Barking Dogs – Do Barking Dogs Ever Bite?
Posted by Jeanne on May 13, 2009
There is an old proverb that says barking dogs never bite. Maybe they don’t, but they sure can make a lot of noise. Did you ever wonder why a dog barks or what the different barks mean?
Dogs bark for many reasons. They bark when they want to go out, and they bark when they want to come in. They bark when they want to eat, when they hear somebody coming, and just because they feel like barking.
A dog will bark at a cat, at a delivery man, and at passing cars. All these barks will sound almost the same. In the middle of the still night, he’ll break the quietness to bark at the man in the moon. Or, if there is no moon, he’ll bark just to keep in practice.
If you pay attention to your dog when he barks, you’ll find that he has a hundred different kinds, and each one means a different thing. They range all the way from the soft, gentle whine that means he wants to go out with you when you’re about to leave without him; to the sharp snarling bark when he is defending you from another dog, and then to the deep growl that rumbles out of his throat when he feels danger without seeing or hearing it.
But, the nicest bark of all is the one that he reserves especially for you to greet you after you have been away for a long time.
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There is an old proverb that says barking dogs never bite. Maybe they don’t, but they sure can make a lot of noise. Did you ever wonder why a dog barks or what the different barks mean?
Dogs bark for many reasons. They bark when they want to go out, and they bark when they want to come in. They bark when they want to eat, when they hear somebody coming, and just because they feel like barking.
A dog will bark at a cat, at a delivery man, and at passing cars. All these barks will sound almost the same. In the middle of the still night, he’ll break the quietness to bark at the man in the moon. Or, if there is no moon, he’ll bark just to keep in practice.
If you pay attention to your dog when he barks, you’ll find that he has a hundred different kinds, and each one means a different thing. They range all the way from the soft, gentle whine that means he wants to go out with you when you’re about to leave without him; to the sharp snarling bark when he is defending you from another dog, and then to the deep growl that rumbles out of his throat when he feels danger without seeing or hearing it.
But, the nicest bark of all is the one that he reserves especially for you to greet you after you have been away for a long time.
