is, in our tests we have found the ultra sonic collars to provide the lowest anount of success. We rated them at approx 25% effective (at best)

We dont use Citronella as it is a poison but for "spraying style" collars we have the Jet Care, an air spraying collar that is around 70% effective.

[MarkS]

Before trying an anti-bark collar. Firstly understand why your dog is barking. If the barking is stress related..then NO anti-bark collar is suitable. We should work on whats triggering the stress. To many are now using these collars on dogs that show seperation anxiety/stress, and not correctly dealing with the problem. It's so much easier to place a collar on the dog than address the real situation. This is not being fair on the dog. I do agree with their use, but only after the reason behind the barking has been properly assessed, and you are sure its not stress related barking. Also working on whats triggering the behaviour should be the first course of action, anti-bark collars should be a last option.

As to which collar is best.. I agree the 'static pulse' has the hightest success rate, next would be the 'cold spray'.. the rest should be thrown in the bin.

Edited January 11, 2008 by MarkS