Qinux BarkBuz for a dog that mostly barks outside?

The wall thing is the real issue. I had a similar setup where the dog was outside and the device was inside, and it barely picked anything up unless the window was open. Drywall and glass kill it. If your dog is out in the yard and the unit is sitting on a shelf indoors, I wouldn’t count on it triggering much.

The outside vs inside thing matters too though. Out in the open, there’s nothing to bounce the sound back, so it’s more of a straight shot at the dog. Inside, it bounces around and hits them from everywhere, which some dogs find way more annoying. Mine didn’t care much either way after a couple weeks, but the first few days outside got a reaction, then nothing.

Ten meters is a best case number. With anything in the way, cut that in half at least.

Mine actually worked better outside than in, which seems to be the opposite of what a lot of people say. I set it up on the back porch because that’s where my lab mix does most of his barking, and the unit was basically right there with him. When I first tried putting it inside on a windowsill, it was hit or miss, but once I moved it outside under the covered part of the porch, it caught him pretty much every time he started up. I never really tested it through a wall for long, so I can’t say how that would have gone.

As far as the dog being more bothered outside, I didn’t notice a difference in how he reacted. He’d stop, look around, and trot back toward the door. Same little pause either way. What I did notice is that after a few weeks he started barking less in general, not just when the thing went off. I don’t know if that’s the ultrasonic or just him getting older and lazier, but it lined up with when I started using it.

The one thing I’d say is to actually leave it out there instead of moving it around. Mine sat in the same spot for maybe two months and that’s when it seemed to do the most good.

Outdoor barking is where mine actually shines.

Mine picks up the barking even with the door shut, so the wall thing is overblown in my experience. But the ultrasound outside honestly seemed weaker to me, like it got lost in the open space. My dog reacted way more indoors than in the yard.

I mostly use mine for the yard and it does pick up barking from a decent distance, even with some stuff in the way. Battery life is the thing I’d check though, mine needs charged more often than I expected when it’s triggering a lot outside.

I think the outside thing just depends on your dog. Mine got way more twitchy about it when we were out on a walk than he ever did inside. Same beep, different reaction. So if yours is already a big yard barker, I’d guess it might bug him more out there, not less.

Mine stays by the back door and has no trouble catching my dog going off in the yard, even when he’s around the side of the house. I think people get hung up on the range number when it’s really more about where you put the thing. Outside it’s actually been more consistent for us than having it in the living room.

Outdoor barking barely triggers mine half the time.

10 meters through a wall is optimistic. I’d mount it outside near where he actually barks if that’s the main problem. The ultrasound outside doesn’t seem to carry as well either, so placement matters more than the range claim.