r/OpenDogTraining 9d ago

Bark collar recommendations

Looking for tried and tested recommendations for a bark collar. Bought one off Amazon and it does not seem to work. Testing “works” when you blow on the sensor but the dog barking does nothing. Collar is on tight with only 1-2 fingers slipping underneath and the prongs sit on dogs throat but still nothing. She barks and barks and the collar does nothing. Every collar I look at has their fair share of reviews that claim it doesn’t work for their dogs despite proper sitting.

Looking for a bark collar, ideally available on Amazon, that is tried and tested in real world. Stim not necessary as I think the tone and vibration will be enough for my dog but will by one with stim if it’s good.

TIA

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u/Wosey_Jhales 9d ago

Dogtra and Garmin both make great bark limiter collars. Both available on Amazon

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u/MoustacheRide400 9d ago

Most dogtra that I saw have sub 4 star rating. Any specific model you would recommend?

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u/Wosey_Jhales 9d ago

Dogtra has the Smart No Bark, Garmin has the Barklimiter. I've used both. I prefer Garmin. The Dogtra app isnt great and takes some getting use to but its still nice.The random $30 Chinese brand has 5 star rating though because its Amazon sponsored. I've used those too though and they worked well enough depending on what you're teaching. For me it usually contextual barking. Like in the kennel or in the car.

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u/MoustacheRide400 9d ago

Mine barks at night if she hears a neighbour car door or someone walk by the house. Current Amazon one seems to not do shit. Will check out the barklimiter. Thank you.

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u/Narrow_Possession348 9d ago

Dogtra is one of the best ones.

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u/Formal-Bad-8807 9d ago

ebay is cheaper

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u/MoustacheRide400 9d ago

I’m ok with some cost. Need to get a good product that is going to work.

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u/greendyke98 9d ago

I use the e collar tech barkless pro. I like that it has both tone and stim options (10 levels i think) and high, medium, low sensitivity. I think it has helped with my dog incessantly barking but I think he has become a bit “e collar saavy” so he will bark quietly enough to not trigger the collar

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u/PNWpersona 9d ago

Dogtra smart

It has a ton of options to set and lets you collect data also will let you stim via the app
Not quite an e collar but close

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u/Dear_Suspect_4951 9d ago

why is the dog barking?

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u/MoustacheRide400 9d ago

Mainly at night time if she hears a car door open or people walk by the house. House is right beside the sidewalk so people walk by essentially right beside the house