Wiener Troubles

We have been having some trouble with the wieners barking all night so a while ago I bought one anti-barking collar. Thor was the worst offender so he was the first one to get to wear it. After about two hours he had things figured out through trial and error on his part. The other two were very interested in the black box hanging around his neck. They also realized that if they went up to him and pulled on the box he would bark then yelp. They seemed to find this highly amusing. After one quiet night, we removed the collar and put it up. A few days later Dirk started in. We decided he was next as he took over Thorton's spot on the bark-O-meter. While he is the youngest, I have to admit he is the smartest. He usually figures things out pretty quick and has been the easiest to train. With the collar on (we only put it on at night when it's time for bed and then remove it first thing in the morning) he didn't bark once. In fact, he managed to get the collar off and had it hid in the living room behind a decorative kettle. We looked almost everywhere for it for a week but didn't have any luck. The past few nights Katie has been keeping us up all night barking at the rabbits in the yard. In a fit of sleepless frustration, I tore the house apart and finally found it. Dirk was watching the whole time, seeming to smile a cocky little dog grin at me. We put the collar on Katie last night and immediately Dirk starts barking and pouncing at her trying to get her riled up. He is such a shit stirrer. Katie, being the only female, is usually the BOSS. She has made it her job to keep the other two in line. If they break a rule she kicks their butt. If they are playing with a toy she wants, it's hers. And god forbid anyone of the dogs get wet! Katie really seems to have issues about other dogs being wet. So anyway...Dirk somehow knows that the collar + barking = a mild shock for Katie. Katie is walking around the house backward, shaking her whole body and trying to take the collar off and Dirk is doing everything in his power to get her to bark. Thor is hiding under a blanket because he remembers the collar. Everyone goes to bed except Katie. She comes in and gives me an eat shit look and goes over to Phillip to try to make him take it off. It doesn't work so she goes and sleeps on the sofa in a pouting fit. Now remember...so far, Thorton is the only one who has actually barked while wearing this collar so he is the only one that really knows what will happen when you do. Phillip's alarm goes off and the dogs line up at the door like good little wieners. Katie hadn't barked all night and we finally got a good nights sleep. Phillip stumbles to his coffee pot and lets the dogs out w/out thinking. Katie runs out the door and immediately spots a rabbit. Bark Bark Bark, silence. I look outside and see Katie sitting on the patio chair looking down at the other two. Thor has his head cocked in pity and Dirk is literally doing the doggie chuckle while rolling underneath her chair. Really, if you haven't been around wiener dogs, then you don't know this but they almost talk with their grumbles and chuckles. It's pretty cool how well they communicate w/ out barking. But, to continue the tale,  Katie sees me at the door and with a very snotty attitude comes to me and grumbles at me while pawing my leg. I remove the collar so she can go play and chase the rabbits. She runs back out the door, happily barking and immediately rolls Dirk across the yard. For the next several minutes, Dirk is not allowed to stand up for more than 2 seconds as Katie would continually roll him across the wet, dew soaked grass. Thorton is back in the house watching this lesson take place from behind the patio door. He goes and gets his blanket and makes a little hut for himself (that's his way of coping) so that he can watch Dirk's discipline. It's time to come in so through the door they both run. Katie then realizes that Dirk is WET! OH NO, not in her house! The running and yipping laps start...through the kitchen, down the hall, around the utility room, back up the hall, through the living room, into our room. Dirk jumps into the bathtub to get away from her psycho stalking. Katie drags her bed to the bathroom to wait....  Moral of the story: make no mistake, a female will get even.