Hi, sorry for the late response. My rooster got used to the collar, but it was never very effective on him. The best thing I found to prevent waking me up was putting him in a carrier inside the crawl space overnight. I eventually re-homed that rooster who was just so darn loud, and his part-bantam son is quieter, so it works to have no collar on him and just put him in the man cave at night. I live in a suburban community, so a loud rooster with no collar was too much during the day, but Diego is quiet enough that I don't worry about it bothering anyone, as long as he's in the man cave in the morning. I think the collars are only somewhat effective, depending on the rooster, so you may want to come up with a different solution if you find the collar not working for your guys, especially since you don't have to worry about noise during the day.