Dog repeller – a topical accessory for residents megacities and remote places. Returning home in the evening or night time, not a single person is safe from a street attack or unfriendly dog straying from the owner. The most harmless thing can make an angry dog - scare, tear to shreds clothing, or even cause significant harm to health in the form of bites. A small compact device does not take up much space in the bag, but will help drive away an evil-minded animal to a safe distance. Particularly acute in the presence of an effective repeller need:
- Persons living near industrial zones, forests, in short, in sparsely populated areas;
- Children returning home from school in the evening;
- Athletes (runners, cyclists) who often become victims of angry animals;
- Elderly or disabled people unable to escape from dogs flight;
- Post, police, housing and communal services, medical staff, forced to pay a visit to houses and apartments where they can attack aggressive dogs.
Types of Dog Repellers
Consider effective devices to protect your health, and sometimes life from aggressive animals:
- Ultrasonic dog repeller (“Dogs.net”, “Keko” etc.) – a device that allows you to drive away an evil animal or even a flock of angry dogs. Influencing the enemy with ultrasound and light (and sometimes a loud siren), such a repeller does not hurts the dog, but only causes it to retire, giving the opportunity for a person to quickly find safe shelter. Radius the action of the device is usually from 3 to 10 meters or more, although in fact dogs, having heard disgusting ultrasound for themselves (it is not audible to the human ear), they will run much further. Is worth note that ultrasonic repellers are absolutely safe for animals and humans, if you turn on the device if necessary. But not you should frighten the dog with a peacefully lying device, you do not need use the device for educational purposes. By the way, ultrasound a dog repeller can also be used as a flashlight, lighting your way in the dark. Pocket cost repeller of such a plan ranges from 1.5 to 5 thousand rubles. The stationary device “Weitech”, “Sititek THUNDER”, etc.) will be cost more – from 3 thousand rubles. Such a device cannot be taken with yourself, but you can protect your home from uninvited guests: dogs, cats, wild animals;
- Gas dog repellents (Antidog, Higher Measure, “Sword”, etc.) – pepper spray, which for 5 – 15 minutes disable the attacking dog after pressing the spray button. The action is due to the composition of the spray containing extracts hot pepper or its analogues, which affect the mucous membranes and the respiratory organs of the animal. To bring the device into action, it is not at all necessary to come close to the enemy: aerosol acts at a distance of 0.5 – 3 m (depending on models). By the way, a gas scarer can save not only from a stray dog, but also from the “beast” worse – inadequately minded person. The price of such a repeller is low – from 150 up to 400 rubles;
- Noise repellers (“Control-AS”, etc.) – spray cans, which reproduce a deafening sound (with a volume of about 140 dB), having heard which dogs are retreating without having time to do harm. The only drawback is that loud sound will hit not only hearing animal, but also human. Therefore, use the device For security purposes only, not for games. Cost of noise repellers starts from 500 rubles and above;
- Stun guns-repellers (“OCA”, “Cheetah”, etc.). These devices using electric discharge can cause a dog unpleasant pain if you touch the device on body of the animal. In addition to the pain caused by electricity, dogs are afraid of such scarers due to the smell of ozone, formed during the operation of the stun gun. Also during a stun gun emits a characteristic crackle that also unpleasant for canine hearing. Stun guns repellers They are divided into 3 types: the first have a power of 2-3 watts and voltage of 70-90 kV, they are able to “turn off” the animal at 20-30 minutes the power of the second is 1-2 W, the voltage is 45-70 kV, they cannot cause the dog to lose consciousness, but they can cause pain; the third repellers are the weakest (their power is less than 1 W, and the voltage is not more than 45 kV), they just scare away the dogs, not causing particular pain. The price of such devices starts from 1000 rubles and may exceed 10,000 – 15,000 rubles.
Where to buy a dog repeller?
There are several options: in the online store or regular Pet shop in a veterinary pharmacy. Protect yourself and your loved ones from you can even grab a dog’s mouth by making a repeller with my own hand.
DIY dog repeller
To build the most trivial dog repeller with your own hands, a small plastic bottle (for example, a volume 0.33 ml), 9% vinegar, red hot pepper and spray. Vinegar should be mixed with pepper in a bottle, and then on its neck spray gun required. Such a repeller is unlikely will seriously compete with a stun gun or an ultrasound to the device, but it will help to save life by breeding an aggressive animal out of order for at least a couple of saving minutes. By the way, vinegar with pepper can be replaced with citrus essential oil (lemon, orange), medical or ammonia, solvent. People, forced to return home alone in the evening, besides homemade “flavored” repellers are nice to hang on neck (put in your pocket) whistle. This measure, of course, is not 100 % protection from dogs, but the loud noise of the scroll will probably be confusing angry dog and make him run away some distance. Besides whistle can help not only in attack animal-aggressor: he will scare away the malefactor as well. of such simple repellers on the Web, device circuits are proposed, consisting of an unnecessary case from a walkie-talkie or an old telephone, piezoelectric emitter, wires and auxiliary mounts. But he can make such a device with his own hands, Naturally, a person with certain technical knowledge. At in the absence of such, you still have to buy a repeller for dogs in the store.
Customer reviews of dog repellers
The following are some feedback from grateful users scarers that protect themselves from animal attacks:
- Alla: “It was not always possible to meet daughter with classes. But in the fall and winter it gets dark early. So afraid that stray dog pester or which of the people. I bought pepper spray can to protect the child at least a little. At home a little tried to spray to check. So the tears poured for half an hour, in my nose and throat were hot. Working!”;
- Michael: “I bought ultrasonic repellers for myself and wife, and mother-in-law. We live in a holiday village, near a grove. Summer residents in the summer bring dogs that constantly bring puppies, so in you don’t feel safe when a flock of 10-15 healthy dogs. Now when I go somewhere, I put the repeller into my pocket, and I always keep my hand on the button. Checked already three times: dogs really run away as soon as the appliance is turned on “;
- Ivan Semenovich: “About 5 years ago, my spouse was severely bitten dog. And last year, a neighbor dog attacked me too, which forever without a leash and a muzzle runs around the yard. No matter how much I asked to control the neighbor’s dog, there’s no result: this is how the dog runs, sometimes catches on cats and even guys, adults. I had to buy a stun gun repeller. As I turned it on, I brought it to my hand on second to test. What can I say, not deadly, but very unpleasant! So now my wife and I are safe! ”
