pure entertainment

TriTronics Bark Limiter XS collar - $109.95
Watching your friends zap themselves with it - priceless

Trueman and I went to the range yesterday to shoot my Mauser and try out the new bolt he'd put into the Chinese Chiang Kai-Shek Mauser that we have, which isn't safe to live-fire. We tried the Chinese ones with blanks - it works, and then I ran about 100 rounds through mine.

After we were done shooting, we stayed at the shop for awhile. Since I had the dog in the back of the car in her crate, I asked if they mind me putting her in, and they said it was okay as long as she stays out of the way. Fortunately, everyone who works there are "dog people" and were petting here and she was giving "kisses" all around. Since she tends to bark at some people, I had her bark collar on her, which is a TriTronics Bark Limiter XS and has five settings of intensity. Mine is set to the middle setting, "3".

One of the guys who helps out at the shop is a police officer, and when he saw the bark collar, he asked me how it works. I told him that it has a sensor that senses the vibration of a dog's bark, and then it zaps her with a small electrical current, which gets her to stop. Another one of the guys overheard that and, since he isn't the brightest crayon in the box, he asked, "Does it work the same on humans?"

Of course, now everyone suggested that since he was so interested, he should give it a try, and asked if they could borrow the bark collar. They tried to bribe him to put it on ("Bet you $50 it doesn't go off!"), then they tried to get him into the classroom to wrestle him to the ground and put it on him. To no avail. Finally one of the other guys said, "I'll do it if you'll do it after me." A deal was reached.

The guy put it on his throat, growled (everyone snickered), went, "Whoa!" and rubbed his throat. Everyone was properly amused. So now the original "victim" felt brave enough to give it a try as well. Everyone instructed him where to fit it properly, that it had to be fairly tight in order to work, and so on. He put it up to his throat and gave a "RUFF!" (Everyone laughed because he sounded like a Chihuahua.) He tried barking again - "RUFF". Everyone laughed but nothing else happened.

People started to suggest he should hold it tighter and growl. He did - and it ZAPPED him. He jumped backward, going "WHOOOOOOAH! SHIT!"

At this point, everyone just about pissed themselves laughing. People were literally rolling on the floor, falling off chairs, slapping their knees, pounding on the counter - you name it.

A Bark Collar - stops nuisance barking AND provides hours of entertainment!