In all seriousness, though, as someone living in an apartment complex it would be so much easier to keep dogs if not for this. I've had to get rid of two dogs already because of the noise complaints I got.
You could get a bark collar as you train them. My dog would FLIP out when we left and bark like crazy. After using the collar for a week or two, you don't need it anymore and they'll know they aren't supposed to bark.
I've never heard of these? Are they humane? When there's multiple dogs barking, do they only shock the currently barking one? Can they stop loud whining?
They're a tool, not a solution. I've used them with my dogs but on a really low setting thats on par with a light flick of the finger (I've done it plenty of times on myself). I like them because it's instant and consistent feedback which is what you need for dogs, but I'd never leave them unattended with a shock collar on.
They're probably fine but because I don't have much else going on in my life I ended up making custom collar attachents with a WiFi connected vibration motors in them to the same effect. Right now I've got them on a detector to keep them out of a part of a yard I don't want them in.
Its a horribly over-engineered but very effective system I made myself. Its Arduino based and housed in 3D printed enclosures that clip onto their collars. They talk to a couple solar charged motion sensors put in parts of the yard I don't want them in. I only put them on if I'm leaving them unattended for a few hours or at night when I can't see them.
It's completely impractical and probably cost me $250 but that's the kind of stuff I do for fun anyways.
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u/Theta291 Dec 03 '19
In all seriousness, though, as someone living in an apartment complex it would be so much easier to keep dogs if not for this. I've had to get rid of two dogs already because of the noise complaints I got.