PetSafe Outdoor Ultrasonic Bark Deterrent

• Decorative outdoor bark deterrent with bird-house theme
• Safe and effective bark control for all sizes and breeds of dogs
• Hangs from tree to ultrasonically quell barking within 50 feet
• Detects repetitive barking; 4 correction settings
• Two color LED for good/low battery indication

effing schnauzers not nearly as bad anymore.:
Neighbors have 4 unaltered show schnauzers - plus they babysit someone's effing puppy 2x a week - plus one of their own dogs had puppies recently. (You can check out what I was dealing with on youtube -- search for "neighbor barking schnauzer" -- and see if your situation is comparable.) I was concerned that this product might not work on these schnauzers, due to the high pitch of their barking, but it does. It does not prevent absolutely *all* the barking, but it has really cut back on the standing-in-the-yard, barking-themselves-silly-just-for-fun routine. We've had it up for maybe 4-5 weeks, on high all the time, and we're already on our second battery. For some reason, the visiting puppy continues to try to out-noise the noise maker, but by now, most of the dogs will come out and bark once or twice, and then subside. Or, they go bark on the other side of the house -- which I can't hear nearly as well -- or even better, inside the house. We also got the "doggie dazer" to taze them from our upstairs office window, and while this usage is outside the advertised range of the device, and there is a tree in the way, it does seem to help as well. (Or maybe it's just that I feel like I'm doing something when I push that little button.) You have no idea how pleased I am when I hear "BARK, bark, rowww..." and then blessed silence.

Working for me:
I saw the mixed reviews and decided to buy and try it (bought it from PetSmart). I had grown tired of my neighbor's two dogs (1 large retriever and some small annoying yappy thing). I have to say that it does seem to be working, no more endless barking that lasts for hours. If they do start to bark, they seem to settle down quite quickly. I just wished that I had bought it earlier and would have saved some phone calls I have had to make in the middle of the night to ask my neighbor to quieten down their dogs.

This Does Work:
I recently purchased this product with a little apprehension however after day 1 I was sold . I have 2 Beagles and a chihuahua, My neighbor had said they would bark a lot in the backyard by his fence when I was gone. Now they only bark to protect the house from the front but from inside. They will growl in the backyard but after 1 bark they head back to the house and watch from the door.This does work great product.

Give it a shot! (the product, not the dog):
Because every dog is different, this bark deterrent may not work on every dog. Therefore, you take a little gamble when you buy this product for whatever dog problem you are trying to solve. Luckily, it DID work for my situation. When I look back on all the disturbed sleep I have had (off and on) for the last several years, it makes me wish I had found this product much sooner. My problem stemmed from our neighbors, who would go on vacation every summer for at least 2 weeks. Their 2 beagles had the run of the place while they were gone.(They could go in and out of the house through a doggie door) Of course, they had someone come by to feed them every day, but because they were unsupervised the rest of the time, they would sleep through the heat of the day and then wake up at night to bark insanely--not for just a little while...not for just an hour...it would start around 10 pm and continue till 6am. Scolding them made it worse. This year, after the first night, I was determined to solve this problem (without taking sinister measures, which I had fantasized about), so after some research I decided to try this product and it is WORKING! Every so often, I will hear them bark once or twice, but that's it. I am so pleased! I would recommend following the directions closely--ie...don't hang it higher than 5 ft.; no obstructions; play with sensitivity controls, etc. If you are contemplating trying this bark controller, I would say "go for it and see what happens".

Barking Dogs:
When purchasing this item, I really had some "doubts" as to whether or not it would really be effective in our situatiion. However! I was pleasantly surprised when the offending dog was immediately quieted. Neighbors leave 3 family dogs out most everyday, all day. We could NOT be in our own yard without them barking non-stop. Since we placed the "Birdhouse" in our hedge pointing their direction most of the barking has stopped. Now if someone would design one that would travel 150 feet we could take care of the German Shepards on the other side of us! Bottom line, if you have a small distance to work with - this should meet your needs. It has helped us enjoy our backyard!