PetSafe Outdoor Ultrasonic Bark Control - Viral on TikTok - No Barking Deterrent for All Dog Sizes - Up to 1/4 Acre Coverage - Weatherproof - Great for Backyards - Bird House Design

I'm a cat kinda guy. I have 14 cats, and a few strays that visit on occasion. I 'had' dogs growing up. They were fun as a kid, but too needy for my 'adult' (work, travel) lifestyle. Cat's just don't need 24/7 care, feed them, clean out the boxes and say hello if they acknowledge you are in their way. Leave for a few days, come back to empty bowls and scowls for letting it happen. other than that, they could care less. Oh, and they're mostly silent unless you forgot to do what they asked, when they asked for it to be done.Dogs, well, I don't want a 24/7 babysitting job. One reason I don't have kids- I don't need the responsibility or ties in my life. Cats give me that, even in my current quantity. Current girlfriend dropped off 3 dogs in preparation for a move-in. Her finances and timing for the move prevented a fast return trip, and I get 'stuck' with the 3 'children' to babysit. My lifestyle doesn't fit well with babysitting these critters, but I like them, and I'll do it. But the FORKING BARKING HAS GOT TO STOP!!! From the time the sun goes down until the sun comes up....BARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARK.... I live in the country, and the weather has been nice...so it's windows open time of year.Uh, no. Not this time. What I get was a 3 part harmony of high decibels...all.....night....long. BARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARK....right under the window. Closing it doesn't help, too loud. Instead of sounding like they're in the bedroom with me, it now sounds like they're in the room next to it. Neighbors complained. I complained. Dogs do what dogs do. After the 2nd week of no sleep....something had to give. It was either a 230gr Hydrashok in the mellon for them....or me. (and who would feed the cats at that point?...not like the cats would care either way as long as they got fed)I saw they were 'manufactured' by PetSafe, and having experience with several other of their products, decided to try them. These 'anti-barky-things....technical term, all rights reserved) were on the front porch when I got home last night. FIRST thing I did was put a battery (9v, not included) and hung them in my 2 problem areas as silently as I could. When they saw me, the dogs came around to visit, barking their greeting of the afternoon.....and...lo and behold....BARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARK "OUCH!!!! IT HURTS WHEN I BARK!!! WHY!?!?!?!?!! Hey, shut up, it hurts when YOU bark!!! OH, if I stop barking, the pain goes away. If you stop barking the pain goes away, when WE don't bark...it doesn't hurt....Well, I like barking, lets run to the other side of the house and bark "Hello" over there.!!!"Sorry suckers, I beat ya to it!"BARK.OUCH.BARK.OUCH.BARK.OUCH.whine.whimper.whimper.whine..WTF?!...We give up! We're going to the back of the house and hide and NOT bark, thankyouverymuch!"Last night, after 16 days of barking dogs.... all...gaswellfracking...night....long.... I got a windows fully open, no interruptions, dead silence except for the falling rain peaceful full night of sleep. They could charge $100ea for these things, and if the results were the same, it would STILL be a bargain!We'll see how long they last, and how well the dogs respond over time. There was a pretty heavy storm last night, and I haven't checked to see if the lights are on, if they're still working, or how the dogs act when I get home tonight. A quiet whimper of submission will suffice. We'll turn down the sensitivity, and maybe increase battery life. We may even wire up a 9v wall wart as a battery substitute if battery consumption gets too bad if I have to keep them at maximum pain. Might even do solar...cause I want these things to stay on FOREVER!!!Here's to a full nights sleep...EVERY NIGHT!9/25/2013Silence has been golden! Only one battery so far, and they are still working. Heavy rains have made no problems so far. All 3 of the dogs are 99.9% silent. Only one of the 3, the oldest by far, has a problem remembering that it's supposed to hurt when she barks. After a few seconds, she remembers, and whimpers her hello's and goodbyes. Very, very, very happy! Tempted to buy another for the center of the yard to take care of that 0.01%.

I sit here at 6:50am on a Sunday not because I normally get up at 6:50am on a Sunday noooo. I’m up because the neighbors dogs were barking t their normal wake up time of 6:50am. Bark bark bark bark. I enjoy being startled awake every. Single. Morning. From these dogs I get to enjoy a heart rate that skyrockets from being startled awake followed by a migraine the size of Kentucky, followed by rage of epic proportions.Let me share the story of how I know this does not work on ALL dogs. I bought the “elite” out of desperation in hopes I would not have to confront my neighbors after 4 YEARS (yes you heard correctly 4 years) of this non stop barking. I test this out of the amazing box like Ralphie in A Christmas Story opening his air rifle. I immediately put the batteries in. OOOPS! I have a beautiful kind and VERY quiet golden retriever. He runs over to me like WTH momma???!? Runs to the door to do outside. Runs to end of driveway and just stares at house. I can’t get him to come back in. Oh. I but also Yay! It works! I’ll shut these neighbor dogs up once and for all. So now I have to plan. I’m 3 houses away from the dogs. So I plot to sneak over to my first neighbors house at night. I’ll hang it in their pine tree, they will never notice! So night comes. I “sneak” over to my neighbors back yard. Give away # 1. We have 4 feet of snow so now there are track to the tree. Oh well it’s March it has to melt soon. Keep going! I think to myself. So I get up to the tree and find a good Branco. Suddenly BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK! These dogs are like 5 feet away from me, behind a fence luckily. But they are supposed to be inside for the night!! So they scare the crap out of me with their blood curdling barks. And then, I smell cigarette smoke and see a tall silhouette out of the corner of my eye. It’s the dog owner staring at corner of his lot watching me hook up this thing. So now the dogs are out of control, he’s sitting there and in a spineless tone that you can’t even hear above his dogs death barks “hey be quiet”. Then he sees me in the dark, just stands there looking at a tree trying to pull a branch through the hoop it comes with, like this this doesn’t look weird at all. So he says “Uh, sorry about my dogs”. This unleashed the beast in my 110 pound 5’1” frame. Oh I lectured him. I told him how I am losing my mind with his dogs. He needs to control his dogs barking as all the neighbors are sick of it. That I’ve called the cops 10 times and still he does nothing!! He responds in a Forrest Gump like tone “Yeah we tried training but it doesn’t work” (dogs are still barking at this point!) so I say “Get a bark color! They have ones that spray, emit a high pitch tone or shock them…Control your dogs!!” And I walk away (using my same snow path I made going directly to my house). So now I sit and wait. 6:50am next morning arrives. BARK!….and then nothing. Omg this might work!! I celebrate. I was feeling relief for the first time in years not being woke up by satan dogs. Then…Sunday morning. I’m startled awake whilst dreaming. I sit there and I count…30 barks. 10 minutes later. 30 barks. Oh! Just now! More barks. I’m about to have a coronary.Last ditch effort will be to ask my passive aggressive neighbor if I can hang this on their fence to get a coupe feet closer. Now these neighbors…those barking dogs attacked their golden costing thousands in vet bills and traumatized their dog to this day. Hopefully they will let me hang this on their fence. If that does not work I am returning this. BTW. 2 days later my dog is still staring at me like “Why did you hurt me?”