SportDOG Brand NoBark 10 Collar, Dog Bark Collars, Rechargeable, Programmable Bark Collar, Silent Partner Technology, Two Modes of Operation, Waterproof Dog Bark Collar (Black)

Does not injure my dog and it works!
It works! My dog is a Pyreneen Sheep Dog and is 6 years old. We have used an electric collar since he was 1 year old in the car and it ensures a stress free ride since he would think it his duty to bark at every crossroads and every person who walked past the car to tell them to get out of the way and to warn us! Earlier this year the battery gave up in the electric collar and we invested in a new one from Petsafe Big Dog Barking Collar costing ca €90 with postage. It was absolute rubbish and did not work. It advertised itself as Petsafe! I had to put a pair of ear mufflers on to help me suffer the stress of my dog barking in the car. I saw this one advertised for around same price with postageand was a bit dubious – especially about some of the very negative remarks about dogs getting injured. However we have been absolutely pleasantly surprised and relieved that our 28 kilo dog has taken to the collar and there is hardly a squeak from him when we set off early for his morning’s walk by car.. He licks the collar when we begin to put it on. Absolutely no problem and our dog and us have stress free car journeys! What a relief and well worth the money.. I love it!

Choose quality, it’s worth the price!
We use a lot of positive reinforcement in our house, but despite that our young, well-socialized, friendly Great Dane (who has a trick title and his CGC) had a talking problem.He was good overall but required constant management to prevent him from launching into a barking fit. Anytime the doorbell went off, I had to jump up and start redirecting. When the neighbors were petsitting a super barky dog? Redirect. A Squirrel taunting him from a tree? Redirect. Flea sneezing 3 miles away? Redirect. I spent a lot of time addressing this by encouraging him to turn away from triggers, to watch the world go by, and to stop barking when I said ‘enough’. He gets more physical and mental enrichment than most pet dogs so no, not bored. Just…NOISY. He’s always been a talker.He is a BIG dog with a BIG bark and at some point, with a dog like this, you literally just have to tell the dog NO. Sometimes, saying NO is more humane than continuing the frustrating and ongoing process of redirecting and constantly managing things.Barking fits cause dogs a lot of undue stress and anxiety. For a confident otherwise happy dog that knows what to do instead, and has been offered tons of training and enrichment, there is NOTHING wrong with eliminating nuisance barking with a tool like this. By telling him NO, the fits went away and he’s much happier and calmer. He still runs to see what the ‘fuss’ is when the neighbor dog barks or his squirrel friend is in the tree, so he still gets to be a dog, he just has to be quiet about it.We chose the Sportdog because we wanted it to provide a different sensation than he receives from his E-Collar Tech e-collar (which we use at low levels for off-leash recall). I wanted to buy a reliable tool that would work, and not correct him for the wrong things at the wrong time.Cheap tools create superstitious, confused, and anxious dogs who may even ignore the correction because they aren’t reliable! We didn’t put all this training work into this dog to ruin him with unfair corrections. The timing has to be impeccable.The collar was so easy to set up. I used the default/factory settings. If I have one complaint it’s that it was tricky to figure out how to seat the charger correctly onto the device.He wore the Sportdog bark collar for one day and was corrected twice. The first time he was REALLY surprised, yelped, and went to lay down immediately. I felt bad because we don’t use a lot of sharp, deliberate corrections in our house. The second time he had a lightbulb moment.He’s been quiet ever since, and I’m not even good about putting the collar on him. It was a one-and-done thing. I like that it ONLY corrected him for real barks and clearly issued the correction IMMEDIATELY. Not for oofing and boofing. Two corrections helped him get over this ‘hump’, connect the dots, and chill out.Worth every penny. He’s SO much happier. I’m so much happier. The neighbors are so much happier! I call this a win-win.

Great Tool to Control Barking
The collars definitely do the job and has dramatically reduced the barking from our 2 Brittany’s that are laser focused on squirrels. I wish they had an option for vibrate/tone on the collar. We did have them occasionally going off from other vibrations (might have been set too sensitive), they actually sent 2 brand new collars, but 1 would not turn on – so they are sending another replacement. Their Customer Service has been awesome. I chose SD as I use their E-Collars and have a lot of respect for the brand. Honestly did not trust some of the “off brands” with our dogs.

Had tried other bark collars on my older shepherd, and he just ignored them. This one with the long prom bark two or three times and then settled in now the second he goes out with it on he doesn’t bark. I take it off in the morning great product.

I have a large 10 month old Maremma/Akbash puppy who loves to bark at everything and nothing, given the chance. This non-stop, rapid fire barking was waking people up in the mornings and keeping them up at night, totally unacceptable behavior! I saw a very good review of the Sportdog collar on YouTube and decided to give it a try for around $135 Canadian dollars. Once the collar was on, he barked, then yipped a few times due to the correction stimulus, and then……blessed silence. He challenged the system a little the next day or two, but decided it wasn’t worth it and he has been quiet ever since. He is also calmer and less agressive overall. We are VERY PLEASED with this product. (I put the collar on and off several times a day, and only use it when he is likely to bark.) The only reason I did not give it a 5 star rating is that it is a little annoying to attach to his neck, you have find the correct hole and thread the little metal clasp each time. I prefer the kind that you adjust to size once, then just clip it in. But don’t let that stop you, this is a very effective product, and I have tried several other bark collar brands in the past that did not work on larger dogs.