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TRAINING SECTION
Why your dog barks
Barking is a natural behavior for all dogs. Sometimes, however, a barking dog is a
problem for his owner. A responsible dog owner cannot let his or her dog become
a nuisance to others. Chronic barking puts both the dog and the owner at risk of
complaints from disturbed neighbors. It can also create unnecessary duties for animal
control or police officers charged with upholding anti-barking ordinances. In some cases
it can also lead to the relinquishment of the dog by an owner who does not know how
to solve the problem.
Training with the Bark Control System
Before placing an activated system on your dog, carefully choose the first situation in
which it is going to be used. This situation should be one in which your dog will learn
easily, i.e., one with few distractions. If you do train in a situation with distractions,
your dog may not associate the correction with his barking, but with something else.
For example, if your dog first barks when he is looking at a visitor to your home, he may
perceive the visitor as being the cause of the correction, instead of his barking.
The initial training situation should also be one in which you can observe your dog's
first few reactions to the collar. Do not leave your dog alone the first few times he
receives a correction.
