Bark! 7 Facts about Canine Communication

BARK! 7 Facts About Canine Communication. 1 Although dogs are descended from wolves, they bark for different reasons: THROW A BALL! LET ME OUT! INTRUDER! YIKES! BLAH! I BITE! НЕYIНЕY!HEY! HEY!HEY!HEY! FEED ME ! HELLO! Wolves only bark as an ALARM or a THREAT. Dogs bark ANYTIME. Why the difference? It's believed that at some point in domestic dogs' evolution, humans must have specifically selected dogs that bark more often or that incessant barking could have developed through indirect selection. One hypothesis is that early humans may have selected dogs that bark as an early warning system to alert them when another unfamiliar group or predatory animal was in the area Other research suggests that domestic dog barking is nothing more than a manifestation of "juvenile" vocal behavior as a result of domestic dogs having been inadvertently bred to be stuck in a permanent state of adolescence. 2 Other animals that bark: FOXES MONKEYS DEER PRAIRIE DOGS SEA LIONS 3 BARKS AROUND THE WORLD WOOF! ham, ham amh, amh is the most common English representation of a dog bark. Albania Ireland kong, kong *meong, 4 meong Bali South Korea 4 TYPES of BARKING YES SIR! WARNING A low, quiet, ferocious growl escalating into a howling bark. COMMAND Dogs can bark on demand. PLAYFUL Dogs bark when having fun. BUDDY ALARM NEED Likely to occur when a dog cannot see the source Dogs bark when they need things, like food or attention. of a sound. 5 METHODS USED TO STOP BARKING Desensitization/ Counterconditioning Collars: noise Startling the dog Cola Cola to distract it shock from the cause citronella of the barking ( i.e. shaking a penny can ). Psychotropic Drugs Surgical Debarking Works by clamping Vocal chordectomy down on the brain's does not silence REX ability to generate the dog completely. movement. Can make the dog sluggish. 6 THE BARK-FREE DOG. La, La LaaaAAAH! The Basenji does not bark, however they do occasionally SING. 7 LOUDEST BARK Daz, a white German Shepherd is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records at 108 dB. To put it in perspective, a train passing close is 110 decibels; 130dB and above can cause immediate ear damage. http://www.hiltopanimal hospital.com/barking%20dogs.htm http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/850887 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8493000/8493089.stm http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/seals-sealions.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009V07/090714210137.htm ttp://www.nps.gov/jotr/naturescience/kitfox.htm http://www.aacspca.org/animal_care/article.php?artide=barker W Design/llustration by waltonportfolio.com http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/29/2230405.htm http://news.byu.edu/archive09-Jul-babybarking.aspx http://www.associatedcontent.com/artide/1981712/the_worlds_loudest_dog_is_a__german.html?cat=53 http://community guinnessworldrecords.com/_Loudest-Bark-By-A-Group-Of-Dogs/blog/393054/7691.html http://home.earthlink.net/-dnitzer/4Haas Eaton/Decibel.html Coppinger R, Feinstein M: 'Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark. ' and bark and hark. Smithsonian 21:119-128, 1991 Richard Murray and Helen Penridge. Dogs and Cats in the Urban Environment: A Handbook of Municipal Pet Management. Second edition, 2001, ch. 11. SOURCES: BARK! 7 Facts About Canine Communication. 1 Although dogs are descended from wolves, they bark for different reasons: THROW A BALL! LET ΜE OUT! INTRUDER! YIKES! BLAH! I BITE! HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY! FEED ME ! HELLO! Wolves only bark as an ALARM or a THREAT. Dogs bark ANYTIME. Why the difference? It's believed that at some point in domestic dogs' evolution, humans must have specifically selected dogs that bark more often or that incessant barking could have developed through indirect selection. One hypothesis is that early humans may have selected dogs that bark as an early warning system to alert them when another unfamiliar group or predatory animal was in the area Other research suggests that domestic dog barking is nothing more than a manifestation of "juvenile" vocal behavior as a result of domestic dogs having been inadvertently bred to be stuck in a permanent state of adolescence. 2 Other animals that bark: FOXES MONKEYS DEER PRAIRIE DOGS SEA LIONS 3 BARKS AROUND THE WORLD WOOF! ham, ham amh, amh is the most common English representation of a dog bark. Albania Ireland kong, kong *meong, 4 meong Bali South Korea 4 TYPES of BARKING YES SIR! WARNING A low, quiet, ferocious growl escalating into a howling bark. СOMMAND Dogs can bark on demand. PLAYFUL Dogs bark when having fun. BUDDY ALARM NEED Likely to occur when a dog cannot see the source Dogs bark when they need things, like food or attention. of a sound. 5 METHODS USED TO STOP BARKING Desensitization/ Counterconditioning Collars: noise Startling the dog Cola Cola to distract it shock from the cause citronella of the barking ( i.e. shaking a penny can ). Psychotropic Drugs Surgical Debarking Works by clamping Vocal chordectomy down on the brain's does not silence REX ability to generate the dog completely. movement. Can make the dog sluggish. 6 THE BARK-FREE DOG. La, La LaaaAAAH! The Basenji does not bark, however they do occasionally SING. 7 LOUDEST BARK Daz, a white German Shepherd is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records at 108 dB. To put it in perspective, a train passing close is 110 decibels; 130dB and above can cause immediate ear damage. http://www.hiltopanimal hospital.com/barking%20dogs.htm http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/850887 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8493000/8493089.stm http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/seals-sealions.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009V07/090714210137.htm ttp://www.nps.gov/jotr/naturescience/kitfox.htm http://www.aacspca.org/animal_care/article.php?artide=barker W Design/llustration by waltonportfolio.com http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/29/2230405.htm http://news.byu.edu/archive09-Jul-babybarking.aspx http://www.associatedcontent.com/artide/1981712/the_worlds_loudest_dog_is_a__german.html?cat=53 http://community guinnessworldrecords.com/_Loudest-Bark-By-A-Group-Of-Dogs/blog/393054/7691.html http://home.earthlink.net/-dnitzer/4Haas Eaton/Decibel.html Coppinger R, Feinstein M: 'Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark. ' and bark and hark. Smithsonian 21:119-128, 1991 Richard Murray and Helen Penridge. Dogs and Cats in the Urban Environment: A Handbook of Municipal Pet Management. Second edition, 2001, ch. 11. SOURCES: BARK! 7 Facts About Canine Communication. 1 Although dogs are descended from wolves, they bark for different reasons: THROW A BALL! LET ΜE OUT! INTRUDER! YIKES! BLAH! I BITE! HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY! FEED ME ! HELLO! Wolves only bark as an ALARM or a THREAT. Dogs bark ANYTIME. Why the difference? It's believed that at some point in domestic dogs' evolution, humans must have specifically selected dogs that bark more often or that incessant barking could have developed through indirect selection. One hypothesis is that early humans may have selected dogs that bark as an early warning system to alert them when another unfamiliar group or predatory animal was in the area Other research suggests that domestic dog barking is nothing more than a manifestation of "juvenile" vocal behavior as a result of domestic dogs having been inadvertently bred to be stuck in a permanent state of adolescence. 2 Other animals that bark: FOXES MONKEYS DEER PRAIRIE DOGS SEA LIONS 3 BARKS AROUND THE WORLD WOOF! ham, ham amh, amh is the most common English representation of a dog bark. Albania Ireland kong, kong *meong, 4 meong Bali South Korea 4 TYPES of BARKING YES SIR! WARNING A low, quiet, ferocious growl escalating into a howling bark. СOMMAND Dogs can bark on demand. PLAYFUL Dogs bark when having fun. BUDDY ALARM NEED Likely to occur when a dog cannot see the source Dogs bark when they need things, like food or attention. of a sound. 5 METHODS USED TO STOP BARKING Desensitization/ Counterconditioning Collars: noise Startling the dog Cola Cola to distract it shock from the cause citronella of the barking ( i.e. shaking a penny can ). Psychotropic Drugs Surgical Debarking Works by clamping Vocal chordectomy down on the brain's does not silence REX ability to generate the dog completely. movement. Can make the dog sluggish. 6 THE BARK-FREE DOG. La, La LaaaAAAH! The Basenji does not bark, however they do occasionally SING. 7 LOUDEST BARK Daz, a white German Shepherd is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records at 108 dB. To put it in perspective, a train passing close is 110 decibels; 130dB and above can cause immediate ear damage. http://www.hiltopanimal hospital.com/barking%20dogs.htm http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/850887 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8493000/8493089.stm http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/seals-sealions.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009V07/090714210137.htm ttp://www.nps.gov/jotr/naturescience/kitfox.htm http://www.aacspca.org/animal_care/article.php?artide=barker W Design/llustration by waltonportfolio.com http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/29/2230405.htm http://news.byu.edu/archive09-Jul-babybarking.aspx http://www.associatedcontent.com/artide/1981712/the_worlds_loudest_dog_is_a__german.html?cat=53 http://community guinnessworldrecords.com/_Loudest-Bark-By-A-Group-Of-Dogs/blog/393054/7691.html http://home.earthlink.net/-dnitzer/4Haas Eaton/Decibel.html Coppinger R, Feinstein M: 'Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark. ' and bark and hark. Smithsonian 21:119-128, 1991 Richard Murray and Helen Penridge. Dogs and Cats in the Urban Environment: A Handbook of Municipal Pet Management. Second edition, 2001, ch. 11. SOURCES: BARK! 7 Facts About Canine Communication. 1 Although dogs are descended from wolves, they bark for different reasons: THROW A BALL! LET ΜE OUT! INTRUDER! YIKES! BLAH! I BITE! HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY! FEED ME ! HELLO! Wolves only bark as an ALARM or a THREAT. Dogs bark ANYTIME. Why the difference? It's believed that at some point in domestic dogs' evolution, humans must have specifically selected dogs that bark more often or that incessant barking could have developed through indirect selection. One hypothesis is that early humans may have selected dogs that bark as an early warning system to alert them when another unfamiliar group or predatory animal was in the area Other research suggests that domestic dog barking is nothing more than a manifestation of "juvenile" vocal behavior as a result of domestic dogs having been inadvertently bred to be stuck in a permanent state of adolescence. 2 Other animals that bark: FOXES MONKEYS DEER PRAIRIE DOGS SEA LIONS 3 BARKS AROUND THE WORLD WOOF! ham, ham amh, amh is the most common English representation of a dog bark. Albania Ireland kong, kong *meong, 4 meong Bali South Korea 4 TYPES of BARKING YES SIR! WARNING A low, quiet, ferocious growl escalating into a howling bark. СOMMAND Dogs can bark on demand. PLAYFUL Dogs bark when having fun. BUDDY ALARM NEED Likely to occur when a dog cannot see the source Dogs bark when they need things, like food or attention. of a sound. 5 METHODS USED TO STOP BARKING Desensitization/ Counterconditioning Collars: noise Startling the dog Cola Cola to distract it shock from the cause citronella of the barking ( i.e. shaking a penny can ). Psychotropic Drugs Surgical Debarking Works by clamping Vocal chordectomy down on the brain's does not silence REX ability to generate the dog completely. movement. Can make the dog sluggish. 6 THE BARK-FREE DOG. La, La LaaaAAAH! The Basenji does not bark, however they do occasionally SING. 7 LOUDEST BARK Daz, a white German Shepherd is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records at 108 dB. To put it in perspective, a train passing close is 110 decibels; 130dB and above can cause immediate ear damage. http://www.hiltopanimal hospital.com/barking%20dogs.htm http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/850887 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8493000/8493089.stm http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/seals-sealions.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009V07/090714210137.htm ttp://www.nps.gov/jotr/naturescience/kitfox.htm http://www.aacspca.org/animal_care/article.php?artide=barker W Design/llustration by waltonportfolio.com http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/29/2230405.htm http://news.byu.edu/archive09-Jul-babybarking.aspx http://www.associatedcontent.com/artide/1981712/the_worlds_loudest_dog_is_a__german.html?cat=53 http://community guinnessworldrecords.com/_Loudest-Bark-By-A-Group-Of-Dogs/blog/393054/7691.html http://home.earthlink.net/-dnitzer/4Haas Eaton/Decibel.html Coppinger R, Feinstein M: 'Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark. ' and bark and hark. Smithsonian 21:119-128, 1991 Richard Murray and Helen Penridge. Dogs and Cats in the Urban Environment: A Handbook of Municipal Pet Management. Second edition, 2001, ch. 11. SOURCES: BARK! 7 Facts About Canine Communication. 1 Although dogs are descended from wolves, they bark for different reasons: THROW A BALL! LET ΜE OUT! INTRUDER! YIKES! BLAH! I BITE! HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY! FEED ME ! HELLO! Wolves only bark as an ALARM or a THREAT. Dogs bark ANYTIME. Why the difference? It's believed that at some point in domestic dogs' evolution, humans must have specifically selected dogs that bark more often or that incessant barking could have developed through indirect selection. One hypothesis is that early humans may have selected dogs that bark as an early warning system to alert them when another unfamiliar group or predatory animal was in the area Other research suggests that domestic dog barking is nothing more than a manifestation of "juvenile" vocal behavior as a result of domestic dogs having been inadvertently bred to be stuck in a permanent state of adolescence. 2 Other animals that bark: FOXES MONKEYS DEER PRAIRIE DOGS SEA LIONS 3 BARKS AROUND THE WORLD WOOF! ham, ham amh, amh is the most common English representation of a dog bark. Albania Ireland kong, kong *meong, 4 meong Bali South Korea 4 TYPES of BARKING YES SIR! WARNING A low, quiet, ferocious growl escalating into a howling bark. СOMMAND Dogs can bark on demand. PLAYFUL Dogs bark when having fun. BUDDY ALARM NEED Likely to occur when a dog cannot see the source Dogs bark when they need things, like food or attention. of a sound. 5 METHODS USED TO STOP BARKING Desensitization/ Counterconditioning Collars: noise Startling the dog Cola Cola to distract it shock from the cause citronella of the barking ( i.e. shaking a penny can ). Psychotropic Drugs Surgical Debarking Works by clamping Vocal chordectomy down on the brain's does not silence REX ability to generate the dog completely. movement. Can make the dog sluggish. 6 THE BARK-FREE DOG. La, La LaaaAAAH! The Basenji does not bark, however they do occasionally SING. 7 LOUDEST BARK Daz, a white German Shepherd is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records at 108 dB. To put it in perspective, a train passing close is 110 decibels; 130dB and above can cause immediate ear damage. http://www.hiltopanimal hospital.com/barking%20dogs.htm http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/850887 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8493000/8493089.stm http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/seals-sealions.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009V07/090714210137.htm ttp://www.nps.gov/jotr/naturescience/kitfox.htm http://www.aacspca.org/animal_care/article.php?artide=barker W Design/llustration by waltonportfolio.com http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/29/2230405.htm http://news.byu.edu/archive09-Jul-babybarking.aspx http://www.associatedcontent.com/artide/1981712/the_worlds_loudest_dog_is_a__german.html?cat=53 http://community guinnessworldrecords.com/_Loudest-Bark-By-A-Group-Of-Dogs/blog/393054/7691.html http://home.earthlink.net/-dnitzer/4Haas Eaton/Decibel.html Coppinger R, Feinstein M: 'Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark. ' and bark and hark. Smithsonian 21:119-128, 1991 Richard Murray and Helen Penridge. Dogs and Cats in the Urban Environment: A Handbook of Municipal Pet Management. Second edition, 2001, ch. 11. SOURCES: BARK! 7 Facts About Canine Communication. 1 Although dogs are descended from wolves, they bark for different reasons: THROW A BALL! LET ΜE OUT! INTRUDER! YIKES! BLAH! I BITE! HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY!HEY! FEED ME ! HELLO! Wolves only bark as an ALARM or a THREAT. Dogs bark ANYTIME. Why the difference? It's believed that at some point in domestic dogs' evolution, humans must have specifically selected dogs that bark more often or that incessant barking could have developed through indirect selection. One hypothesis is that early humans may have selected dogs that bark as an early warning system to alert them when another unfamiliar group or predatory animal was in the area Other research suggests that domestic dog barking is nothing more than a manifestation of "juvenile" vocal behavior as a result of domestic dogs having been inadvertently bred to be stuck in a permanent state of adolescence. 2 Other animals that bark: FOXES MONKEYS DEER PRAIRIE DOGS SEA LIONS 3 BARKS AROUND THE WORLD WOOF! ham, ham amh, amh is the most common English representation of a dog bark. Albania Ireland kong, kong *meong, 4 meong Bali South Korea 4 TYPES of BARKING YES SIR! WARNING A low, quiet, ferocious growl escalating into a howling bark. СOMMAND Dogs can bark on demand. PLAYFUL Dogs bark when having fun. BUDDY ALARM NEED Likely to occur when a dog cannot see the source Dogs bark when they need things, like food or attention. of a sound. 5 METHODS USED TO STOP BARKING Desensitization/ Counterconditioning Collars: noise Startling the dog Cola Cola to distract it shock from the cause citronella of the barking ( i.e. shaking a penny can ). Psychotropic Drugs Surgical Debarking Works by clamping Vocal chordectomy down on the brain's does not silence REX ability to generate the dog completely. movement. Can make the dog sluggish. 6 THE BARK-FREE DOG. La, La LaaaAAAH! The Basenji does not bark, however they do occasionally SING. 7 LOUDEST BARK Daz, a white German Shepherd is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records at 108 dB. To put it in perspective, a train passing close is 110 decibels; 130dB and above can cause immediate ear damage. http://www.hiltopanimal hospital.com/barking%20dogs.htm http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/850887 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8493000/8493089.stm http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/seals-sealions.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009V07/090714210137.htm ttp://www.nps.gov/jotr/naturescience/kitfox.htm http://www.aacspca.org/animal_care/article.php?artide=barker W Design/llustration by waltonportfolio.com http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/29/2230405.htm http://news.byu.edu/archive09-Jul-babybarking.aspx http://www.associatedcontent.com/artide/1981712/the_worlds_loudest_dog_is_a__german.html?cat=53 http://community guinnessworldrecords.com/_Loudest-Bark-By-A-Group-Of-Dogs/blog/393054/7691.html http://home.earthlink.net/-dnitzer/4Haas Eaton/Decibel.html Coppinger R, Feinstein M: 'Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark. ' and bark and hark. Smithsonian 21:119-128, 1991 Richard Murray and Helen Penridge. Dogs and Cats in the Urban Environment: A Handbook of Municipal Pet Management. Second edition, 2001, ch. 11. SOURCES: