The Gentle Spray Citronella Anti-Bark Collar
By Paul Miller 
posted Oct 25th 2005 12:30AM
posted Oct 25th 2005 12:30AM
Why get up from the couch to whack yappers on the nose when you could punish his barking excess with an
automatically released chemical weapon disciplinary agent? Whenever your dog barks, the $109 Gentle Spray
Citronella Anti-Bark Collar hits the little guy where it counts — in that super sensitive sniffer of his. Meaning the
citronella spray is small enough that you shouldn't notice anything, but Fido will probably pine for those good old
shock collar days.
Just saw a thing on television where a little yappy dog was wearing something that MUST have been this, and it sprayed a guy in the face when he got close and the dog barked. At first I thought that that was what was supposed to happen...
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yeah, that uma thurman movie...
These have been around for ages, why are we getting a news post on this now.
Indeed, these are old tech. Sure, while a great humane alternative to de-barking, we tried one of these over 6 years ago. I think our dog just developed a taste for citronella, but it does seem to work for others.
what # 3 said.
Clearly a terrorist tool...load that baby up with cyanide and some yappy rabid ankle bitting overside rat (Taco Bell Anyone?) and KABAM all hell breaks loose. Either that or put it on the ratarded kid next door, or girl guide, whatever first, fill with hot sauce and point at eyes. Fun for hours.
-M.
So when Fido is hangin' with his homies and they decide to bark it up, Fido gets sprayed in the face. Now that doesn't seem very fair.
holy shit... whens engadget going to report on the radio... i head they have radios now.
Now this is just nasty. I wouldn't use this on my dog. NO WAY!
Not only is this not a new thing but the photo looks like the one from the Drs Foster and Smith Catalog from 5 years ago.
Now if you had an article about a human version that sprayed them in the face every time they did something annoying then that would be news worthy...
This is soooo old. I used it on my dog about 5 years ago....
One more gadget to make your dog hate you.
I got one of these for my dog a while back. She has a problem with barking at anything that moves when we go on car rides. This thing didn't work at all. My car smelt like sour apple for days. Now I've moved up to a shock collar that only works half the time.
I think we round up all the dog owners who employ this system, and attach a similar collar to them. When the owners talk, they get blasted with mace.
Bloody good idea.
A yapping dog at 4AM in the morning is about the most annoying thing I could possibly imagine.
The reason it's getting press is because it was on the Mikr Gallager Radio talk show yesterday.
Actually THIS particular colar IS new as it has a special chip thay knows if the bark is coming from thr throat of the wearing dog ... so there a few "mis-sprays"
Atleast his muzzle will be mosquito-free.
I think sulphur would be far more effective and humorous... "Uhh.. it's the dog!"
Egg farts rock.
I've used this thing on 2 dogs and it worked well with both. I was especially surprised that it worked on a dog we were "sitting" for while my sister-in-law was away in Europe for 2 weeks. She has a pug that she never trained. The dog actually gets upset at her when she doesn't let him do certain things and expresses his disapproval by urinating or defacating in places in the house. So, as you can imagine, the dog barks a lot. With the collar on though, nada.
My family bought one of these things to replace our dogs shock collar. We came to find that this thing sucks and is a waste of money. Our dog would bark and bark and run in circles until the thing was empty, It would take her 10 minutes to empty it before it had to be filled up again. So as you can imagine, we sent back the sprayer and got out the trusty shocker and let her have it. Thats my experience, maybe someone else might have better luck with their dog.
Wow. I guess it doesn't pay to report on something someone has already heard about. Looks like you might as get a tattoo that says "please flame us because we don't rock the dog bling."
Ahem.
But what I really wanted to say was that another reason not to "whack yappers on the nose" is that, well, that doesn't work anymore than spraying him with godawful scents will. He's just as likely to think you're telling him that he has every right to be upset because you're upset too.
Think your dog knows what the words "shut the hell up" mean? She doesn't. She probably thinks you just said, "You said it! I hate the damn UPS driver too!"
Blessings anyway.
We have this for our BlueTick Hound since she really likes the sound of her voice (if you get my drift).
This is a dog that eats skunks and we have more than once had to de-skunk her but the collar works great. I can't imagine how she can take a full blast from a skunk and not mind but when she sees the collar she settles right down.
I've gotten a face full when testing it and it's not that bad to me...
won't it be a complete nightmare trying to get this on the dog after the first time?
Animal Cruelty
That dog looks like he's enjoying some ecstatic, erotic myst.
***aaaaah~*****
Yeah well, my gods like his vodka with a splash of lemon now. Great.
Do you think they could make something like this with a VALIUM spray, for your kid?
Just a thought.
Do not, I repeat DO NOT use this, a shock collar, or any other such tortorous device on any dog EVER. It will not work and will only make your dog scared of you. Ever heard of positive training? If you are too lazy to train your dog, you should not have one in the first place. If you must resort to this kind of cruel behavior to make your dog stop barking, you are too ignorant to be the caretaker of anything. Dogs take a lot of work, so be sure you have the time to devote to them.
I wrote a rather lengthy review of this on my other site back in May of 2002: http://www.staticbeats.com/reviews.php?id=1
This should be a marijuana spray, then the dog just eat and go sleep´.
this is very messed up. i would never ever use this for my dog. he just needs to be taught when not to bark, if you dont know how to do it, you shouldnt own a dog. imagine your kids teacher spraying your child in the face with water everytime he or she talks out of turn. this is extremely ridculous.