Bark Deterring Ultrasonic Collar ensures Fido remains quiet

bark-deterring-collarThere is the right way to train a dog, this I am sure. After all, investing a little bit of time to make sure that your pooch gets trained the right way where the basics are concerned is worth every single second, considering how you do not need to fret about future behavior when the rules are laid down right from the beginning. Barking, however, could be an issue if you live in a high density apartment, especially if the barking iis non-stop. Dogs bark for various reasons, but some tend to bark a whole lot more than the others. The $39.95 Bark Deterring Ultrasonic Collar might offer your ears some respite if you decide to give it a go.

The Bark Deterring Ultrasonic Collar happens to rely on ultrasonic sound in order to restore both peace and quiet to the surrounding. Each time a dog that wears this collar barks, the built-in microphone would detect such a sound, letting this unit release a harmless high-pitched tone that is inaudible to humans but would startle your pooch into silence. This would help the dog learn that barking results in the unpleasant sound, and might help curb this behavior pattern. Of course, there are no guarantee when it comes to the end result, but if you have already triend everything before and nothing worked, how about giving this a go?
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DIY GPS dog collar helps your pup fulfill its mobile computing potential

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Yeah, you love your dog, but is he or she really pulling his or her weight? A new project from Adafruit brings an on-board computer to your roaming canine, tracking the distance to your and your pup’s goal with a progress bar. The project is pretty simple, and Adafruit offers up most of the supplies, including the GPS and Atmega32u4 breakout boards — though you’ll have to procure your own fabric to make the big flower and some black nail polish to blot out the bright LEDs. The functionality isn’t quite as advanced as, say, products from Garmin — nor is it going to fill up your Twitter stream, but the collar does have the potential to track your mutt’s walks around the neighborhood with a few tweaks.

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