WOW, am I relieved the squirt bottle worked. I took him for about 2 hours today and we went 2 miles in and 2 miles back, so he can handle 4 miles. We took 2 long breaks and he got some water. We saw plenty of dogs, at first he was BAD, barking his head off, straight through the water in his face. I thought it was gonna be a disaster. On the 3rd dog, I sat him down held his collar and said "NO" over and over again with the water bottle visible. He whined but no barking!! He did it again and again everytime I sat him down and said "NO". Ever bark, he'd get a squirt but he stopped completely. He may have barked a total of 6 or 7 times after the third dog He usually just goes on and on. We saw a couple of American Coots and he didn't bark AT ALL for them and he saw them!! I am such a proud mommy.

Clover, I am had a similar device for the house but it stopped working with him. He would ignore it. I changed the batteries to make sure it wasn't that but he would still FREAK.

Liz, I would stop him and sit him down and hold treats and everything. He just wouldn't stop, but at least this seems to be working.