NEIGHBORS HAVE A
REALLY LOUD DOG
THAT BARKS ALL THE
TIME..
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S A DEVICE THAT
CLAIMS IT WILL STOP
YOUR DOG FROM
BARKING.
THE PRODUCT SAYS IT
USES "ULTRASONIC
SOUND".. TO KEEP
YOUR PET QUIET.
BUT DOES IT WORK?
13 INVESTIGATES
BOUGHT IT AND
TESTED IT ... SO YOU
DON'T HAVE TO.
HERE'S SENIOR
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER BOB
SEGALL.
DIANA ON COUCH WITH DOGS
WHAT YOU DOING?
DIANA CALKINS
ADORES HER TWO
DOGS...BUT SHE'S THE
FIRST TO ADMIT, JUJU
AND VICKI ARE NOT
ALWAYS PERFECT
LITTLE ANGELS.
DIANA
WE HAVE A LOT OF
ANYONE COMES IN,
THEY BARK...
THE WHOLE TIME THE
NEIGHBOR MOWS HIS
LAWN. THEY BARK AT
THE NEIGHBORS
DOGS.... AND THEY GO
ALWAYS STIRS UP THE
OTHER, NO MATTER
WHICH ONE. WITH
THESE LITTLE DOGS
IT'S VERY, VERY HIGH
PITCH, IT HURTS YOUR
EARS.
THAT'S WHY THIS
CAUGHT DIANA'S EYE...
THE OUTDOOR BARK
CONTROL SAYS IT USES
ULTRA-SONIC SOUND
TO STOP DOGS FROM
BARKING. THE LITTLE
PLASTIC HOUSE HAS A
MICROPHONE INSIDE
AND WHEN IT HEARS
BARKING, IT SENDS
OUT A HIGH-PITCH
DOGS... AND THAT
STARTLING SOUND IS
SUPPOSED TO GET
YOUR DOG TO STOP
YAPPING.
NAT BARKING
THE QUESTION, OF
DIANA CALLING DOGS
"PUPPIES!"
DOES IT WORK? JUJU,
VICKI AND DIANA
AGREED TO GIVE IT A
TRY...
SET UP WAS EASY.
BATTERIES IN, READ
INSTRUCTIONS AND
GIVE THE DEVICE A
QUICK TEST...
DIANA
"WOOF"
NAT SOUND OF BEEPS
DIANA
"IT WORKED"
THEN DIANA SET THE
CONTROL ON HER
PATIO TABLE TO SEE
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
UNFORTUNATELY,
NOTHING.
THE FIRST FEW DAYS
WERE SO HOT, THE
DOGS DIDN'T REALLY
SPEND ANY TIME
SO DIANA MOVED THE
DEVICE INDOORS --
SOMETHING THE
MANUFACTURER DOES
NOT RECOMMEND.
8199 AT :20 SET DEVICE ON
INDOOR TABLE
I JUST WASN'T
WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
SHE NOTICED AN
DIANA
IT ON, THEY STOPPED
BARKING.
WATCH WHAT
KNOCK ON THE FRONT
DOORBELL....HUGE
TRIGGERS FOR BOTH
OF THE DOGS.
NAT KNOCKING/DOORBELL
TWO BARKS
DIANA
DEFINITELY A
DIFFERENCE. THEY
BARKING LIKING
CRAZY. IT DEFINITELY
WORKED.
EXCITEMENT DIDN'T
LAST LONG. WHEN
JUJU AND VICKI
FINALLY WENT
OUTSIDE TO PLAY IN
THE YARD... THE
NEIGHBOR'S DOGS
DECIDED TO COME OUT
AND PLAY TOO....AND
NOISY.
NAT LOTS OF BARKING
THE OUTDOOR BARK
CONTROL SAYS IT
EFFECTIVELY STOPS
BARKING UP TO 50
FEET AWAY ....
OBVIOUSLY NO ONE
BOTHERED TO TELL
JUJU AND VICKI.
DIANA
AS SOON AS THOSE
DOGS CAME OUT, THEY
WERE ALL BARKING
LIKE CRAZY AND
OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T
NEIGHBOR'S DOGS
EITHER. AND WE WERE
WITHIN TEN OR 15
FEET OF THE BOX AND
THERE SEEMS TO BE
IF YOU DO WANT TO
TRY A DEVICE OR A
COLLAR THAT USES
ULTRASONIC SOUND TO
KEEP YOUR DOG
QUIET... ARE
PRODUCTS LIKE THESE
SAFE FOR YOUR PET?
MEREDITH ENGERSKI,
COTTAGE ANIMAL CLINIC
I BELIEVE YES, WITHIN
REASON.
MEREDITH ENGERSKI
MANAGES SEVERAL
ANIMAL CLINICS. SHE
SAYS DEVICES LIKE
THIS ARE GENERALLY
SAFE IF USED FOR
JUST A FEW MONTHS
TO HELP TRAIN YOUR
DOG.... BUT SHE HASN'T
HEARD OF MANY PET
OWNERS WHO'VE
FOUND THEM TO BE
VERY EFFECTIVE.
MEREDITH
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE TRY
TO USE IT AND COME IN
AND SAY IT HASN'T
WORKED BECAUSE
THEIR DOG IS JUST
FIGHTING THROUGH IT.
THEY'RE JUST
BARKING AT
WHATEVER SOURCE OR
WHATEVER REASON
THEY'RE BARKING TO
BEGIN WITH
SO, BOTTOM LINE,
DOES THIS THING
DIANA
PRIMARILY, I'M JUST
NOT SURE.
AND SOME NOT SO
NAT BARKING
HER WANTING MORE...
MORE PEACE AND
QUIET.
NAT BARKING
OVERALL, DIANA GIVES
THE OUTDOOR BARK
CONTROL A GRADE OF
C-MINUS.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE
IT A TRY, T'S
AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR
BETWEEN $30 AND $45.
SO IF THIS GETS
DO YOU STOP A DOG
FROM BARKING?
PROFESSIONAL DOG
TRAINERS SAY THERE
ARE THINGS YOU CAN
DO RIGHT AT HOME --
AND IT STARTS WITH
UNDERSTANDING WHY
YOUR DOG IS BARKING.
WE'VE GOT TIPS AND A
VIDEO EXPLAINING
WHAT TO DO AT
WTHR.COM.
THANKS, BOB.
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YOU'D LIKE 13
-- LET US KNOW.
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