{"id":314,"date":"2014-08-27T17:28:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T21:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/?p=314"},"modified":"2021-04-29T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:36:17","slug":"dogs-constant-barking-was-driving-pet-owner-crazy-until-she-got-the-no-bark-spray-collar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/pressrelease\/dogs-constant-barking-was-driving-pet-owner-crazy-until-she-got-the-no-bark-spray-collar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog’s constant barking was driving pet owner crazy until she got the No Bark Spray Collar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellie Rubrecht was so frustrated with her 60 pound mixed breed dog, Max, she was ready scream. She\u2019d adopted Max from a shelter only 30 days earlier. He had been neglected, abused and starved before finding a home with her. Because she wasn\u2019t familiar with his past, she wasn\u2019t sure what to do about his barking issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was driving me and my neighbors crazy! He was barking at every little thing. If kids rode by on their bicycles or people walked their dog by my house, he was barking. Sometimes he\u2019d bark so much, he\u2019d make himself hoarse.\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to do negative reinforcement training with him because he was so traumatized when I got him. I tried everything to correct the issue. I even took him to obedience class, but even with verbal commands and positive reinforcement with treats, he just would not stop the incessant barking. I decided to do some research and that is when I came across the collar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The collar she found was one of DOGTEK\u2019s top selling bark control items, the No Bark Spray Citronella bark collar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Max, as a puppy at the shelter<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want an electronic collar because, while many pet owners find them helpful, I didn\u2019t think it would be right for him. Max is already a bit skittish and I was concerned that style of collar would not be effective on him,\u201d She explained. \u201cI wanted to find something that was easy to use, efficient and would get his barking under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

The No Bark Spray Collar senses a dog\u2019s bark through a sensor in the back of the unit. Once the bark is detected, the collar sprays a harmless citronella burst, which stops the barking.<\/p>\n

The No Bark Spray collar <\/a>works on most breeds that weigh 6 pounds or more. It is so effective because it can be used indoors and outdoors and does not require monitoring by the pet owner. The collar is lightweight, easy to refill and the citronella scent is effective and efficient.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe citronella spray got his attention and I found it to be a nice, clean smell,\u201d Ellie said. \u201cThe first time it went off, Max shook his head a bit like he was surprised. He stopped for a moment and then barked again. When it went off the second time, I could tell it startled him but I could also see him making the connection between his barking and the collar spraying.\u201d<\/p>\n

After just a few days of use, Ellie knew she\u2019d found the solution to the barking issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to refill it after the first week because he continue to bark quite a bit,\u201d she said \u201cSlowly but surely, Max was getting the message that every time he barked, the collar would spray. After 30 days with the collar, I stopped turning the collar on. Just the weight of the collar around his neck was enough to ensure he didn\u2019t bark. I don\u2019t know what I would\u2019ve done without that collar. I fell in love with Max the minute I saw him and I wanted to give him a loving home. All of the barking was making maintaining our relationship difficult. I had trouble not resenting him. Life after the collar couldn\u2019t be better. He\u2019s a loving companion who always wants to cuddle. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s an overstatement when I say that collar saved my life and my sanity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ellie Rubrecht was so frustrated with her 60 pound mixed breed dog, Max, she was ready scream. She\u2019d adopted Max from a shelter only 30 days earlier. He had been neglected, abused and starved before finding a home with her. Because she wasn\u2019t familiar with his past, she wasn\u2019t sure what to do about his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[105],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}