Anti Bark

Imagine you're laying in bed, the clock reads 3AM, and that neighbor's dog barks nonstop for hours, shadow's getting all the attention; meanwhile, yelling is not effective and in fact things just keep getting worse again and again. Nothing seems to work sometimes. Anti Barking App for Android was designed as a digital trainer for dogs, working by sending out ultrasonic noises that are meant to reduce barking through sound conditioning that actually gets results in a different way. High-frequency sounds running at dogs really don’t like them, but humans basically can’t hear those at all so peace is guaranteed instead of a person getting a headache. Barking happens and the app is activated. With this in mind, you could point your Android phone (it seems) at the animal in question, imagine it making such a ruckus and then have an instant bark deterrent right there in your palm, easier than almost anything else; it may take some practice to get it right, though the basics are simple. Over time, the app encourages the animal to link barking with an uncomfortable sound. Gradual is best, which needs repeating, as animal psychology says that if a dog connects its own barking to a bothersome sound appearing suddenly after, that dog isn't going to want to...

Sound arsenal and frequency options 

Ready to discover how the pet sound app helps your beloved creatures? That name means four types of noises, right, but those sounds—ultrasonic and high frequencies—depend on whether your pets are paying attention or chilling out, and since not every dog responds the same way, it’s actually not so hard to adjust different approaches; not all dogs hear 20 kHz the same, some are only going to jump when you set it to 23 kHz, and this is where the frequency slider gets important as it helps you tweak the pitch until your furry buddy reacts. Some dogs ignore lower pitches. Continuous playback, which was added to most apps, is useful during long stretches during training or when your pets are being especially difficult, and you don’t have to stand there with your finger glued to the screen. Plus, when you leave in the middle of a session, the app’s background mode stays quietly running that sound while you multitask. Features got upgraded. What surprises some users is the rapid frequency adjustment—more quickly, that option sometimes helps when pets stop caring about one tone after awhile; stubborn barkers aren’t going to stop just for one whistle, but moving... 

Real performance and training results 

Success rates with this method got all sorts of outcomes, changing a lot due to how the training was done before, so you can't really expect the same thing every time, but some people found improvement pretty quickly—sometimes even during the first week—if they stuck to using it all the time (especially if the dog wasn’t old enough to have a habit that’s hard to break). It's obvious—if you jump in fast as soon as the barking kicks off, the approach lands better, but if you wait or get stuck, they will get less reward from the whole process. Speaker quality is rarely an issue, and an Android phone can always kick out high frequency sounds loud enough for dogs, which got many pet owners surprised when old phones proved incapable of any difference. Basically, an app tries to tell your dog to hear, so that's pretty annoying if you're expecting results and the phone just isn't up to it, making the technique practically useless in that case. 

Limitations and suitability concerns 

If you have a dog who barks at anything that moves, or just likes to raise the roof for seemingly no reason, this is really meant for mild to moderate barking rather than those severe problems some owners face that actually need more aggressive reinforcements. It's easy to overlook how dogs with hearing problems, or those with behavior issues, tend not to react all that much to sound-based options, which, when you think about it, is why they sometimes regress or just ignore the sound altogether, and it's been found the effect sharply drops off if your pup is farther than about 10 or 15 feet from a yard across from it. Amazon has ads for the free version and they tend to mess up your timing especially if you're in the middle of training, but for just around $2 you can pay to have those ads removed and also get some extra sound packs, which might be handy if your dog gets used to the first few noises. Patient owners will find this app more helpful, with less painful results, and people not wanting to use it on kids will find it's a lot kinder. Those living in apartments want anything to lower noise complaints, dog walkers dealing with strange dogs that bark at them might try it also.