Dog Dazer II Ultrasonic Dog Deterrent

Update 05/13/2013 I have now been using the dog dazer 2 for a few weeks and am happy to report that I have trained my neighbor's dog not to bark at me or my wife when we come out my back door or are in the general area. The training required some consistency on my part, and I made an effort to go outside every time she was let out to help with giving her the repetition needed to figure it out. After about 4 days I was able to get some decent results. Instead of charging over and barking non-stop she would maybe let out a bark or two while running over and then sort of look at me like "oops, I forgot not to bark". I would still shout "no" and then hit the dazer for a second, to help reinforce the teaching. From 4-7 days, she would mostly not bark at us at all when we would come outside. If she did, I could simply yell "no" and she would stop immediately. At 10 days or so, she has learned never to bark at us at all. The only time she will bark now is if I come over and play with her which causes her to get overly excited. She is still a young dog and probably struggles more with the self control needed to override her urge to bark a lot. I reiterate from my previous post that the dazer seems to do nothing to our neighbor's other dog who is really small. Luckily for us that one doesn't bark much at all. But it doesn't seem to even notice when I use the dazer on the other medium sized dog who definitely notices it. If you have a problem with a medium sized dog, I'd say its worth the try to get the dazer 2. You should be able to tell right away if the dog can hear the sound. If not, just return it right away and try something else. Background I read lots of reviews before buying and was really torn about whether to buy this device or not. After a couple of days of trying it, I would say I am glad I did. We have some really nice neighbors that picked up a dog from a shelter a few months ago. The dog is about 5-7 months old and about 50-60 lbs. She kind of looks like some kind of terrier/lab mix. Her ears don't perk up (but instead lay over) so I was worried the dazer may not get through to her as well. Still I took some comfort in the fact that she is a midsized dog, and some other have reported success with dogs that size. The problem for me, is that while our neighbors are nice people, they don't seem to take much interest (at least that I can see) in really training their dog not to bark or spending enough time with their dog playing in the backyard. Its a little sad really, but I guess its better than the pound. So pretty much the last 2 months, without fail, if I walk out my backdoor to go to my garage, the dog will come charging over to the fence that lines our property and bark like crazy at me. At first it was a mean bark, but over time she has gotten used to me and it has become a playful (but loud and obnoxious) bark. For a while, I had hoped that she would eventually get used to me and my wife being around and calm down, but unfortunately that never happened. After putting up with this for a while it was getting to be pretty annoying not being able to be in my backyard or driveway without being barked at incessantly. Review I have only been using the dog dazer 2 for a total of 24 hours and it seems to really be working. Last night, I went outside on my back porch and sure enough the dog comes charging over and barking at me. From about 20 feet away, I yelled "no" and hit the button for 2 seconds. She immediately stopped barking and turned her head kind of sideways with a look of confusion. I knew she could hear it. Being a bit stubborn, she let out another bark 20 seconds later and I again yelled "no" and pressed the button again, this time holding it for 4-5 seconds. At this point she sat down, then laid down, and started crying a little. For a few minutes she was quite and then tried her luck again. I said "no" and blasted the dazer again for 3 seconds. At this point, I think she kind of freaked out and starting barking as much as she could. So I hit her with the dazer for about 20 seconds. She finally stopped barking altogether and retreated back into her yard about 30 feet and didn't bother me anymore while I was out there. This morning, I came out of the house to head out to work, and as per usual she came charging over and barking. I immediately yelled "no" and hit her with the dazer for about 4 seconds. Again she sat down and cried for a few seconds. After that, she didn't bark at me at all while I was out there for 5 minutes or so. I eventually went and "hid out" in the garage waiting for my wife to come out to the car. I wanted to test the dog to see if she would bark at my wife while I was not around. To my surprise, she just stared at my wife without any barking. Conclusion At this point, I am cautiously optimistic that I can train our neighbors dog not to bark at us when we are outside. She seems to really respond to the dazer and really looks like she hates the sound. I plan to update this review in another week to report how it turned out. Extra Tip 1. Our neighbors actually have 2 dogs, but the other dog is a very small dog that rarely barks. She is usually around when I have used the dazer on the midsized dog and seems to not even notice when I press the button. 2. I would not recommend this device as a dog deterrent. From what I can tell, it might stop a charging dog and it might not. It probably would not stop my neighbor's dog if she didn't know me and was mad enough even though she can hear it and it definitely annoys her a lot. When it comes to personal safety, its best to stick with something that is very certain to work. Just my 2 cents.

We are finally free from the tyranny of our neighbor's dogs!!! My fiancé and I decided to purchase this item after over one year of my neighbor's dogs harassing us. Even though we share a fenceline, they decided to put in a doggie door so their dogs can go in and out of the house as they please. This would have been fine, if my neighbors actually knew how to control their animals. Anytime we let our dogs outside, as soon as we opened our back door, we could hear the next door dogs start barking inside the house. They would run out the dog door and just stand by the fence, yelping their heads off at our boys. Anytime we would try to verbally correct them, they would be quiet for maybe ten seconds at first, and after a week, they would not stop at all. We asked our neighbors for help, to no avail. It got to the point with their dogs, that it didn't even have to be my dogs outside, I could be out back trying to grill or mow the lawn, and their dogs would stand outside, for hours on end, barking at me, causing massive headaches which I told my neighbors about (they didn't care) or they would just stand outside (sometimes around midnight) and just keep barking at nothing, the longest amount of time this has happened for was a little over one hour. Not anymore. ^_^ The first day that we finally got the dazer in the mail, it had snowed outside. That's one of the few times that we get peace and quiet in the backyard, because their pups can't stand to get their paws cold. I'm not even going to try and lie, I was so excited to try out the dazer that I carried it by the belt clip on my pants anytime I was walking around the house, just waiting for the opportunity to try it. The first time the neighbor dogs barked, I was on the second story of my house. Not wanting to take the time to run downstairs and risk their dogs going back into the house by the time I got down there, I ran to my window, opened it up, stuck my hand outside with the dazer and pushed the button. The dogs reaction was interesting. All she did was stop barking, turn around, and walk right back into the house. Was this the dazer working? I wasn't quite sure, but again the next day, I got another opportunity to give it a shot. Letting my dogs out back, the snow had melted, so my neighbor's dogs were back to their old routine. I pushed my door open, they heard me letting my boys out, I heard them start barking in the house and running towards their back door. I was poised on the defense. They ran outside barking, I pointed the dazer at them, pushed the button, and this time I was sure it was the dazer working because as soon as it emitted the sound, the smaller of their two dogs jumped about a foot off the ground, made a whining sound, and ran back into their house followed by the other one. Success!!! It's taken a while to train their dogs for them, but I am pleased to announce we no longer have any issues with our neighbor's dogs. In fact, anytime I open my back door now, their dogs see me and run back into their house. Honesty, it is very satisfying. I had wanted to wait a while to report on this to make sure that it wasn't just an initial reaction, but it is now three months later, and I'm still able to enjoy my back yard noise free. I will say that it does not work for all dogs. I noticed on my two big dogs, who are really laid back, they don't really care. But, for aggressive dogs, it works really well. I have also used it on my cat to keep him from jumping onto the counters because normally as soon as I step foot into the kitchen, he jumps down off the counter and runs away. The dazer allows me to play commando, and sneak up on him, then shoot the dazer at him from another room. He immediately gets off the counter. ^_^ Overall, this product does as it advertises. I'm super satisfied with it and have already recommended it to several of my friends who also have issues with neighbors who are irresponsible pet owners. It's sad that it has to come to something like this, but I did not want to call the police for a noise disturbance and create a hostile living environment. I knew that they would rather not do anything, or even try to push the blame off on me if I did try to call the police, so this was the most peaceful solution we could come up with. I don't even know if they have realized what is going on with their dogs, but no one has approached me about it at all, and I got to smoke ribs on my grill the other weekend bark-free!

This product did not seem to deter my neighbors dog who constantly barks and jumps at the fence if he hears me in my backyard. When I received the DAZER II in the mail, I first tried clicking it inside my house aimed at my own dog just to get an idea of what would happen. My own dog would just tilt his head when i clicked it, but thats pretty much the same reaction I get from him if I say h is name. I read the included booklet and there was some mention that 'Use of the DAZER with familiar and passive friendly dogs or your own pet may not evoke a significant reaction'. This doesn't make sense to me, but I thought oh well, I'll try it on a dog thats aggressive to me. So I took a walk down my fence-line and my neighbor's dog started jumping on the fence and barking at me. I clicked my DAZER, noticing the red LED was lit and this didn't seem to cause the neighbor's dog to stop. The fence is a cedar 6ft privacy fence with small gaps between the fence boards, enough for me to see the neighbor's dog. I thought maybe the sound may not travel well through the fence, so i went to the corner of the fence where i keep my trash cans; there is a 6 inch gap there where I can clearly see through the fences. Arriving at the gap, the neighbor's dog met me as expected, his face looking at me through the gap as he barked and growled at me. So with fingers crossed that my new tool would work, I again clicked my DAZER and the dog was unfazed, not even a pause or a head tilt. I was also shopping for something to deter dogs because I had recently been attacked by two loose dogs while walking my dog. One was a Pit Bull and one was a Boxer. I had to pick up my dog and carry him above my head as the other two dogs kept jumping up on me trying to get him. Luckily they didn't start biting me, but I definitely wanted some kind of protection. I also bought some Halt Dog deterrent (stuff the USPS uses). I had hoped the DAZER would work, but I'm returning it and will keep the Halt with me on my walks.

Works on some dogs, not others. Some dogs just get pissed off. Fortunately for us, this worked the best on a "Texas Heeler" that was an extremely aggressive barker. Another dog (I think a Pit Bull mix) it worked moderately well. I think it depends on the disposition and hearing sensitivity of the dog for how effective it will be. Works best if you are extremely consistent and don't overuse it for "punishment". I hit the button every time (so the dog knows it will always come with the bark), and stopped immediately when the dog complies with blessed silence.

If a smaller dog is the source of your barking annoyance, do not waste money or time trying to solve the problem with the Dog Dazer. We found after moving that our new house was surrounded by small dogs (corgis, dachshunds and a beagle) that were left outside in neighboring yards to bark nonstop for hours. Requests to their owners to quiet their dogs brought little to no relief, so we bought a Dog Dazer to try and solve the problem ourselves. Regardless of the distance from or the duration for which they were "dazed", we found that none of the smaller dogs that we tried the Dog Dazer on showed any response to it. None of them appeared to hear it at all, and all kept right on barking as usual. On larger dogs, however, we found that the Dazer did actually work as advertised. Our neighborhood has a labrador and a mastiff that are both kept in fenced yards bordered by sidewalks. The mastiff barks at pedestrians, and the labrador both barks and ferociously charges its fence when anyone walks by. One blast from the Dazer at ten feet instantly stopped the labrador's barking and sent it racing in the other direction. A single blast from 15 feet also stopped the mastiff's barking, though it lingered at its fence, looking extremely puzzled, through two more blasts before finally trotting off with a whine on blast four. Other reviewers have reported the opposite results with their Dog Dazers, i.e. effective on small dogs but not large. Had our Dazer worked on all sizes of dogs it would rate a five. Given its very lopsided effectiveness, however, it rates only a three.

Edit: the dog in the review below has definitely had a change of attitude whenever I'm around. He hardly ever barks at me since using the device. He never tries to goad me into getting what he wants. He knows I am the dominant one and won't respond to his goose tornado barking. That's the good news. The bad news is - his barking begins the moment I'm out of the room and he barks at nearly everyone else! AAAAARGH! I've told the owner how to get him quiet (you make a sudden PSH! noise and he goes quiet) but she won't even do this. She doesn't really see his barking as a problem or issues reflexive and ineffective "SHHH!" noises, which just gets him to bark more. The problem here isn't really the dog so much as the owner doesn't know, or isn't willing to, discipline him, discipline he sorely needs. I need a zapper for inconsiderate humans! Otherwise, the device has been great. I dropped it by accident, and it is a little less reliable, but I still give this 5 stars. ================================== Original review: Headline pretty much says it all. This device definitely works, even though I had reservations. That's the short review. The longer version: my neighbor has a cute, lovable, but very yappy and disruptive Pomeranian. If you've ever owned a Pom, you know their bark can be very biting, piercing and irritating, especially if it is repetitive. His bark would wake me up every morning and wouldn't stop for 30-40 minutes while the owner went about her business (he would chase her around the house barking endlessly wanting attention, food, etc, and according to her, it doesn't bother her at all). Very annoying, and it was happening constantly, driving me nuts! I brought it up with the owner and suggested a shock collar. She thought that solution was mean, so I shelved the idea, as well as any other corrective tools. But I value my sanity, so I researched more. Eventually, my findings led me to the Dazer. I read the reviews and was convinced enough to give it a try. Ordered it, got her a couple of days later. I was partly doubtful it would work, because other reviews state that it doesn't work well on small dogs, and Pomeranians are a small breed. My doubts were unfounded. The very first time I used it to correct his incessant yapping, he literally jumped and ran a few feet, as if he was slapped. I pressed the button for less than a second, stated a firm "NO!" and he stopped for a few seconds. Then he started barking again. Used it again - same result! A jump and a scramble, and he stopped barking. Other times I've used it, he flinches (I only use it for less than half a second, will have to press it longer). Part of me was elated and relieved. It works! Now the training can begin! Keep in mind that this dog is probably 8 or 9 years old and has been barking his entire life, inappropriately, whenever he wants something. He received absolutely no discipline from his owner, unless you count when she says "SHUSH!", which really does nothing, except to give the dog attention, and thus reinforce the cycle of barking. No more! He stops barking immediately when I use the Dazer, especially when I'm around. He seems to understand "No!" a lot more now, too. Curiously, he seems to be more attentive and even more loving towards me now. Maybe now that he barks less, he's less agitated? His attitude has become much more charitable. Big wags of his body when he sees me. I really love him! As an aside, the only hard part about using the device in my case is logistical. The owner does not know I have the Dazer - I do not want to risk telling her for fear she will prevent me from using it, because she might think it's mean or something like that. So I have to put it in my shorts pocket, or have it under the kitchen table when he's being noisy. Also a bit difficult to correct him when he's chasing the owner around the house wreaking sonic havoc. Can't just be like "Oh, yeah, I just wanted to uh... look at these flower pots suddenly while you were doing laundry... ZAP!" My own logistics aside, this device has been a real sanity saver. I was getting pretty miffed at the constant yipping yapping, sleep-interrupting racket. I now have the power to stop it and get a full night's sleep! Very grateful. I highly recommend you at least give it a try if you value your emotional health and your ears. You may just avoid being committed once the barking stops.

The reviews here confused me. Some say "works great", others say "don't work". After a month of use, here's what I saw. Does it hurt dogs? I've seen no evidence that it does. It's like a car horn... a loud sound won't prevent behavior, just gives the animal some additional input. The strongest response I've seen is a startle response, a jumping away. Will all dogs hear it? Nope. Even ten feet away, a dog that's busy with its own business may not even notice. The ones who do notice are the ones who are already looking for something to do, who are looking at passersby with unwelcome interest. If a dog is bored, the sudden loud sound is more interesting than you are. How have dogs reacted? I've used it mostly on sidewalks, particularly when a dog owner tries to take over the whole right-of-way. Some dogs have jumped away startled, others have continued to press forward. Some dogs have mistakenly identified the source of the sound and look behind me, expecting to see something else come around the corner. There have been no squeals or other signs of pain. Why is it useful? When a dog is focused on you, this tool breaks a dog's focus, gives them something new to think about. A lot of times that's all you need to defuse a potential situation. Best of all, if the dog owner doesn't hear anything, they're less likely to get verbally aggressive. Useful for dog owners? I suspect so! Many dog owners complain about unleashed animals approaching them, biting or threatening their own dogs. From what I've seen, I believe well-trained dogs can become habituated to this noise, letting you use this electronic deterrent to protect you both from unwanted animal contact. Is it a universal solution? No. Every 40 minutes someone visits a US hospital for dogbite wounds. Most attacks come from "friendly" known animals, and children are disproportionately wounded. You need to be prepared to stop a dog to save a life. This won't stop an animal, but it's an effective deterrent, gives a bored animal something else to think about. If I lost this I'd buy another. It won't stop all dog problems, but can deter many of them.

I read several of the reviews here before purchasing this item. Like in other reviews, I also discovered that it has limited/no effect on small dogs. I have two miniature poodles and they both blasted out the door one morning making all kinds of noise. Though not at all why I bought this - I thought it a good opportunity for a gentle testing. I quickly/just briefly touched the button with no response from them, indicating that they heard it at all. As I also cannot hear it - I was wondering if the device even worked. A few days later I came across the same large wild dog while riding my bike, that caused me to purchase this item in the first place. I touch the button and he seemed to hear it - and he headed in the other direction quickly. To be honest though, I was still lacking confidence in how effective this really was. This past weekend I had this device with me, while on an outing (I am working overseas). A troop of wild baboons came upon us like a wave. It was actually quite disconcerting. They were closing quickly and starting to flank us on both sides. I had a walking stick and could keep one of them back at a time, by simply pointing the stick at them. But given there were 35 to 40 of them – obviously this was not going to work. Not knowing whether this device would work on baboons of course - I pulled it out and presed the button. I can now say with absolute confidence that this device works exceptionally well. With the button depressed - I waved it at the front line of advancing baboons and not only did it stop them dead in their tracks - it repelled them. They did not act like it hurt them – but as stated in other reviews - it was definitely not a noise that they liked or understood... which gave them a moment to pause and made them back up. They were not intent on hurting us – rather just interested in getting some food. The problem is they all wanted that and were intent on that happening - and happening immediately. It could have resulted in a frenzy and trouble for all of us in a hurry. This device allowed me to keep them at bay long enough for the rest of our group to dig out some food for them and distribute it without incident. That was the end of the anxiety for all involved. This "Dazzer" is brilliant. It very likely prevented us from having serious problems and it very certainly prevented me from having to take more drastic measures to protect us. I am very grateful for both... and all involved had a pleasant experience as a result.