Collars to measure problem pets - Brisbane Times
Hi-tech "bark count collars" have been enlisted in the battle against noisy dogs to record how loud and frequently suspected nuisance pets bark.
Brisbane has averaged 5625 "residential animal noise complaints" annually for the past five years, so council recently trialled the computerised collars.
Each collar can record up to 10 hours of barking and can count up to 100 barks per hour.
It does not collect barks from other dogs and allows each dog's barking behaviour to be modelled and compared to other dogs.
It can also deliver a print out of the barking patterns, plus a photograph of the dog and details of the dog owner.
During the recent trial 37 animal noise complaints were investigated and the collar was used 13 times.
Of those, there was excessive barking on six occasions, while the dogs were given the tick of barking approval seven times.
Since the tests, only one dog has been re-visited as a "serial barker".
And if you are wondering what classified a dog as a "nuisance barker" here are council's guidelines:
- The noise has to "unreasonably disrupt" the activity normally carried out in the residential area in the opinion of an "authorised" person.
- Between 7am and 10pm there cannot be more than a total of six minutes of "noise" in any hour.
- After 10pm and before 7am, there cannot be more than three minutes of "noise" in any 30 minute period.
If your dog breaches these guidelines, you've got a problem pet.
30 Aug, 2011--
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