Do your dog(s) bark a lot?

[K9karen]

Logan sounds the mailman alert! (she'll actually find me, nudge me, wait for me to follow her, run to the door, waits for her chance to sniff it, gets praise and thanks). Also, no squirrel or critter is safe from Mz Vicious And then only if she's outside and people (and people with dogs) walk by. But she "talks alot". She answers questions.

[finn's mom]

Nah, finn's not a barker at all. I love it! He'll bark if I tell him to. He'll also bark if I get him really, really, really worked up. And, I've heard him bark when someone came through the patio door and he was on the patio alone.

[veegan]

brock is vocal, he likes to use his voice to communicate to me, so hes definitely not silent! but he isnt yappy. oh and he sometimes gets barky in play, like if a dog isnt paying attention to him and he wants to play with it, but thats pretty common. he RARELY barks as an alarm, (like if someone is outside making noise, or at the door or whatever) and when he does use his "tough dog" (deep) bark, its when hes scared/unsure of something, and is warning it to back off basically. lol such as when he sees something weird that hes never seen before (i.e.- 10 garbage bags lined up along the freeway, a giant peanut on top of a car, a ladder attatched upright to the back of a truck in front of us, a single car in a dark parkinglot with a tarp over it, etc. oh! and a hang glider [or whatever it was!] in the lake at the dog park! lol).

alki barks in the beginning of play when shes really excited, or when shes happy to see you she will howl and do a few barks usually, and then she does alert barking, usually just a single "WOOF." when she hears something outside.

and neither of my pups bark when someone is at the door, they just run to it and get all excited cause they know its someone to pay attention to them! lol

[wolf_Q]

Reggie and Sydney being schnauzers.........ALL THE TIME. If anyone is in a yard doing anything nearby when they are outside, they will bark (esp Syd and she will not shut up either). If the doorbell rings, they go nuts. If Nebo runs through the house, they bark. If they look out the window and something even moves, they bark. If they want outside, they bark. Annoying.

Nebo is very quiet. He usually only barks with the speak command. He pretty much never barks "at" things, he just watches...I've never heard him bark outside or at the door, anything like that...he doesn't bark to be let outside, he rings a doorbell (not kidding). The only time I've heard him bark at something is if he's nervous/scared of a person or strange object sometimes he'll do his soft "woof." When I went tent camping with a friend and her dog, Cisco, they must have seen something that freaked them out because Nebo was actually barking. Man when he barks for a reason he has a pretty intimidating deep bark!

[vinjashira]

well... I've got a Jack Russell Terrier...

[gemini9961]

They usually only bark when they see something in the yard or someone walking by. They also whine sometimes. Grant barks when he wants to play.

[Daisy and Delilah]

The girls are chihuahuas and yes they bark quite a bit. Delilah barks alot. She is more of the classic "yapper" type of barker. Daisy didn't bark until she was about 2 1/2 and she still doesn't bark as much as her sister but when she sees something out the window, look out At 5+ pounds she has a deep, throaty bark that's so funny. She sounds more like a big dog and she really acts like she's in charge of the whole situation.

[pitc9]

Sierra does not "Bark" very much, but "Talks" a LOT!! Wooos, howles, cries, wines... etc. I love it!! If she starts off with a bark, then it will go into a woo. She's such a clown! Buddy... ugh.. Buddy has a Bark that will make you go deaf! He'll bark his head off when people or other dogs are near our yard.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Roxy barks so much. Well....there's alot of people walking in our neighborhood, and lots of stray cats and squirrels and stuff. So she barks at about everything she sees.

[Lobodeb]

Maggy barks a lot when we're outside with her. I guess she feels the need to notify the other dogs that we're outside. She also barks when she hears the doorbell. One thing that sets her off is hearing the baby gate move. We used it a lot when she was a puppy, now she's afraid of it. Anytime she hears it move....ARRFFF ARRFFFF ARRFF ARRF!!! Silly girl.

[JenBKR]

Very rarely, although Roscoe is quite the whiner! If he is outside when the garbage man comes, then he will bark, once or twice he has barked back at the neighbor's dog (who barks constantly). That's about it

[ParNone]

Normally mine aren't too bad. Well mainly because I don't allow them to be. This is directed towards the Collies. Murph hardly ever barks, whether I interfere or not.

The last few days with all the people and chaos in my house though, the Collies were extremely barky. They were exhausted by the time everybody left. I think they're glad to have our quiet lil' existence back. Me too.

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[cyber-sibes]

No, I think 've heard Star bark maybe a half dozen times in 8 years. I've heard Sherman a couple times, but his bark sounds awful - like someone's standing on his tail! It's one of the things I love about the breed, they're quiet. Huskies woo, howl, and growl, and sing-song talk, but not bark.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

My dogs bark if some knocks at the door. They also don't like motercycles and bark at them. For the most part they aren't major barkers, but do have their moments.

[lv4dogs]

Nanook has just started to bark about a year ago, mainly due to the fact that he is getting deaf. He pretty much only barks when he wants attention & doesn't want to or can't get up to get to you. He barks on command too.

Raustyk pretty much only barks to warn you of a noise a visitor or the like. Can not get her to bark on command.

Kaige barks sometimes as a warning of a noise/visitor etc... but not that often. He does bark non stop when he plays with another dog though. Working on teaching him to bark, no luck yet.