Dog Spray Collar to Stop Nuisance Barking

Dog Spray Collar Types

A safe, effective, and humane way to train your dog to stop nuisance barking.

Are you having problems with your dog's nuisance barking. Are your neighbors frustrated with you and your dog and ready to call the cops? An excellent and reliable way to reduce or eliminate this nuisance barking is by using a citronella dog spray collar. Basically, how these devices work, is that when your dog barks it triggers the collar to emit a mist of Citronella spray right up the dogs nostrils, and it makes an annoying hissing noise while doing this. The dog learns not to bark by associate when it hears the noise, feels, the mist, sees the spray, smells the Citronella. These four senses work together to quickly train the dog so that it learns to stop barking both safely and humanely. There are no guarantees that these collars will work for you and your dog, but most people are satisfied with the results they achieve. There are two main types of dog spray collars.  

An automated dog spray collar is the first choice for many dog owners to effectively control and eliminate nuisance barking.   These devices have vibration and noise sensors attached to the collar that are programmed to release a harmless mist of citronella straight up into the dog's face. With the automatic type collar, the owner doesn't have to worry about activating the device. However, the spray stream will need some adjustment, and most of these collars come with a way to control this. The only thing you will have to do is make sure the battery is fully charged so the device works continuously. Over time, the dog learns to anticipate the spray when he gets the urge to bark, and he will acquire the habit to instinctively avoid it. The spray is completely painless to the dog, and is the most recommended type of anti barking measure by professional dog trainers and kennel owners. If you are thinking about buying your first bark collar, you will want to start with using an automatic dog spray collar. 

There may be some cases where you will need a dog spray collar that is activated by remote control. Some professional dog trainers prefer this, as they know when to activate the device based on the type of barking the dog is making. You don't really want the dog to stop barking completely, but only to stop nuisance barking. Not only can you use a remote control collar to stop barking but you can use it for other training purposes as well. You can use this collar for general obedience training, or for specific misbehavior you want to control or eliminate. Again, by activating the spray only when you want enables you to fine tune your dog's behavior. Your dog will very quickly learn that there are consequences for undesirable behavior, and inappropriate actions. The remote control collar comes with a hand held device that is typically triggered with a button. These devices typically have a range of 300 feet, which is quite suitable for most yards. A remote control dog spray collar will cost quite a bit more than the automated type, so be certain you have a specific reason for purchasing it.