Thread: Barking German Shepherd

When I lived in JHB we foolishly agreed to take on a sister-in-laws spaniel while she worked a contract overseas. Fark me that dog was neurotic. Also quite old, spoilt, entitled, lazy, useless, smelly, fuckwitted. You can probably tell I didn't like it much.

It started "separation anxiety" barking immediately - a yapping kind of strangled bark - would kick off the minute we left for work in the morning, and not stop all day despite the fact it had my two dogs as mates (the spaniel hated them). As per comments above, neighbourhood relationships deteriorated very fast.

I got a bark collar from the people that bred Rottweilers for the prison service. That sorted out the retard spaniel in a weekend. Dog would think about it... pause... whine a bit (which sometimes set off the collar)... but overall it shut up pretty much for good.

I've told that story countless times because that collar was one of the best things I ever bought, super effective. Was subsequently lent out a couple of times with great success, and then used again by us on a young Rottweiler bitch who would bark at our older dogs to try and get them rarked up.

It won't hurt the old boy. Top tip, like other training collars, it pays to have the dog wear an exact same look & feel dummy collar for a week or so before you go "live". Or just have him wear it inactive. That way the dog shouldn't twig that its the collar that's whacking him. I know we didn't do that with the spaniel and he despised that collar because of it, worked it out immediately. But we did with the Rottie and she never worked it out and wasn't worried about taking the collar on and off at all.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

When I lived in JHB we foolishly agreed to take on a sister-in-laws spaniel while she worked a contract overseas. Fark me that dog was neurotic. Also quite old, spoilt, entitled, lazy, useless, smelly, fuckwitted.

I think I know the type. Nose that looked like boot leather that hadn't been polished, cloudy semi-buggy out eyes, oily smelly coat. For some reason that's been my enduring memory of spaniels...