The Problem of Barking

While I was watching TV recently, a commercial came on for a BarkOff. According to the commercial, this small instrument sends out an ultrasonic sound when your dog begins nuisance barking. Supposedly, this sound is undetectable to human ears and does not harm your dog in any way. According to the product's advertising, it will also reach dogs in the neighborhood and stop that annoying barking keeping you awake at night. Amazingly, they only wanted $10.00 for this incredible gadget, and, of course, if you buy one soon, they'll send you two. Now why you need two is beyond me because if I bought it, I'd just keep it in my pocket all the time.

I read the information on their website listed below, and one of the BarkOff's claim is that this is a good way to eliminate the nuisance barking from other important times of communication by your dog. This make me wonder, how does a dog know the difference in nuisance barking and that "beware, somebody's breaking into your house" barking?

You know, I've always looked at pets like I do children, when you opt to have one, you take the good with the bad. I don't understand why someone would get a dog if barking bothers them. I mean, I've never had one before that didn't bark, and to be honest, most of their barking was not in defense, but probably fell in that nuisance category.

Also, when you think about it, if Timmy had gotten Lassie to the point where he wouldn't bark every time Timmy fell into a well or got in an old mine cave-in, how would his mom and dad ever know? I mean, poor Lassie could only grab them by the skirt or pants and drag them so far at a time. Timmy would have been a dead duck for sure.

I didn't see much in the advertisement about batteries for the BarkOff, and a purchaser may have to get them from the same company. Maybe that's where they make their money. I don't know, but I'm beginning to believe that selling batteries is the business to go into, because I seem to need them in everything, and they're not cheap.

I don't think I need a BarkOff, primarily because I don't own a dog, and my BB gun works pretty well to silence the ones that come around here. Now, don't get all bent out of shape. I don't shoot the dogs. I just make them nervous by pelting around their feet and screeching at them to "Git!" That's Southern for "Please leave me yard." And for those of you who say something like, "How would you like it if somebody shot BB's around your feet?" I'll just say that if you catch me going through your trash, digging in your yard, or chasing your cat up a tree, feel free to fire away.

But on the other hand, if they come up with one for spouses and mother-in-laws, maybe I'll think more about BarkOff. Shoot, I might even become a dealer. There's bound to be money to be made in that one.

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