sunbeam bark control egg

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

Has anyone ever used the Sunbeam handheld egg for their barking dogs?

I was digging through Ben and Zoe's basket of stuff the other day and found a present that we got from my cousin awhile back and decided to try it out.  

I opened it, put batteries in it, and waited for them to see something outside and start barking.  Once they start barking you just push the button and they are supposed to hear a ultra sonic sound that only dogs can hear and stop.  And boy did they stop!  Ben stopped first and almost backed up into the other room.  Zoe stopped after one more push of the button and then glared at me like I punched her best friend or something.

DH even tried it when they were barking outside.  He walked up to the side door, didn't open the door but pushed the button and they both stopped.  Again, Zoe glared at him like he punched her bff!

I am AMAZED at this product but still a little reluctant to keep using it.  I don't know what kind of sound they are hearing and I am hoping it doesn't hurt them.  There is not much information about this online besides a couple reviews on the petsmart website and a couple blog reviews.  Has anyone ever  heard anything on this product?  I can't decide if it's ingenious or cruel.

http://www.petsmart.com/dog/bark-control/sunbeam-the-little-sonic-h...

[Mireille Renaud]

We borrowed one from a family member; our dood gets pretty vocal sometimes. Like you, I was reluctant to use it fearing that I was hurting him... it stopped his barking the first couple of times but now he just ignores it. So I don't think it hurts them :) if it works, good for you! A trick I heard about is, try to associate a command with the moment when they stop barking (like "SSHHH" or "QUIET"), and after a while you should be able to silence them without using the egg at all.