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Originally Posted by Buddy Beagle
Buddy barks and bays a lot. If I leave him outside, he will bark and bay at the neighbors or out of boredom. When he's inside, he will bark for food and will bay at many new objects or something that surprises him. Sometimes he'll bay for an hour straight at something he doesn't like, like a trash can, tripod, etc. I'm not sure what triggers him to bay at something for a long time, but if it is new to him, that's a factor.
Anyway, it's pretty annoying and I want to put him outside more and be a responsible neighbor, so I recently purchased this:
 Amazon.com: Innotek Automatic and Rechargeable No-Bark Collars: Kitchen & Dining
It works, but I don't like putting it on him often, because it makes him yelp, but it does stop the barking. I tried rubbing it on my arm and it is pretty startling. I have tried many other measures and they didn't work. |
I think he figured out what it does, because he was just baying like crazy at a ceiling fan. I put it on him and he just stopped barking, like he knows what it does. I think it warns them with some noise or something the first time they bark. I don't want to hurt him, but I want to teach him that barking a lot is not nice or necessary.