You dog people can relate to this. The neighbors across the street are having some kitchen remodeling done so there are people going in and out and vans and saws and what not in use. My little dog is barking his head off at every move and sound he hears. I told him to hush, so he is uffing under his breath and glaring at me, tail down.
I let Missy out the door and there was a truck with workers gathered behind it looking over some papers on the truck bed and having an impromptu meeting. They all looked over and froze.....took them a full thirty seconds to realize she was all bark and no bite.....then they all went right back to their meeting and ignored her. She stopped barking when she didn’t have an audience. LOL
mine bark if there is a strange vehicle in someone else’s driveway. they know who belongs and who doesn’t!
I have a large Golden Retriever who never makes a peep. He’s owned me for 10 years, and I can count the barks on my 2 hands, usually because he has spotted a deer, ground hog, rabbit, or some other invader in the yard. He’d never bark at a person.
We took him with us to CA one trip and stayed with mySIL who had a boisterous yellow lab that barked all the time. My Golden ran aroud their yard and barked at the yappy Schnauzer next door. When we got ready to leave a week later, he hopped into the car and has never spoken again.
It’s handy that he’s so quiet because we take him to work with us every day. He doesn’t whimper either. He just fixes his big brown eyes on you until you give him a treat.