Bark Collars

 You know....I understand the frustration of having to listen to sounds you don't want to listen to constantly.

Like the squeaking of dog toys in the store.

Or the constant barking of dogs.

Being sensitive to noise....they can get on my nerves quiet easily.

And so I understand it when customers call or come into the store looking for solutions to get the barking of a dog to stop.

And most of the time this barking is for the customer's own dogs. 

But I got a phone call from a customer who was...tired...of the neighbor's dogs barking all the time.

Apparently barking so loud that you have to have the TV turned up to full volume in order to hear anything.

And the customer was calling to see how much a bark collar would cost because they had -as well as other neighbors mabye?- contacted the owner and asked if they could get a bark collar and the owner said that they would...idk if it was look into it or what....

But apparently said owner hasn't gotten said bark collar yet for their dog.

And the customer calling was thinking it might be a price point issue so they wanted to see if that was the case.

Which yah. It can be. Our least expensive bark collar is like...$50 I think? Most expensive is up towards $200.

So I can see why someone wouldn't want to invest in one just yet.

Or maybe the owners just haven't had time to get one. Who knows.

I any case.

I tried to suggest to the customer that they could invest in a "Sonic Egg" which is a device that can be placed inside or outside and it doesn't involve any collars or anything but senses when the dog is barking (within 50ft) and sends out a sound to get said dog to stop barking.

Like they're pretty successful. I rarely get them returned. And it could be a more passive way to get said neighbor's dog to stop barking.

As I've seen news stories of 'good intentioned' neighbors who kinda...overstep and get the dog owner a bark collar for their dog...and it not going over well with the owner at all.

So I was doing what I could to mitigate that situation from occuring again by suggesting the sonic eggs as something the customer calling could do in their own home to stop the dog from barking....which yah might not help either...but hey it's better than a collar around the dog's neck.

*exhales*

Don't think this person was convinced though. They were very focused on the bark collar and the ability to shock or send vibrations to get the dog to stop.

Which...I can understand if you're listening to a dog barking all day long how you would go to any method to get said dog to stop barking.

 But yah...maybe let the owner figure it out? Maybe?

-Sarnic Dirchi