Isn’t it ironic that so many people give you a strange look the minute you mention anti bark collars, and yet those self same people are will to subject their pets to extremely emotional upset, and even cruelty on occasions? Not all the dogs are frequently barking, but some of them rarely stop from barking, and if you are used to such behaviour, be sure that your neighbours are going to complain about, and of course they’ll have every right to do it. Let’s face it; a dog that barks incessantly is enough to drive anyone up the wall. In fact, if your dog continues to disturb your neighbours through its excessive barking, especially at inappropriate times, you will also get into troubles with the law. Most jurisdictions have legislation in place which could force a dog owner to get rid of their dog if it’s continuously causing a disturbance.

After all those years you have been together with your dog, it will be a significant emotional disturbance to be forced to give him or her to another owner. To make matters worse, the new owners will quite likely get rid of the dog as well once they discover how much disturbance it causes. In many cases, these dogs just keep moving from one home to a next, until eventually they find themselves in an animal shelter, and then finally on the receiving end of a lethal injection. Many people do not think that far, and so they call inhumane the use of a device producing a negligible static shock that could prevent such situation.

We should take into consideration that media extensively presented, through movies, reports and exaggerated talk shows some cases of psychologically disturbed people who tortured their dogs using shock collars. Though those who have written such scenarios and reports claim to be the most lovings of the dog lovers, they never took the time to actually research about the anti bark collars. Some of these people even associate the use of the anti bark collars with the way criminals are prepared for the electric chair. Other reports make claims of burn marks, and this in itself shows just how misinformed these people are. How could two small AA batteries general enough charge to burn or harm anything?.

The right nickname of these electronic Anti Bark Collars should be in fact “tingle” collars, and not shock collars. We have all experienced static electricity when undressing some sort of clothes, and the tiny shock we have sensed can’t really be described as painful. Of course it frightens you for the moment, but it does not harm you.

There are thousands of dogs alive today which would otherwise have been dead or in shelters if it weren’t for these collars. They have been used as a last resort by many dog owners, but have been proven effective in just a couple of days. Additionally, most Anti Bark Collars will warn the dog before the shock is administered. If the dog continues barking, a mild shock is given, and if it continues, the intensity increases. Even at the maximum intensity, the electric shock barely overpasses what we know as static shock. It’s just as much as two AA batteries can provide.

The right nickname of these electronic Anti Bark Collars should be in fact “tingle” collars. The intensity of the electric shock is adjustable. Most Anti Bark Collars firstly issue a warning beep.