This Acme Bark Genie works GREAT on my dogs
We recently bought a RV, and have 5 little precious, yet often yipping, dogs that we wanted to take on our road trips with us, but we know they are not gong to be welcome at the camp grounds if they can't be quiet. I decided to purchase an Acme Bark Genie, and give it a try. Although some of the reviews were split on whether these things really work or not, I felt I had nothing to lose by trying it. The very 1st day I set it up, it was a success.
Generally when I'd ask the fur babies if they wanted to go potty, all 5 of them would have an excited, barking fit, but now with the Bark Genie hooked up, all 5 of them quietly, without 1 single bark, calmly walk over to the door to go out to potty.
It says on the instructions to not leave it going all the time so the dogs don't become desensitized to it, so I shut it off at different times during the day, and leave it off through the night. In the short time I've had this device they've already learned during the times that it's on that if they bark it will sound, so they are staying much quieter when it's off too. The other day when it was off they started barking, and instead of yelling at them to be quiet, I walked over and turned the Bark Genie on, and they immediately stopped.
The Genie can reach up to 50ft when in the high position, so the neighbor's dog is also getting a break from 2 of my dogs that usually bark her to death when they go out too.
I am highly pleased with this product, and our house is so much quieter thanks to the Bark Genie. I just wish I had purchased it years ago.
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