BarkOff is an electronic device that helps in changing the behavioural pattern of your dog. It helps you in making your dog understand when it is not proper to bark. It also helps you train your dog on when to bark so as to provide protection.

It has been tested and found to be safe for humans as well as dogs. It emits ultrasonic sound waves that can be heard only by dogs without damaging their ears. Essentially, it works on the dog’s psychology by forming a pattern between the barking and the ultrasonic sound waves being emitted.

It isn’t expensive like the fees you would pay to a professional dog trainer, and some of them charge a really hefty amount. It is also not crude and shrill like many of the commonly available dog whistles which seem to pierce our own ear drums rather than making the dog understand.

On the whole, it seems to be something that could work if the dog is able to correlate its own actions and the ultrasonic sounds that BarkOff emits.

BarkOff Specifications

The dimensions of BarkOff are 5 X 2 X 1 inches and it weighs one pound. It comes with a convenient wall mount. Its ultrasonic sound is inaudible to humans. It is effective in a range of twenty feet from where it is positioned. Its sensitivity can be adjusted to ‘high’ or ‘low’.

How BarkOff Works

Most dogs need to be conditioned for two situations. When a dog barks when it should not, it needs to be taught that it is improper. When there is a security threat, your dog needs to be trained to recognise it as a threat and bark.

When a dog barks when it should not, you only have to flip BarkOff ‘on’ so that it emits an ultrasonic sound which only the dog can hear. Over a period of time, the dog is able to correlate its barking with the ultrasonic sound generated by BarkOff. Once it understands this pattern, it stops barking at the wrong time.

In a threatening situation, when you perceive that the barking of your dog will help you ward of the likely threat, you can use BarkOff once again. This time, since the dog isn’t already barking, the ultrasonic sound suggests to the dog that it should do something. It barks.

This is how, over a period of time, the dog indirectly gets trained to respond in a manner you would expect it to.

BarkOff : Real Consumer Feedback

Consumers have quite a bit to say about BarkOff.

“My frisky, intelligent dog was turned into a neurotic, whimpering animal within an hour of this product being turned on. She went to the farthest corner of the house and crawled into the corner to escape it’s possible continuous sound. How does a human know if it ever turns off? You can’t hear it. With Bark Off on, my dog would not even enter the house or be tempted with treats. This is a poor quality product. Money can’t replace the damage this Bark Off has done to my pet.” – Blue Dawg, Amazon.com

“Does work if the dog is already partially trained (via Collar). HOWEVER- I can hear it and about 25% of the time it does not shut off! It just keeps going and the dog retreats to the other end of the house until I physically turn it off.” – Ron, Oklahoma City, OK, Amazon.com

“After reading the reviews we decided to give this a try; however, we decided to use the device “manually.” We keep it in a handy location; when the dog barks we turn it on and give the quiet command. When the dog stops barking we turn it off. In this manner it works great and we don’t have to worry about other noises setting it off or driving our dog neurotic as described in other reviews. Bought one for my parents, who have a dog that barks at everything and will not shut up for anything. They are using it in the same “manual” way as we are and say it works great.” – Vita, Minnesota, Amazon.com

Where to Buy BarkOff

You can buy BarkOff at UltraSonicBarkOff.com. It costs $10, and for each one that you buy at this price, you get another free. Shipping and handling charges are $6.99.