Registered: Apr 2007
Location: WI
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I am having problems with one of my dogs that barks in the kennel all of the time.I live in town and today the cop told me i have to get him to shut up otherwise i will be fined.But nothing gets him to shut up.Would using a muzzle be a way to do it.Just put in on after I feed them at night????Is that alright to do and will it work at all?

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Registered: May 2006
Location: Southern Oregon
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Bark collars can be the world best inventions at times.. Just put it on him when you leave... Mine all wear their bark collars during the day, because the neighbors don't like to hear them.. When I am home, they had better not bark unless someone is coming up the driveway.. A little "shut-up" training can go a long ways There really should be no excuse for a dog yapping in the kennel when you are home.

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Location: INDIANA.
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Gander-mountain has a nice unit thats priced right.

I live in city limits also, if I didnt get me one long ago I wont have my hounds and had to pay fines.

Scott.

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Location: SW Missouri
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ABSOLUTELY DO NOT muzzle your dog while you are away!!!

First off most muzzles do NOT curb barking. Secondly, most also inhibit food and water consumption along with air supply. I've seen some idiots try this in the summer months and it ended up costing them their dogs. (one from overheating from stress of the muzzle in the heat, another from getting stung and suffocating due to swelling in the muzzle causing loss of breathing ability, and another got the muzzle caught in the kennel while digging)

Barking inhibition is NOT the purpose of the muzzle. The purpose of the muzzle is to prevent the dog from biting. We use muzzles a LOT in our training of police K9's and it often promotes barking due to the stress of not being able to bite.

There are better ways to inhibit barking bothering neighbors. You can crate the dog in the house or garage where it will not have the temptations to bark (house cats running around, people walking by, dogs walking by, etc) and if the dog does bark from time to time the building it is in muffles the sound a bit.

The other option is to kennel the dog in the garage with a bark collar. You also can kennel your dog outside with a bark collar; but I am NOT fond of this idea. When a dog is wearing a bark collar and you are not around you have no idea what you dog is getting punnished for barking at (if you have coons in your area and have a young dog just starting out I'd strongly advise you NOT put a bark collar on it outside).

The other option is to get a shock collar and actually train the dog to quiet. IF you have a neighbor you can trust who is home you can incorporate them into the training while you are gone; but I am NOT trusting of many people with the remote for a dog they do not own.

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Registered: Jul 2006
Location: S.E MN
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i live in town also and my dogs bark to alert you and i have had many complaints for dogs that are barking and there not even mine. cops have come to the house alot and i'm starting to get al little ticked. so i have to get some bark collars. whats the best kind? citronella spray collars, tone collars or shock collars?

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i have shock collars now but i tried one of the tone things that u just put within 20 feet of the dogs.......they barked anyways i held it up to them at like 2 feet and they would still bark.....its a piece of crap

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Bark collars work great for me.

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Bark collars work great for me.

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Tri-Tronics bark limitor the only way to go.

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get a bark collar that counts the barks. I've seen quite a few people get out of tickets and complaints when the responding officers are faced with looking at the number of barks counted on collars. I've seen two cases of it resulting in ass chewings for the complaintant for making false reports.

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Tri-Tronics bark limitor the only way to go.

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some people were telling me to shock them a few times so they know that means quite, and then make a fake one so they think they have one on but its not real.

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The bark limitor I have counts the barks. I got it at Gander mtn. for $100.00.

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Location: West Virginia
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No muzzle!!! My cousin put a muzzle on his hound & he about died a thirst.Until he learned to drink with it on.That dog would stick it's muzzle in the water dish & suck it.He drinks like that even now that he no longer wears it & that has been 6 yrs or better.The best thing I have found that works is a water hose.If you got em' tied close to the house just give em' a good shot right in the head with water.You can rig up a ''kennel spray'' with water that is voice activated.

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