If its your dog is barking they will catch you!

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I can't help it, this is funny :D

Local councils are introducing new technology – the Bark Counting Collar – which has been hailed a canine controversy peacemaker.

The matchbox-sized gadget has a microchip which counts how many times a dog barks – hour by hour – over 10 days.
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How did we ever cope before technology?

I wonder how many dog warden visits for serious cases could have been covered using the funds for this project?

"We believe if a dog barks more than 240 times a day we could go to court and have it ruled a nuisance in court under existing standards," Mr Button said.

I must train my dog to bark 239 times only :confused:

Simple math - owner is out of house for 9 hours, 9*60=540 minutes.
Allowance of 239 barks, dog can bark every 2 1/4 minutes and not face a nuisance ruling???

"The limit for night-time – between 9pm and 7am – is tougher, with just 30 barks."

So your dog can bark 239 times in the day and 29 times at night - and somebody in 'authority' will make a spreadsheet to analyse this data, having developed an electronic recording maybe tamper-proof collar. Any 'shifty' owners wouldn't block up the mic with some duct tape??

They PAY people to work on this stuff :confused:

I'm surprised the UK hasn't got a scheme like this yet...

Barking unattended dogs can be a pain - I suffered from it last year with some neighbours who didn't care (but have now *seen the light*) - but surely a visit from the local police or a dog warden to evidence it and take some action is more sensible? They need to visit anyway in this case to fit the collar (presumably with the owners consent), come back to get the data, download it, analyse it, act on it blah blah blah... what is the world coming to?
 

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rascal only barks when hes sees a dog through the window hes lookin through
 

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I wish they would use those around here so poeple will quit blamiing my dogs for barking when its the other nieghbors dogs who bark non stop untill they are let back in. Which means for hours on end. Then all the other dogs get going...I look back at mine and they are lounging or playing king of the pool:D
Good puppers:D
 
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There is nothing more annoying than dog barking all day for nothing. Allot of this behaviour is really down to the owner, lack of training, as once the dog is used to the home "sounds", it should settle down.

My neighbour has an English sheepdog, and you can hear their kids go woof woof, encouraging the books to bark. All our neighbours got very upset about this sheepdog, so we approach the house and told them that this is unacceptable, barking constantly for 12 hours a day, and we suggest the following.

1. We control your dog in barking, or 2, we will go to court to get it put down.

They choose option 1, and purchased a dog-barking collar, which gives out an electric pulse. After 2 weeks of using it, the dog has stopped barking all day, only barks when someone comes in their house.

They do not use the collar anymore and the dog is like another dog
 

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travis_doggies said:
There is nothing more annoying than dog barking all day for nothing. Allot of this behaviour is really down to the owner, lack of training, as once the dog is used to the home "sounds", it should settle down.

My neighbour has an English sheepdog, and you can hear their kids go woof woof, encouraging the books to bark. All our neighbours got very upset about this sheepdog, so we approach the house and told them that this is unacceptable, barking constantly for 12 hours a day, and we suggest the following.

1. We control your dog in barking, or 2, we will go to court to get it put down.

They choose option 1, and purchased a dog-barking collar, which gives out an electric pulse. After 2 weeks of using it, the dog has stopped barking all day, only barks when someone comes in their house.

They do not use the collar anymore and the dog is like another dog
Those bark collars if you get the right kind really do work well. Seems cruel but your dog is in charge of when it gets a stimulation and when they dont.
Works especially well for those who are gone all day at work and cannot monitor or a crate doesnt help...Like here even if we crate our dogs if they were to bark your gunna hear it for sure. Thank goodness my dogs are quiet. Never have to use a bark collar here thank goodness! I wish your nieghbors would just find thier dogs better homes.
They never do a thing with thier dogs. They keep them crated all day long. Or if they arent crated they have a small run where they bark non stop! I know because Jim and I did thier tile in thier bathroom. I let them out when we were there. Lil Corgis too! Nice pups BAD OWNERS:mad:
 

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travis_doggies said:
That is so cruel, not fair on the dog at all. Go speak to them, it is not right
I have spoke to them...The woman is a BEEP and the guy is hangin off her Tits.
Animal controll wont do a thing talked to them too. The woman keeps blaming my dogs for barking when animal controll comes to her house. I think she doesnt like me much:D As if I care:D :D
 
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Tira would be fine for sure. Gunner only barks (maybe) 5 times in the morning to, ummm, "help" wake us up. :) Then he'll bark another 30 times (if he gets excited while playing or someone ignores him and he wants to play). So Gunner would be fine as well.

Yay! No nuisance puppies. LOL
 
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1. We control your dog in barking, or 2, we will go to court to get it put down. - per travis

You mean you'd actually go to court and get a dog put to sleep because it barked? Geez, sounds like you are as bad as them. Yes, they are responsible for training their dog but it's not necessary to KILL it because barking annoys you. Fixing it can (obviously) be done. Why would you even threaten someone with "getting it put down" for barking? A little extreme, huh?:rolleyes:
 

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