Posts Tagged ‘excessive barking’

Citronella Spray or Electronic Shock Collar?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Should I Purchase a Citronella Spray or Electronic Shock Collar? It has been found that the Citronella Spray collar (88.9% effective) works better than the electronic shock collar (44.4% effective). This was reported by owners of two commercially available anti-barking collars that they put through a two week trial. As can be seen by the [...]

Norwegian Elkhound Owners – Trainers – Need Advice Please!?

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Kai-Li Noel is approx. 4 yrs. old and I am possibly her 4th or 5th owner. Her previous owner had her 1 year and obtained her from a Shelter. They could not handle her aggression towards other dogs and what they deemed separation anxiety, and I understand that she failed obedience training. She had a [...]

My dog has seperation problems?

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

I’ve had my dog for going on 8 years. He’s a fixed Springer Spaniel mix, who is friendly and fairly well trained. I finished college and have taken him in with me. He is happier overall, but we can’t leave him alone without excessive barking. It’s been more than a year now, and he is [...]

Neighbors lab?

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

I Have a neighbor that just adopted a 2 year old lab. He’s nice, except he barks and barks non stop. I have talked to the neighbor, and he doesn’t know what to do. He’s tried anti bark collars, and he says that De-barking is NOT an option. If I were to report him, would [...]

Sudden change in dog behaviour?

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

I have a 7yr old english setter. I adopted when he was one. He is very lovable, great with kids and other animals. He has never displayed any aggressive behavior. Since I’ve had him, the only thing that was a problem was excessive barking when he had to leave him. For this, I have done [...]