Dog Bark Stop

The question “do citronella spray collars work” is often asked by dog owners who have a problem with excessive inappropriate barking.

The conclusion is a straight forward one. The collars work for some people, but not for others so there is no one answer.

After many months of studying reviews and opinions on various citronella spray collars for dog barking, I’ve seen a common trend: people either love them or hate them.

On some dogs they work very well, whilst on other dogs there is no reaction whatsoever and you’d swear that the collar was invisible.

Sometimes the reason for the spray collar not doing its intended job is because it is a low quality product. But other times the best collars just won’t stop some dogs from barking.

This is clearly seen in the reviews at Amazon.com whereby many spray collars have an overwhelming majority of people either giving them a 5 star rating or a 1 star rating, leaving only a few votes down the middle. So people are very black and white about their experience with citronella spray collars.

Possibly the most popular and most talked about example is the Premier Spray Sense Anti Bark Collar. With going on 600 customer reviews at Amazon alone, this collar displays my point above about the love/hate relationship: 199 5 stars, 131 1 stars and the rest in between (with the majority of the remaining being 2 stars).

So how can you really find out if a citronella spray collar will work to stop or minimize your dog’s barking? The only real way is just to try it – make the small investment, see if it works & if all goes to plan, your dog’s barking will be reduced and controlled through the use of the collar as a temporary measure, coupled with long term behavioural training. If not, at least you can rule out spray collars from your to-do list.