Sunbeam Little Sonic Egg Handheld Ultrasonic Bark Control Device, Gold

Adopted two adult hounds - Beagle 3, long-hair doxie 6 in August ‘22. This bonded pair was surrendered to a local animal control facility. While they were healthy at adoption, these two dogs had NO training in their previous location. Not house broken, no manners, no leash or harness experience, fought over food, toys, treats. In the 8 months with us, their overall behavior has improved greatly. Because they were not socialized, they both are very highly reactive to the point of being confrontational, agitated, and frenzied to other dogs when walking, to delivery people at the door, any noisy truck, car doors closing, etc. We had been at our wits end, until a “dog whisperer” suggested the Sunbeam Sonic Egg. The first time we used it at the front door, they immediately stopped barking and lunging at whatever was outside the door. The whole point is to distract and interrupt the undesirable behavior. The Sonic Egg VERY effectively does just that - immediately!!!! Training is still in progress, but now when they approach the door to “investigate” they do NOT react excessively - the command “quiet” paired with the Sonic Egg 90% of reactive occurrences stops the behavior right away. Often if they see me pick up the Egg on their way to the door, they either just bark ONE time (acceptable) and turn away from the door! Of course they are both rewarded with verbal praise, physical attention, play with a toy, or sometimes a tiny treat. The Egg has been used only for reactive behavior. Would not advise using for multiple behavior issues, at least until one target maladaptive behavior is pretty well resolved. The Sunbeam Sonic Egg is definitely worth the investment and the wait for shipping & delivery. We know these two adopted adult hounds want to be and are capable of being better behaved, having improved manners, and understanding boundaries. The Sunbeam Sonic Egg has furthered progress and success for them, as well as for their people!!! Highly highly recommend this product!!!!

Works great to teach dogs not to bark or jump

I did not know if it was working. I could never hear the sound after the initial beep. It works great at confusing my dogs and stopping the barking. I just toss it at them, and they get distracted. It works really well for this, but so would a tennis ball, rock, shoe, stapler, pillow, piano, fiat, grandma’s mobile home, boat, or paperclip. Using the strap seems to completely ruin all functionality. Overall, it does its job.

Unlike it's big brother, the Sonic Egg, this does not work at all. It makes an audible beep to allow the user that it's emitting a signal, but it doesn't phase the dogs one bit. I have the larger version, which works wonderfully, and wanted this smaller one for when I'm home and need to dogs to quit barking. No matter how many times I pressed the button, sometimes right next to my dog, it made absolutely no difference. Now, I just keep the big egg next to me so I can turn it on when the dogs are going crazy.

This was recommended to me by a friend. After seeing how well it worked with her new (small) dog, who was initially a barker, I immediately bought one too. Her dog really responded to this, but without showing any signs of stress when my friend used it. In other words, it did not appear at all that the dog was shocked by this whenever it was used. People cannot hear a thing, but dogs sure can. After she would tell her dog "Enough" and would use it on her little guy if he continued to bark, he would quiet right down. This works with my Brittney Spaniel's as well. But the only drawback, and this is a big one for me, is that it only works if you are within 15', give or take a few feet. So for me this works only in the house. When my dogs are outside in our yard, which is when they bark the most, it doesn't work. If Sunbeam can find a way to extend the range, I would gladly give this 5 stars. I don't know if this will work on every kind of dog, but it does work for me--and my friend.

My Doggies I love them. they dont like me to use this, well I don't like to hear them bark at anyone that walks past my home.

When button pushed, the dog momentarily glanced in my direction but then continued to display badbehavior of biting and loud barking (11 week old puppy). Then repeated use did nothing. Water spritzer bottle worked much better. Next we will try the compressed air thing which has very good reviews and our trainer recommends.

My chihuhuha barks at other dogs on our walks… this hand held egg really gets him to stop.