Very remote speaker.

Davesnave

Moneymaker wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyCTYVu6Ecw
Open it up. Connect 100m twin flex to the push button.

or http://www.eurobarkcontrol.co.uk/a/ultrasonic-dog.htm
https://startpage.com/do/search?q=ultrasonic+dog+deterrent+uk

Thanks for these.

Two things:

• I'm not sure I should be punishing the animals, when it's their owner who needs to feel inconvenienced

• "The sounds emitted by the Dog Silencer will not travel through solid objects such as walls or floors."

There are two concrete block walls and 15mof space between my property and the dogs, so even if I went for a standard ultrasonic device, I fear it would not work.

Davesnave

bluesnake wrote: »

I would think 2 transformers. one to step up the exiting amplifier output voltage so that the resistance if the wire is negligible and the other on the other end to step it down to normal voltage.

Do not think normal iron electric door bell transformers will do the job due to hysteresis and frequency as it will kill higher frequencies. Think a ferrite does not do so well at the lower frequencies, but may also work well enough.

another way with power is by using two wires: send dc down the wire to power an amp at the other end and superimposing a small audio signal on the dc.

3 wire way: say the left wire is power, the middle is a common power and signal, and the right is signal

Then there are radio waves.

Also do not forget pulsed light

This is all interesting, and like the You Tube vids posted above, something I can look at further, but I'm not very tech-savvy so you've lost me.

I was really hoping someone could highlight some stuff I could buy in Maplin, or wherever, as I might be capable of stringing that together. I'm a smallholder, not an electrician and my physics work at school was dismal!

Glad to know there are some possible solutions out there anyway.

Tiexen

Davesnave wrote: »

Think of it as aversion training.... dogs bark....trance music....dogs stop....music stops...everyone happy.

Have you seen this:

Britain may be about to lose its reputation as a nation of dog-lovers, thanks to a government plan to stamp out nuisance barking. More than five million dog owners will be warned that they face imprisonment or a £5,000 fine if their pets 'bark too much'.



New guidance from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) even threatens owners whose dogs yap for sustained periods with anti-social behaviour orders.

If the problem doesn’t get resolved If you don’t take steps to solve the problem, and your local authority receives complaints about the noise your dog is making, the authority will investigate the complaint.

The local authority may seek to resolve the problem by mediating between you and the complainants, but where it does not do so, or where such mediation is unsuccessful, and the authority is satisfied that the noise amounts to a statutory nuisance, it will serve you with an abatement notice requiring the noise to be reduced to an
acceptable level.

If you fail to comply with an abatement notice, you could face prosecution and, if convicted, a fine of up to £5,000 (and possibly further daily fines of up to £500 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction)


more info here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/is-your-dog-barking-too-much

Davesnave

Tiexen wrote: »

Have you seen this:

Britain may be about to lose its reputation as a nation of dog-lovers, thanks to a government plan to stamp out nuisance barking.

No I haven't. I thought I heard a teaser for this on the radio the other day, but moving around at the time, I may have missed the item.

Thank you very much for taking the time to flag it up.

It sounds hopeful, but the devil may be in the detail, of course, and it's only plans at this stage. Still, plans are better than nothing.

Personally, I don't think we are a nation of dog-lovers, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to lock dogs outside in cages for days on end without fear of prosecution. I'm told, "It's what farmers do round here," but these aren't farm dogs, or working dogs of any kind. They barely get walked, which is part of the problem.

RumRat

Make a report to the RSPCA if the dogs are constantly caged and not walked........

Davesnave

RumRat wrote: »

Make a report to the RSPCA if the dogs are constantly caged and not walked........

I don't believe it would make a scrap of difference.

Whatever people may think, it's 'normal' for dogs to be caged in runs here and in other rural places. Proving that they are not walked for more than about 5 minutes a day is impossible. I've already discussed this with the dog warden, to see where that sort of approach to the problem might go.

The dogs may be ignored for long periods, but they are fed and watered. The owner told me himself I wouldn't get anywhere if I alleged his dogs were mistreated, which makes me think someone else tried that.

Fortunately, it isn't like this all the time, or we'd have sold up. There are quiet periods too, proving that it doesn't need to happen. This week is one of those.:)

Perhaps he is reading this!