PetSafe Outdoor Ultrasonic Bark Control

I live in a apt. complex where 50% of the tenants have pets. When owners leave often hear dogs barking -- I have used this outside my door and all the dogs have quit barking. My dog no longer barks when I leave even though the birdhouse is turned off. Great training tool. BUT my battery cover lid will not open to allow me to change the batteries. I can force it but would break the plastic covering. Hopefully a flaw and not on all units.

I work nights, sleep during the day, and my neighbors have large loud dogs that bark at the wind. This device has gotten me several days of blissful sleep. The only complaint I have is that I have to change the battery every couple of weeks... did I mention they bark at the wind?

"A neighbor complained that our diligent ""security"" dog (a wonderful English cocker spaniel) was barking a lot during the day when we are at work. It's probably true .... so we tried the Ultrasonic Bark Control and after a couple of barks, Millie trots away and we're hoping this behavior continues. I didn't want to use the collars and am very happy with the results. I just hope the unit withstands the weather; that's my only concern right now! We received our order very quickly from Radio Fence so I'd say we are very happy customers."

Neighbors were complaining, we were awake all night. my dogs were getting bad with their barking. We live next to a park and there is always someone making our curious dogs carry on, especially when we weren't home The little birdhouse now makes them bark as low as possible and then give up.

I can go outside now and not be annoyed with the neighbors dogs, finally peace and quite

We have three bichons. One is quite the barker. He gets going and the other two chime in. Our neighbors complained that, whenever they tried to have a barbecue in their backyard, Riley would bark at them, which got the other two going. They said it was impossible to enjoy their barbecue. I tried a citronella collar, but didn't want to shave Riley's neck to allow the spray to reach his nose. I decided to give this birdhouse a try. It has worked beautifully! I'm sure it's primarily due to the fact that Riley had been trained to a wireless fence, the collar of which was set to beep when he got too close to the perimeter of the yard. Through training, he learned that the beep might mean a shock, even though he was only ever shocked on the lowest setting one time during training (the collar was set to beep mode only). I think he hears the ultrasonic beep of the birdhouse and thinks of his collar, and runs inside the house. When he isn't barking, the other two don't bark. My neighbors are amazed at the difference. Now, we don't even have to actually turn the birdhouse on most of the time. The dogs are just quieter now!

It definitely had an effect on the larger dogs. I think it also works on the chihuahuas, but they continue to bark anyway. The noisiest one seems old and may be a bit deef (deaf). I think it is best to turn them off during the day, and back on only when we need them. this keeps the dogs from becoming used to the sound.

This product seemed good and by the reviews I was very hopeful. However, it only seems to work in a small area. It doesn't seem to matter how high I turn up the range, it has no affect. Within 15 feet it works but there can't be any other noises. I do not recommend it and am going back to basic discipline. I am truly astonished as to how many people rave about it.

We live on a postage-stamp lot with a fence separating us from our neighbors. They have a large female dog and we have a small female and a small male dog. If the dogs are outside at the same time they go nuts at the fence, stomping everything in their path. I didn't mount the bird house. I simply carry it outside, turn it on and set it on a table and the two females instantly cease the fence agression. They run away with their tails between their legs. The small male, however, does not stop barking. He continutes to stalk the fence and bark until he gets bored. I wonder if he's a bit deaf... at any rate, if the bird house had stopped my male dog from barking I would have rated it a 5. Also... it works at 10 to 50 feet on the two females.

I am pleased with this birdhouse ultrasonic bark control system, it is a good alternative to bark collars. When my dogs need a gentle reminder that they are straying too far, this is perfect. It was easy to install and works well.

Our dogs did not respond to this at all. Back to the bark collars.

From the moment we put this dog "birdhouse" up their was a marked decrease in our neighbor's dog's barking. It was like a miracle. One woof and that'd be it. Unfortunately, there were two other dogs in the neighborhood that the sonic emission didn't reach and after awhile we noticed the neighbor dog barking a little more, but still not nearly as much as before.

Did everything I was supposed to.Even turned it up to 3 and moved it not above 5'. My 2 dogs are still barking. I am returning it.

Put it right next to the fence where the dogs bark and all it does is make them whine and bark more. Have it turned up to the highest level. Worthless!!!

I thought it was going to work and it seemed to for a couple of days on my lab mix but It didn't phase my Pomeranian at all. Then in a couple of days the dog got used to whatever this product does and decided to bark anyway. So now it's not working on either dog. It's well within the range recommended. Very disappointed.