Does Your Dog Bark?

does your dog bark

Nefnef barked this morning. Several consecutive times.

That made me think of why dogs bark.

Yf Yf Yf Yf Yf

One of our neighbors have two Pomeranians, and when we pass under their balcony, they "bark" at Nefnef and me. Okay, it's not really barking, more like a lot of yf-sounds.

Why?

They are scared of Nefnef, who's much bigger than them. But they don't want to show weakness, so they bark the best they can. Besides, Nefnef doesn't stand a chance of reaching them, because they are on the second floor of the building. (And Nefnef doesn't care one bit.)

The Annoying Neighbor's Dog

There's always at least one in the neighborhood, right? He's the master of his home, and he has a dog. A real man must have a dog, a big one.

But that kind of real man rarely has interest in the said dog after he'd brought it home and impressed his fellow real-men with it.

So now it's left outside in the garden, alone, barking all day and all night.

Why?

Because it's lonely and frustrated. This is not a life fit for a social being.

The Guard Dog

The guard dog hears a sound, and it barks.

Why?

Okay, confession... this is not a true guard dog, because they are silent, and they simply attack. No, the amateur guard dog is one that could belong to any human.

And when it barks, it's because it has heard a sound, and it wants to show his human how clever and brave he is.

Nefnef

Nefnef was two years old before she barked the first time.

Why?

A Trabant car entered our parking with its significant Rrrriing rrrring rrring motor-sound.

Apparently, that owed it a deep-voiced bark.

The second time she barked was a couple of months later, and there was a sandstorm. Good reason for a warning.

Now she barks from time to time, like back when my husband used a mosquito spray. Poisonous. I hated that, too, so now he's stopped.

And then this morning. Several barks.

Why?

She and the cat, Frostie, had just been engaged in a pet battle. Then the little rat (Frostie) put his ears back and meowed loudly. As always, it worked. My husband came out of the living room, and Nefnef barked at him.

"It wasn't my fault," she said. "Frostie started," she said. "I didn't do anything Frostie didn't do first," she said.

Bark, bark, bark.

My husband gave her the eye...

She barked again.

"She wants you to forgive her," I told him.

"I'm not going to," he replied.

Bark!

"She insists," I said.

"She cannot force me to forgive her," he said.

Bark!

"Yes, she can," I told him.

So he forgave her.