Petsafe 6-Volt Lithium Battery (2 Batteries per Pack) Reviews

Review by John Shepard for Petsafe 6-Volt Lithium Battery (2 Batteries per Pack)
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One of two batteries in the pack was dead out of the package. The company will not accept returns after the package is opened

Review by Nancy E. Vogee for Petsafe 6-Volt Lithium Battery (2 Batteries per Pack)
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Amazon shows the wrong battery for the Bark collar we ordered and now we are stuck with the wrong Battery due to their mistake. I am one unhappy customer who has been ordering from Amazon for years and use their Credit card all the time. Now that will end and so will my feelings for Amazon as the women who handled my call were rude and did not seem to care. Amazon fix your discription for the Innotek Bark Collar as the 3 pack you show is the wrong

battery. It takes a 6Volt but in a Alkalinenot a Lithium 6volt.

Signed a very upset old Amazon customer

Nancy E. Vogee

Review by for PetSafe PBC-1000 Ultrasonic Indoor Bark Control
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My family adopted an adult silky terrier who loves the sound of his own voice. Since we don’t know how he picked up the barking habit (he was running stray, background entirely unknown) our efforts to break this habit have been trial and error — mostly error. Suffice it to say that he still barks at everything, and sometimes at nothing.I saw this product advertised in a catalogue and decided to give it a try. Nothing else was working and I am still reluctant to try shock collars. The Ultrasonic Bark Control device is handheld and operated with a 9 volt battery. The owner’s manual states that an internal microphone can pick up the dog’s barking within 10 feet and automatically emits the ultrasonic sound that is meant to stop the barking. There’s also a red button that you can push to emit the sound, and the dog will hear it if he is within 20 feet of the device. Having used the device, I can tell you that the noise is out of range of human hearing. I’ve heard some complaints about other brands being just as annoying to the humans as to the dogs — not this brand. However, I’m no longer confident that’s a plus — the noise might not be irritating enough. The first day I used the device, it worked beautifully. The dog would bark once or twice, look puzzled, and then settle down. The second day he was barking for a good twenty seconds before my frantic use of the manual button would settle him down. Now, he just ignores the noise and barks ’til his heart’s content and our eardrums are vibrating. I’m thinking of giving the Ultrasonic Bark Control device to another dog owner I know in hopes he has more longterm success from it than I did.I must add that our dog has an unusually stubborn and ornery temperament. For a sweeter-tempered habitual barker, this device might be the perfect solution.

Review by Chris Stewart for PetSafe PBC-1000 Ultrasonic Indoor Bark Control
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Our dogs didn’t even notice it. We have three small terriers and I thought this would be a suitable device for a few house slippers. I was wrong – the kept on barking…

Review by Jane for PetSafe PBC-1000 Ultrasonic Indoor Bark Control
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Admittedly we have only had it for a few days, but our dogs responded at once. We had trouble for years with them barking when someone was leaving the house (even though other people were still in the house!) or when visitors or delivery people arrived. Every arrival and departure was a major event, noisewise. If one dog started to bark, the other one felt compelled to join in. We tried other measures to control the excessive barking, but to no avail. This device worked instantly. The dogs bark once or twice, CLEARLY hear the sound although we can’t, and stop barking immediately. The house has never been so quiet! Our dogs are Pembroke Welsh Corgis, a breed which is known to have sensitive hearing, and when used to herd are trained using whistled commands. I noticed from reading other reviews in which people mentioned their breed of dog that other herding dogs (like German Shepherds) seem more apt to respond, whereas non-herding breeds (like terriers) may be less responsive…no proof, just an impression from my research.

Update on Feb. 22, 2008. This product continues to work well, and our dogs have adjusted to it. Initially they were a little cowed and appeared distressed by what, to them, must be a very unpleasant noise, but they quickly learned that one bark was OK, two was a no-no, and a gentle woof (if they really needed to make a noise, which they occasionally feel they must do as part of their duty to the family) wouldn’t set off the alarm. Today it snowed here, and our neighbor plowed our long driveway, which is normally a very noisy affair, dogwise, but there were only a couple of subdued “woofs” as the dogs did their jobs of alerting us to what they perceive to be an intruder on the property and then went back to sleep, rather than continuing to bark until they exhausted themselves, and us. Our house has never been so quiet! I am delighted with this product, and very happy that our dogs have adjusted to it so quickly, and am amazed at how quickly they figured out how to “express themselves” discreetly, when they need to, without going overboard and driving us all crazy! Of course, corgis are pretty intelligent and trainable dogs, and I am as impressed with the breed as I am with the product!