Posted on 11/30/2009 8:17:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
1. Beagle
2. Collie
3. Doberman Pinscher
4. Finnish Spitz
5. German shepherd
6. Norwegian elkhound
7. Rottweiler
8. Shetland sheepdog
9. Terriers
10. Toy and miniature poodles
Source: “Planet Dog: A Doglopedia” (www.petvr.com/index.php/pages/noisiesyquietestdogs.html)
Shetland Sheepdog. Sorry, we had one for 16 years living in a suburban NYC apartment. She was great at scaring off stranger who came into the first floor apartments back yard. Otherwise, she was as quiet as a mouse.
I can think of lots of small dogs that are far noisier than some of those on this list.
# 11. Any damn dog in my apartment complex. Seems no one can hear them but me.
Our Flat Coat Retriever isn’t very noisy.... while she’s trying to chew ever shoe she can get her teeth on. :)
Bulldogs!! Bulldogs!! yeaaaaAAA! BULLDOGS!!
QUIETEST = BASENJI
My black YorkiePoo is barking at every delivery truck as I type. I work in an industrial park. Just wait till someone comes to the door. He sounds like a Rottweiler but weighs 13 pounds. God love him but geez!
My black YorkiePoo is barking at every delivery truck as I type. I work in an industrial park. Just wait till someone comes to the door. He sounds like a Rottweiler but weighs 13 pounds. God love him but geez!
I grew up with an English Mastiff. She would bark at the coyotes howling a few miles over. You could hear the echoes for a while after she finished. But is was very rare. She wouldn't bark to warn you--she'd take care of the problem her own self.
My toy fox terrier isn’t that noisy. A bit of barking if someone knocks, but that’s about it.
Miniature poodles are by far the noisiest.
Norwegian elkhound.
I was picturing a dog that looks like a moose. What would bite your sister.
But nope.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=Norwegian%20elkhound&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Good looking dog!
And I’ve owned shelties for years.
8. Shetland sheepdog
I call BS on this too.
My late, great Dobe, Baron, could be extremely loud — if he decided to bark. But, actually, like most Dobes (I am told), Baron really didn’t bark all that much. When on the attack, he usually just snarled.
ours is relatively quiet except for when we return from being away for a while. then the yelping begins.
Ours only bellers when there’s a squirrel in the yard. Or he’s on the wrong side of a door. Or when he’s hungry. Or another dog barks. Or the neighbor across the pasture is in her garden... or... ;~)
Don’t ever get a beagle. They are easily spoiled and will howl all night if you don’t let them sleep with you. I had a gf once that had a beagle. The damn thing would howl and cry until she let him in the bed.
Heh... was going to ping you but I see you’ve found it already.
I suppose mine would be the same. But when they are separated from their intended target by a barrier (a cage, the wall of a house) they can’t attack so barking is all they’ve got. When I’m riding in my Explorer with him in the cage in the back and he sees someone walking their dog (especially if we’re near his home base) his barking makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. And I’m used to him.
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