Has one tried those little boxes that you point at a dog and it supposedly makes them stop barking?

It breaks their concentration and pauses the barking. It can lose effectiveness if the trainer doesn’t fill the break with something they want the dog to do. Such as sit or to completely ignore the situation that made them bark.

It doesn’t hurt the dog’s ears as it’s within their range of hearing- it would be like a doorbell to us. Oh- hey! Wonder who’s at the door! It’s not a punishment tool, it’s a redirection tool.

So it does work, @gemiwing?

@Val123 It works well in the right hands, with the right technique. It will work on getting dogs not familiar with you to pause their barking- but without adding anything behind it, they will eventually become numb to its effects because it won’t have meaning behind it. It will become noise in the background.

@gemiwing Thanks for the info! Now I understand why, in the commercial, the dog stops barking and sits down! I thought that was od…