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Hints and Tips No. 4 Getting Your Bark Collar Up and Running
There is nothing more frustrating than getting a new product, and then not being able to get it going in the way you expected. This can especially apply to bark collars! Particularly when you (and your neighnbours!) have been sweating on it's arrival to stop your dog barking problem.
Ninety-nine percent of all the calls or emails we get from customers who cannot get their bark collar going are fitting related. That's right! There is rarely any problem with the bark collar itself or the fact the collar is not suitable for the dog. The main issue is that the collar has not been placed on the dog properly.
All static electric bark collars and spray bark collars that are vibration activated require the collar to be fitted on the dogs neck in an appropriate way that the barking can be detected and in the case of electric collars, give the correction to the dog. This time of year with many dogs having a thicker undercoat to get through the cold of winter can make it a little harder than when the weather is warmer.
For more information on how to fit bark collars properly please read my article on, How to Fit a Bark Collar Properly
ROCKY is the kind of dog always on duty. So he sprang to attention when an alleged robber jumped into the back yard of the territorial police dog. Rocky, in true Inspector Rex style, was immediately on the case.
The five-year-old german shepherd chased the hapless intruder through the back yard and down the street - eventually bailing him up until help arrived. Handler Neil Smith, who was in the shower at the time, said Rocky had caught his fair share of alleged criminals before but never had it been under such unusual circumstances.
"He's earned a special treat for sure," he said.
Mr Smith said the alleged robber was very unlucky. One house over and he would only have had to evade a small shitzhu named Harry.
"It's uncanny, isn't it," he said. "Some blokes just have no luck."
The drama had started earlier in the day when a store owner was opening his Upper Mt Gravatt business and noticed a man armed with a knife coming into his store about 7am.
He confronted the would-be robber, threw a full cup of coffee at his head and threatened him with a large butcher's knife he grabbed from a knifeblock.
Still brandishing the knife, he chased the man out of the store and through the surrounding streets, yelling at locals to call the police. The fleeing man then jumped straight into the back yard where Rocky lived with his handler.
Neighbour Sharon Forrest said the police officers who arrived thought Rocky was just a local dog and were yelling at him to "Go boy, go get him boy" as he gave chase.
Ms Forrest said Rocky bailed up the man next to a neighbour's fence.
When the police handcuffed him, Rocky jumped into the police car next to the suspect.
Mr Smith said Rocky was one of the most excitable dogs he had trained.
"He's pretty territorial of his house and yard, he would have been defending me and the rest of the family," he said.
"He's been on holidays for a while, so he would have loved a bit of action."
Mr Smith, a dog squad officer for 17 years who is on long service leave, said Rocky had been in the service for about three years.
A 30-year-old Acacia Ridge man was held in custody overnight and will appear in Brisbane Magistrate's Court this morning.
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Source - Brisbane Courier Mail - Original Article: CLICK HERE