PetSafe Spray Bark Dog Collar, Automatic No Bark Device for Dogs 8 lb. and Up – Rechargeable and Water-Resistant – Includes Citronella and Unscented Spray Refills & USB Charging Cable, Navy

Works great! Barking has stopped!
My vocal dog Luna was getting on some neighbors’ nerves with her nervous barking that would be triggered by people walking by, cars driving by, an annoying pigeon that would come by and sit in a nearby tree seemingly just to annoy the dogs… After several months of feeling like an awful neighbor, I met a fellow dog owner who told me about a citronella bark collar that she had used for her barking dog. My dog is already on the anxious side, so the idea of a low-stress way to teach her to stop barking sounded great (unlike shock collars, which I think would make her too anxious). I kept researching the different collars on Amazon, and noticed that some collars from competitors had higher reviews and a lower price, but I got a little suspicious that these collars all seemed to come from companies with strange names and nearly all the reviews were from the last few months. So instead I decided to go with the company that petsmart sells, but found the amazon price to be about half (it was $20 off regular price when I got it).I was worried about how it would work and decided to use the unscented cartridge first (it comes with one unscented and one citronella cartridge)… I tried it on myself first (yes, I put it up against my neck and barked), and the spray was definitely startling, but not exactly scary. Day 1, barking still happening with pup surprised at spray. Day 2, random short barks. Day 3 until now (a week later) maybe five barks in total as long as the collar is on. She definitely knows that the collar causes the spray, so she is not as quiet without the collar on, but now when we put her in the dog run, she is completely quiet the whole time. It’s magic! I ended up purchasing a pack of the unscented cartridges as backup after she went through the first two cartridges quickly because of her continued barking the first day, but with the way things are progressing, I doubt I will need to order more for quite a while.

Good idea but bad execution
Got this for my 45lb dog who barks way too much whenever people are coming and going. Vibration collars don’t bother him and the ultrasonic device we tried seemed to make him and my other dog anxious, so we decided to give this spray collar a try. It’s ok, and we’ll stick with it for now, but it’s definitely not perfect. We’ve been using it for about a month and here are my thoughts so far:-It’s bulky and would probably be too big and heavy for a small dog under 25lbs or so. The part that sprays also always ends up rotating to the side instead of under his chin.-It’s like 75% accurate at detecting and spraying when he barks. Sometimes it will spray when he yawns or shakes his head, and sometimes he’ll bark and it won’t spray. I’m not sure if this is because it rotates to the side or if the collar just isn’t super accurate to begin with. So far this hasn’t been a huge issue because it’s accurate enough, but it definitely could be better.-The cartridges are TINY and have to be replaced often. The first couple days, we went through a cartridge every day or so. It’s expensive, and it’s also annoying when they run out and we wake up to him barking in the middle of the night. My dog’s barking has decreased somewhat, so we’re using fewer sprays than we were in the beginning, but still going through about 2 cartridges a week.Overall I’m not wildly impressed but I’m going to give it another month or two. My dog still barks but not as much, even when he’s not wearing the collar, so it has helped a little bit.

Airst I tried squirting a spray of water in my dog’s face when she started barking. She stopped immediately and just stared at me. She couldn’t believe I would do that! So when I put the collar on her and she started barking when the doorbell rang her barking stopped immediately when the citronella enveloped her nose area. Very soon, all it has taken is if she sees me holding the collar! I know my King Charles Spaniel is very smart but I have never trained a dog that quickly and no harm is done at all to the dog. I would nevera use shock collar so am very pleased with this collar.

This collar did not work at all. The dog just turned her head to avoid the spray and kept right on barking. When I tried to return it, they simply said product not refundable. This is crap. I paid $170 for the collar and a refill and I am just out my money! No recourse at all!! I used to have faith in Amazon.

Product works like a charm but the spray cartridges empty very quickly; even with a dog wearing it for brief periods and ceasing bark almost immediately. I wondered if this is normal or if my device is faulty and emailed PetSafe but got no response.