Sunday, January 29, 2012

A Bark Collar Will Not Work For Your Puppy If It Barks From Separation Anxiety

By Scott Mcleod


I am going to tell you why a Bark Collar Will Not Work For Your Dog If It Is Afflicted With Separation Uneasiness

There is nothing worse than a dog that won't stop barking. It drives you nuts. It drives your neighbours nuts. It starts to affect all sides of your family's life. At what point did you last get a good night's sleep? Do you remember?

When you are at your wits end with a young dog or dog that will not stop barking, you will try anything to get some tranquility. One preferred option is the use of a Bark Collar.

Dog Bark Collars come in a selection of types and configurations. They are primarily based on negative reinforcement psychology, whereby your dog will be the subject of an unpleasant or uncomfortable sensation immediately when they bark. The idea is that your dog will learn that when it barks, it'll be subject to an experience it does not like.

Sounds easy enough, and even quite effective right? Well, the answer's maybe.

To start with, a number of these collars apply an electric shock to your dog every time it barks. Though it isn't a lethal dose, there's no way I'd subject my pet to that kind of torture.

Just as significantly, while a Bark Collar can appear to be rather efficacious in the short term, it is truly only a band-aid fix for that difficulty. The deeper issues causing your dog to behave in this fashion are not treated "and you are left with a dead and sad dog. Also, the price of those items can be really high "most costing $100 or more!

There's a obscure and non-trivial health problem that causes some dogs to bark all the time "and it Can Not be treated with a Bark Collar.

Let me ask you these questions about your dog:

1. Does your dog whine or bark continually?

2. Does your dog pace, chew furniture, destroy window coverings, rip up carpeting, eat thru drywall, mutilate plants or scratch at doors and windows?

3. Does your dog harm itself through its ruinous behaviour?

4. Does your dog jump on you and your visitors? This regularly leads to ruined and filthy clothing and can even cause scratched skin!

5. Does your dog get envious and snarl or attack folks near you this may include little children who love to pet "any" puppy?

Come on, be truthful here. If you answered yes to any of these questions then your dog may be suffering from a major condition called Dog Separation Anxiety.

Dogs with terrible separation anxiety might also pee and

The sad truth is that many dogs suffer because of this condition, and after a bark collar, obedience training and owners ripping their own hair out with no progress, these poor dogs become known as 'bad ' or 'destructive ' dogs.

The good news is, that dog separation anxiety is completely treatable. Sadly, there's not a great deal of information available on the condition, let alone effective treatments for it.

Fortunately there's been a great course put together on the identification and treatment of this serious condition. Before you run out and spend hundreds on a bark collar to try to stop your dog yapping, you owe it to oneself to check it out.at www.puppyseparationanxiety.com.




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