I used the citronella collar on my previous dog Ripley who had a problem with barking when we weren't home. I don't think it would be necessary if your pup only does it when you are there. In that case, you would need to do some hands-on training and Im NOT the person to help you as I'm in the process of teaching "quiet" myself!!! But I wanted to let you know that I have used that collar. In fact I still have it if anyone needs to borrow it. ( It cost an arm and a leg! The vet has actually borrowed it from me to loan to her patients before ) I purchased it in a last ditch effort to keep my severe seperation anxious, clomicalm taking shih-tzu Ripley in an apartment. It didn't work and he is living in a wonderful home

The problem with the collar is that it will only spray once when they bark which sometimes will stop them (Ripley used to bark at the spray! He was such a tough little guy!!) And it only squirted about 15 times if that. So if 16 people come in the building or 16 separate "bark-at-able" situations occur, they are back on a roll.

Welcome to Pet Talk by the way. I"m sure plenty of people here will have more advice for you. You will love it here!