My dog tends to bark at everything and nothing. He'll bark at other dogs and people, which is fairly normal. But, he also barks at leafs, wind, fences, and trees. I mean it didn't start off like this. As a puppy, he NEVER barked. We used to wish he would bark, because all he would do was cry. We never thought it'd happen. But I still remember the first day he barked. We were out back, and we through a ball to him, and he barked! We thought it was adorable, but little did we know, it was the beginning of the deadly barking curse.
Today, October 19, 2014, I got home from going to the pumpkin patch, and I noticed that my front door neighbor was outside working on his car. I thought nothing of it. It was around 5, so I went straight outside to feed my dog. It started off pretty calmly. But I think my neighbor dropped a tool or something and my dog went into a complete barking spree. My dad always told me not to touch my dog while he was barking, in fear that he'd attack me. Well, I am not a very good listener. I bent down to go and pet my dog to see if I could possibly calm him down, I didn't want him to anger the neighbors. When I went to pet him, he jumped up on me and laid his head down on my legs, and stopped. I began wondering, does my dog bark because he feels threatened and alone? Does he feel like if me or my family are out there with him, nothing will happen? Do dogs look at us as their protecters, the same way we look at our dogs as our protecters?
I think my dog sees himself as my protector. He barks at the neighbors and their dogs when I'm outside. He also acts very proud of himself while he's doing it.
ReplyDeleteMy dog is a sissy, she is half pitbull and half black lab. She pretends to be strong, but she wines at everything, when shes excited, when shes happy, sad, protective.
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