May 14, 2013
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Update: the Little Gray No-Bark Machine
Now that I have sparked a spike in the sale of the Indoor Bark Control machine… Further reports:
Annie still barks at the window. She does not bark as much. She rarely escalates. She often abandons her barking and comes back to chew on something in the Conservatory where we are. It does not stop the behavior: it inhibits it.
This is remarkably untrue for Riley. Someone walked past our home today with a shorn Pomeranian, which is against all rules known to man AND dog, and he ran into the dining room and barked and barked and barked. The red light flashed: he barked. He didn’t even appear to notice.
So: worth a try? Definitely.
100% effective: apparently not.
Also the packaging says not the run the machine all of the time. I have no idea why. We haven’t taken the battery out since we got it because the battery is a pain in the ass to install (this could easily be a quirk of our particular machine.) Maybe intermittent use has some value we are unaware of.
