| Cars, pedestrians, the UPS truck, stray dogs, cats...my otherwise wonderful dog would bark at the slightest provocation and charge madly at his target. I tried the scent-spray collar and it didn't have any impact so this was my last resort. I set the collar on the lowest correction (the deluxe model has three settings), and put his collar on. His next "bark-a-thon" lasted about 20 seconds (while he was at the same time charging the front fence at a passing car) - he STOPPED charging toward the fence and STOPPED barking. Four hours later, when he caught wind of a cat in the back yard, he charged out as usual and the barking ended in about 10 seconds. THE END - no kidding! That was five days ago, and he hasn't barked since that first day. Not only am I (and, no doubt, my neighbors) delighted that he's stopped the bark-a-thons, he's much calmer about the normal goings-on around here. He still runs out to check out any strange noises, but there's no charging and spinning out at the fence and he's not chasing the poor cats. I will say that he looked very startled the first time he received a correction - but as soon as I reassured him, all was well again. This works much faster and it's much more effective than months of "quiet" commands that were, for the most part, completely ignored. A great product! |