Bark Off : Control Dog Barking
The Bark Off Dog Barking Control device is making quite a stir these days. It’s obviously one of the most successful As Seen On TV Store items to come out in 2010 but does it work? Well first, perhaps I should explain what it is intended to do.
The Bark Off is an apparent solution to the annoying problem of dog barking. We’ve all been faced with this at one time or another and it can be excruciating. You know, you are trying to sleep and the neighbor’s dog is barking all night, or you’re trying to watch TV and you can’t seem to quiet your dog.
Some dog barking is a really great thing. It’s an obvious deterrent to for criminals and can alert you to all types of dangers, but what do you when you just don’t want to hear it anymore? Or better yet when you can’t stand it anymore. Some type of dog barking control is in order, but which one?
Shock collars seem inhumane and training a dog not to bark can be difficult. Even if you are successful you might risk the dog’s understanding of when to bark at the sign of trouble. After all, barking is an instinctual way for out dogs to communicate with us and stifling that might be a bad thing.
So the Bark Off becomes an interesting option because of how it works. Basically, when turned on it emits a harmless ultrasonic wave that is not audible to humans but quickly gets the dog’s attention.
Whenever your dog begins to yap, the unit is activated and the ultrasonic wave is emitted. It does no harm to the dog and simply interrupts the dog’s barking pattern. The theory is that if you can distract the dog’s attention from whatever the cause of its barking is, then it will stop. The ultrasonic wave just commands the dog’s attention and they forget what got them barking in the first place.
In theory this is an awesome idea, but in practice it might prove difficult. If the Bark Off really works, I for one want to know about it because it could be the perfect solution to my dog barking issues.
My particular problem involves a neighbor’s dog. It’s really a great dog but he loves to bark late at night and although my neighbor’s say they try to control it, it’s become a nuisance for everyone. Unfortunately, the area the dog likes to hang out is literally 10 feet from my bedroom window. The Bark Off is supposed to work at a decent distance so theoretically I could place the unit by my bed and flip it on at night. If it’s successful, then the dog will either stay quiet or move somewhere else and my problem will be solved.
Hopefully, this little invention will put an end to the annoying yapping of our little friends but in my opinion the jury is still out. It’s tough to imagine that a simple little contraption like this could be the answer but sometimes the solutions to some of our biggest problems are really easy.
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The Ab Circle Pro Got Even Better
Yep, that’s right. The wildly successful ab circle pro just got better. This is especially good news considering we are smack dab in the middle of bikini season. People all over the world have been using the Ab Circle Pro to tighten their abs and drop weight and have been doing so successfully.
Right now the Ab Circle Pro has a $14.95 thirty day in home trial so people can try out the now famous circular technology in the privacy of their own home. If you like it, you just pay the difference which totals $199.00. Not bad, but it gets better. But first take a look at what the Ab Circle Pro actually does.
The ab circle pro is a piece of home fitness equipment which targets your core muscle group while providing a pretty decent cardio workout. This allows the machine to serve both as a muscle toning, and weight loss machine. It’s very simple to use because there very little stress on the body’s joints. You simple drop onto the machine, lock your knees onto the knee pads and start swaying back and forth. It’s not hard at all and you should immediately start feeling a stretch and burn in the areas you want to target, not everywhere else in your body.
That’s always been a drawback of crunches and sit-ups. Just getting into the position where you can successfully target abs is difficult and often painful. It’s something which kept me, and a lot of people from doing any ab work during workouts. So with the Ab Circle Pro, there is no more excuse.
The good news I referred to above is that the Ab Circle Pro just get better. Well actually there is a newer better version which was just released. It is called the Mini Circle and it pretty much the same concept but it’s smaller, more portable and less expensive than the original.
There were a few noticeable drawbacks to the original and they were addressed in the mini circle. First, there were several complaints that the knee pads wore to easily so they have been reinforced in the mini. Many ab circle pro users also felt the machine itself was too large to be considered completely portable. The mini is much smaller and extremely portable. They did a great job making the mini circle slide under things for storage and it is very light weight for travel.
Lastly, there were a lot of people who really wanted to try out the ab circle but felt that the $199 price tag was a little to steep. Hence, the $14.95 thirty day trial. But, the price of the Mini Circle deliberately set to lower the barriers of entry so anyone looking for a great in home ab machine would be able to afford one.
Like the ab circle pro, the mini circle is multi-functional. By removing a single pin, the machine transforms into a thigh and buttocks machine. The mini has different hand positions which will target your core muscles from different angles. This is an improvement over the original.
One of the most important things to remember when using any exercise machine is to understand that exercise alone will not take off all the weight or build all the muscle. A sensible diet must be incorporated in conjunction with any program.
