Barclays Collar

I saw this collar and was glad to discover this. Then I read the reviews.

So much for that idea. No way am I going to purchase this product.

Well i was very happy at first but it easily breaks. I have asked if it can be mended just now so will keep this updated

Worked like a miracle for a few days. Thought my problems were solved for good.

About a week in we started to notice the horse sucking again. It didn't seem to be receiving a shock. But then sometimes it did.

Eventually the plastic broke and the clicker lost its "zap" and now the horse just windsucks all day again. Will not work on a persistent windsucker I am sorry to advise.

This collar works instantly, I just bought a horse from the sales and unfortunately found out it wind sucked after a few hours. I got online but didn’t like the idea of all the leather collars that practically choke your horse.

With more research I found the Barclay’s collar, upon receiving it my horse stop sucking in 3 sucks. The first time she tried she just let go of the fence with a little bit of confusion, the second time she did it shook her head and stood for a few minutes.

Then she tried for the last time with reluctance and with the same little shock she turned and faced away from the post and I’ve just been able to take it of after a few months and because she is a young horse she has broke the habit and not tried to wind suck since. I cannot speak highly enough of this product, it’s not cruel I even tested it on myself and it’s just a little shock it does not hurt or even sting.

I have a several tried several emails to the company about the Barclay Collar. I purchased the more expensive one and when I received it I had just lost my job and put my horse in pasture.

8 months later I got a job and brought back my horse. So I started to use my extremely expensive Barclay collar and it didn't work. (I should of tried it when I first got it but was stupid and never did.) Anyway spoke with Rick ( who is difficult to understand as he is a bit harsh) and he kept telling me how to use it. Well I said ok I will give it another try.

Well the collar worked very poorly for two days. The shock effect was hardly none. No effect at all.

I emailed to ask for help, no response. I am very sorry that they have a great concept but the product is a piece of *** Don't buy one.

Only product that has managed to break the habbit on a chronic windsucker of mine! Awesome ☺☺☺

A reminder to everyone. Don't ever *** my wonderful wife off!

We have just come back from the NSW Civil & Administrative Appeals Tribunal where we sought an order against one Barclay's Anti-Cribbing Collar. Basically we purchased the collar to try to stop our Thoroughbred gelding from Cribbing (Wind Sucking). The collar is supposed to issue a slight electronic zap when he cribs to stop him. First the thing started falling apart from the word go.

It also never did anything to stop him (Barclays say clearly on their website that it doesn't work on all horses). After several almost illegible phone conversations where he told US to make modifications "agh just stick a bit of electrical tape on it..... etc" we sent it back at our expense so HE could make modifications. (We did not want to invalidate the warranty by doing anything ourselves).

It came back to us with elastic bands, bits of wire hanging off it and lots of duct tape! Of course it still didn't work and after a total of 6 x 1hr attempts it again started falling apart. So we told him we wanted a refund. He informed us it was now out of warranty but if we sent it back he would "have another go at it", we insisted on a refund but he insisted WE RETURN the collar first (yeah we came down in the last shower....) so off we went to the Tribunal.

Barclay never responded to the notice from the Tribunal and did not appear by phone (he is in Victoria) to argue the case for his product (he really had no legal basis to fight anyway after my wife did the legal research and nailed it brilliantly) and the Tribunal gave the decision to us citing that the product is defective and does not work. For information of our fellow Equestrian people.

Pass the word folks! PS to this date Rick Barclay has never paid us the refund AS ORDERED BY THE TRIBUNAL.

Bought the Barclay cribbing collar online for $150. It worked great for less then a month, the cheap plastic materials broke and the strap (made out of thin cheap nylon) couldn't hold up, also quit shocking.

Absolute GARBAGE, don't waste your money! This company won't return emails or replace the collar.

I have a cribber and saw an ad for this anti-cribbing collar in a horse magazine. I was willing to try this collar because it was different and used a mild static shock to deter the horse from cribbing.

I paid $210 for the aluminum “wings” after reading a review on this website for the collar that said the plastic wings had broken. $210 is expensive but was willingly to pay for it if it stopped my horse. It is an Australian company but had a US representative in Las Vegas that sent me the collar. The collar has a 30 days money back guarantee.

Possible buyers BEWARE! Please continue reading below. The collar was on my horse for 12 days the first time and after 12 days it stopped delivering a shock. I sent it back to the US rep (the company is Australian) and she in replied that the collar was working correctly but I need to apply the wire modification.

So I did that and it worked 80% of the time for about a week. After a week, I checked and the collar was no longer producing the mild shock. There is a cheap switch that creates the mild static charge and this switch had failed on my collar. I could depress the switch 20-30 times and would only feel a shock once or twice during those 20-30 times.

At this point, the owner Rick called me from Australia and after a long discussion finally agreed to send me a new collar. (He was very reluctant to do so) The new collar arrived about five days later and again 10 days (to the day!!) the collar would no longer “click” when my horse cribbed. This will happen if you have fitted the collar too tightly but the collar was loose and fitted correctly. I took the collar off and depressed the switch but nothing would happen.

The switch AGAIN had failed within 10 days of my horse wearing the collar. It no longer worked!! My horse is not hard on things, has never destroyed a blanket, fly mask or fly sheet. I called Australia and talked to Rick and during our entire conversation he blamed me and my horse.

Stating that the habit of cribbing should have been broken within three shocks and that I probably fitted the collar too tight which is why the switch had broken. I asked for a full refund. Here are the exact emails that Rick and the rep in Las Vegas had about my collar and ultimately blaming me for his collar failure: Tami (Las Vegas rep) - “Hi Rick, I received the collar back. The boot looks good and I can click it with my fingers pushing on the bottom of the boot, but it’s hard to click the regular way and sometimes it won’t click at all.

I don’t know what happened, it was in great shape when I sent it.” Rick (Owner) “Hello Tami, Even if the boot is ok, the switch is not, and the boot would also have been ruined if ___ (me) had left the collar on the horse for any longer. This happens when the collar has been fitted incorrectly, (too tight.) We are better off just refunding ____ (me), just too sure how much we should refund her!! Tami (Las Vegas rep) - “Yes I agree. Her last email to me stated she was expecting a full refund…??” I did not receive a full refund and “due to the circumstances” is what Rick stated.

What circumstances what that? HORRIBLE customer service and POOR, POOR quality of materials. DO NOT BUY THIS COLLAR!! BEWARE!!

DO NOT BUY THIS COLLAR! My horse wore the collar for less than 30 days at a time (THREE different times) and did not receive a full refund as advertised. I was blamed for the collar’s failure and only received a partial refund. I paid for the collar is USD and received a refund in AUD.

I paid $210 for the collar and only received $142.31 back.

This company is HORRIBLE!! DO NOT BUY THIS COLLAR!!

I was a authorised seller for this collar - dont waste your time or money, its backyard technology with backyard components. The collar worked after modifying as directed by Rick Barclay, after 2 days it stopped, found the modification wire was zip tied to make contact which wasnt and after another day it simply stopped working, Rick tried to blame me said i wasnt doing it properly, after giving up and not advertising anymore i requested that 2 metal collar (which i had purchased to resell) be replaced with the plastic one, he agreed, he then sent back the same collars modified with hinges, see photos, at the end he was just a very rude abusive old man, he then stopped answering his phone and a lady started to reply to the emails, after Rick said he would give a refund, i received a letter and the old collars back for the third time, in the mean time i paid for all the postage including the ones they sent back. Bottom line watch you tube and make your own collars, Barclays Collars are absolute rubbish and will not last.

The device is brilliant, WHEN IT WORKS, after 3 days the zapper stopped, when it was replaced same thing, the man Rick Barclay is a rude arrogant and a disgrace to the real Aussie is not worth talking to, unless you are buying one off him. DO NOT BUY ONE OF HIS COLLARS, you have been warned, the idea is brilliant the workman ship is a back yard job, just watch his you tube and make one up, also the V design of the device with a single collar is not very safe as it eventually slides down and tightens causing it to go off when the horse is eating, he will be exposed very shortly to the media.