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What do you say when you’re feeling afraid? Threatened? Lonely? Hungry? Playful?

Humans have a range of options to verbalize their feelings. Aside from a whimper or a whine, dogs have just one means of audible communication: barking. As any dog lover knows, they can adjust the tone, tempo and volume of their barks, but that’s about it. When it comes to communication, your dog is actually a one-trick pony.

Why do dogs bark? They’re feeling afraid. Threatened. Lonely. Hungry. Playful. That can add up to a lot of vocalization, and excessive barkers can certainly be a nuisance. They can annoy your neighbors and prompt other dogs to bark in what becomes a cascading cacophony that can rock the whole neighborhood. They can keep you up at night, and quite simply, drive you barking mad.

The PetSafe® Spray Bark Collar is one option to silence chronic barkers. It releases a...

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