Qinux BarkBuz not picking up all barks?

Not sure if it’s the quiet ones it’s missing or if my dog just doesn’t bark that softly. I haven’t really played with the settings much yet.

I only got mine a few days ago too so I haven’t really tested it enough to say for sure. It caught my dog’s yappy barks fine so far but I haven’t heard the quieter ones to compare. Could just be the way yours is positioned or something maybe.

Could it be that the quieter ones just don’t carry far enough to trigger it? I haven’t messed with mine enough to know if there’s a setting for that. Seems like it works fine for the main barking though.

Honestly, I think it’s probably fine. My dog’s barks aren’t super loud either and mine hasn’t missed any yet. Maybe yours just needs a bit more time to pick up on the softer ones.

I’d say just give it a little more time and see if it adjusts. Mine seemed to get better after a few days.

I think some of it might just be how the mic picks up different frequencies. Mine catches the low rumbly barks fine but seems to ignore the higher pitched yaps sometimes. Not sure if that’s by design or just how it works.

I'd back up what Tom C and JSmith are getting at: a quieter bark may simply not be loud enough at the device's position to trigger it, so it's worth trying it closer to where your dog actually barks before deciding the unit is faulty. That said, I wouldn't read LauTop's "misses plenty" as proof the thing doesn't work at all — for interrupting the main loud barking it's meant for, it can still do the job. If the soft barks are the ones you specifically need caught, that's a real gap in your case, not necessarily a broken device.