Lava Electronics SmartPets Anti-Bark Vibration Training Collar

I thought this purchase was risky because it was a low cost alternative but then again the low cost prompted the gamble... When I received it I tried to read the instructions but they were worse than bad! I have no idea what the translator/author meant. That being said, I put the small watch type batteries in and the collar started blinking. Great, that'll run the batteries down I thought. But 5 weeks later it's still blinking away. Now my Schnoodle is very smart and knows the word 'collar' and that she'll get a schock from the old, damaged one. Just strapping this on shut her up but then she jumped when it vibrated (it doesn't shock) so I had to adjust it (no instructions, remember). She has barked only one time while wearing the collar and that was when a friend arrived, usually she'll just give a low 'woof, woof' so she doesn't trigger the sensor. She wears the collar only when she goes outside or when she's inside but outside noises irritate her. I definitely recommend this as a low-cost alternative and especially if you don't want your dog to be schocked. I may buy a second one as a standby, one for the vehicle and one for the home...

This won't hurt your dog. It doesn't shock them, it just vibrates kind of annoyingly. But there's a delay of 20-30 seconds between the dog barking and the collar reacting. This just confuses the dog and doesn't teach him anything at all. Useless.

Read what this collar could do and thought good idea. It's a good idea but horrible execution. The collar doesn't work when it's suppose to. Vibrates at random times and not when the dog is barking. Complicated and disjointed instructions makes it more frustating. Bottom line....it doesn't work, get a jar of pennies and rattle it when you want your dog to stop barking.

Save your money and put it towards a bark collar that works.I could feel the collar go off when I snapped it on but the 10 pound dog will bark all day with it.

I bought this for my Chihuahua that weighs about 5 lbs. The description was that it is great for small dogs but it was heavy, and did not fit around my chihuahua's neck. Also, It weighed our chihuahua down. It would be ok for a big dog, though.