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!

I hesitated to buy because of some reviews but this works great. I have a Westie that likes to eat cat food or touch things that she shouldn't. I was amazed how fast this got her attention. Now I just have to pick it up and she knows that she needs to obey. I'm gonna take it on walks with her and see if it works if another dog comes close. She was attacked on the beach when she was a pup. At least I can hope it works if I need it to protect her. For now it served a good purpose. My cat was eating so I pressed the button (testing) and the cat even responded . It doesn't seem to hurt them but rather get their attention.

I bought this device because when I walk in my neighborhood, there are at least three neighbors who leave their dogs loose in their yard, and when I walk by those houses, the dogs incessantly bark at me.

This is hugely irritating, as though someone where standing two feet from you, continually shouting, "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! HEY! HEY!"

I know the dogs are only doing their jobs, and in spite of the visions I've had of what I could do to those dogs to make them quit irritating me (the mildest of which was a squirt gun), I truly did not want to hurt the animals. (I would, however, like to stand beside their owners and shout "HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!" for several minutes and see how they like it.)

So I began looking for something that would cause the dogs to quit barking and leave me alone, but not hurt them. This device is the first thing I bought in that effort. And here's my report on it.

IT WORKS - but not always.

The first dog I tried it on barked at me from about 15-20 yards away. Yes, that's about 2-3 times farther than the recommended distance. I know the intensity of the sound decreases by the square of the distance, but I thought I'd try it anyway. And wonder of wonders, IT WORKED! When I pressed the button, the dog immediately quit barking and trotted several steps sideways. His attitude was that he had just thought of something else he had to do. There was no indication of discomfort, only distraction. But as dogs do, he immediately forgot what happened and started barking again. Button push. Silence and trot about 30 feet sideways to me. Bark again. One more button push, and the dog got the idea and went around the back of his house.

By the fourth time he came out to bark at me, having received the button push three other times, I had forgotten to bring the device, so I just raised my arm at him and he left without barking. Fascinating.

I tried it once on a very agitated dog, but the sound evidently didn't break through the agitation, as there was no reaction.

I tried it once on a very old dog, who was lying down about 4 feet from me, just to see if it worked, and there was no reaction. I remember that people lose high frequency hearing as they get older (did you ever read the story about a cafe owner who installed a high-frequency noise generator to make teens uncomfortable because they stayed hours and only bought one soft drink, and were keeping away paying customers?), so I figure dogs must also lose high frequency perception as they age.

Additionally, squirrels don't hear this. Geese do - I was about 6 feet from a Canada goose and tried it and the goose shook his head as though trying to get rid of a fly. Cats hear it. I beeped it at a cat about 40 feet away and it stopped prowling and looked directly at me with a "What was that?" expression.

Finally, just yesterday, I stopped to chat with a neighbor who was out walking his high energy terrier 1-year-old pup, when the pup slipped the leash and started to run off. I beeped this device at the pup, and it immediately stopped and trotted back to the owner.

I am totally delighted that this device DOES get a dog's attention and does NOT hurt them.

If I get another one, I might look for one with more power, but otherwise, I like this one.

I'm in the process of running every street in my city"”over 2,000 miles of everything from mean streets to slightly rural environments, industrial areas, and everything in between. My biggest headache? Dogs! Hands down. No contest"”loose, aggressive dogs and their delinquent owners.

After being on the wrong end of a dead-end street, cornered by three aggressive dogs, and having to be rescued by a resident with a broom, I knew I needed defensive help. But I didn't want to have to pepper spray everything in my path"”especially living in windy Oklahoma. My research uncovered the Dazer II.

After reading some reviews, I picked up the Dazer II and began taking it with me on my runs. The fairly compact size, light weight, and sturdy metal clip allowed me to easily attach it to the side of my hand-held water bottle"”where it remains. I like this position because I don't have to pull it out or even detach it from my water bottle to use it or put it back. It's always at the ready.

I've only had it a little over a week and the results have been near miraculous. Every single canine I've activated it against has immediately stopped barking and stopped approaching. Some of the most aggressive dogs have immediately retreated.

Just this morning, I successfully deterred two junkyard dogs (one a Rottweiler, I believe) that escaped their lot and ran in my direction. I activated it, gave them a stern "No!" and they immediately retreated. And being that it was a dead-end street that I had to come back down in order to leave, I walked past them"”ready to activate it again"”but I didn't have to. They just watched me pass"”still and silent.

While I do intend on taking pepper spray with me into areas known to be especially rough (where the device doesn't work on aggressive humans), the Dazer II will remain my first line of defense against overly curious or territorial dogs. I hope I never have to deploy the pepper spray, but batteries can always die (they haven't yet) or a dog may not respond to it (which I've yet to find), so I find it tricky to potentially trust my life to a single device. But so far, so good!

I would recommend that people who use the Dazer II use it in combination with their overall demeanor. When you activate it, do so in combination with a commanding voice and confident posture"”otherwise, the dog may just be confused about where the sound came from and may not associate it with your presence. The Dazer II should accompany your overall dominant defensive posture, not just be used like you're changing a channel on the TV.

Oh, and a last bit of input: be careful about using this around animals you don't want to scare off. I made the mistake of activating it in my house and my sweet old cat was not happy with me.

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.