I hope this isn't a repeat thread..can't remember...sorry if it is..
I thought I knew this, but decided to become more alert about it.
Mz Logan's not a constant barker, but she has her own special language. She barks anxiously at the front door if she hears the mailman, or if somebody rings the bell she doesn't know. If she knows the person, her barks are shorter and she may start to whine.
If I'm watching TV and she has to go out or needs more water, she'll stare at me and bark once, like a demand. Stop, wait about 3 seconds and do it again. That's how I know what she wants.
She'll show no barking mercy to a squirrel. But a few weeks ago, during her last outie, she ran down to the back of the fence and growled and barked ferociously, which she rarely does. I hate when she barks at night, so I grabbed a flashlight, and saw a deer running from 2 back yards away. When Mz Logan barks like that, though rarely, I never ignore it. Once, in the middle of the night, she barked like that from inside. We all ran downstairs, turned on the porch light, opened the front door, to find someone running from my brother's car. Mz Logan scared him away. Turns out, our neighbor's car was broken into the same night.
Anyway, just wondering how you relate to your dog's barks.
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