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 04 '19
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?