SportDOG Brand NoBark 10 Collar, Dog Bark Collars, Rechargeable, Programmable Bark Collar, Silent Partner Technology, Two Modes of Operation, Waterproof Collar (Black)

Perfect for strong barkers, effortless to set up! I never even saw him react to the collar. He simply stopped barking! My large dog watches out the front window and before using this collar, he would "alarm bark" at the littlest things. Once barking, it was very hard to get him under control. Now, using this color, he gets much less worked up over things! He sometimes lets out a little "woof," which I'm totally fine with. Now, when people come over, he isn't nearly as worked up and that allows us to give him positive encouragement, making the situation happy, light-hearted, and helping him get comfortable with people much faster. This has been a game-changer!!!*In the beginning, you will need to let your dog bark at things so the collar can adjust to the proper setting. I didn't think it was working at first. Then I realized he just wasn't barking anymore!

We use a lot of positive reinforcement in our house, but despite that our young, well-socialized, friendly Great Dane (who has a trick title and his CGC) had a talking problem.He was good overall but required constant management to prevent him from launching into a barking fit. Anytime the doorbell went off, I had to jump up and start redirecting. When the neighbors were petsitting a super barky dog? Redirect. A Squirrel taunting him from a tree? Redirect. Flea sneezing 3 miles away? Redirect. I spent a lot of time addressing this by encouraging him to turn away from triggers, to watch the world go by, and to stop barking when I said 'enough'. He gets more physical and mental enrichment than most pet dogs so no, not bored. Just...NOISY. He's always been a talker.He is a BIG dog with a BIG bark and at some point, with a dog like this, you literally just have to tell the dog NO. Sometimes, saying NO is more humane than continuing the frustrating and ongoing process of redirecting and constantly managing things.Barking fits cause dogs a lot of undue stress and anxiety. For a confident otherwise happy dog that knows what to do instead, and has been offered tons of training and enrichment, there is NOTHING wrong with eliminating nuisance barking with a tool like this. By telling him NO, the fits went away and he's much happier and calmer. He still runs to see what the 'fuss' is when the neighbor dog barks or his squirrel friend is in the tree, so he still gets to be a dog, he just has to be quiet about it.We chose the Sportdog because we wanted it to provide a different sensation than he receives from his E-Collar Tech e-collar (which we use at low levels for off-leash recall). I wanted to buy a reliable tool that would work, and not correct him for the wrong things at the wrong time.Cheap tools create superstitious, confused, and anxious dogs who may even ignore the correction because they aren't reliable! We didn't put all this training work into this dog to ruin him with unfair corrections. The timing has to be impeccable.The collar was so easy to set up. I used the default/factory settings. If I have one complaint it's that it was tricky to figure out how to seat the charger correctly onto the device.He wore the Sportdog bark collar for one day and was corrected twice. The first time he was REALLY surprised, yelped, and went to lay down immediately. I felt bad because we don't use a lot of sharp, deliberate corrections in our house. The second time he had a lightbulb moment.He's been quiet ever since, and I'm not even good about putting the collar on him. It was a one-and-done thing. I like that it ONLY corrected him for real barks and clearly issued the correction IMMEDIATELY. Not for oofing and boofing. Two corrections helped him get over this 'hump', connect the dots, and chill out.Worth every penny. He's SO much happier. I'm so much happier. The neighbors are so much happier! I call this a win-win.

DO NOT BUY THIS COLLAR! I came home today and my dog was walking around in my yard nervous when I came home. He let out an occassional yipe and I thought maybe he was hurt. He had a hard time obeying his commands he follows when I get home and greet him (he lays on his bed and I greet him etc) but today he just wanted to be with me. He let out another yipe and I took his bark collar off. Then, as I’m holding the collar in my hand and walking in my home the collar shocked me! This collar had been shocking my dog all day! This company needs to stop producing this collar. It doesn’t work and is hurting animals. I’ve used an older model of the same collar and it worked fine until it suddenly stopped working. This is the worst collar for your dog. Please buy something else. BTW, I did read the reviews and some people had reported some issues and I thought “they must be using it wrong”. I’m sorry I didn’t choose another collar. I’m hoping this doesn’t have any long term effects on my best buddy. And I hope the company reads this and reaches out to me. I’d like to have a chat with them.And I did try leaving no stars. But can’t post anything without at least 1.