For years, our domestication process and selective breeding has allowed our dogs to develop their barking abilities. Wolves don’t bark, so through genetic engineering and the selective breeding process, dogs these days have the ability to retain juvenile characteristics. This is through the process known as neoteny.

Dogs bark because basically they are extremely social animals. So, most dogs simply bark to communicate, to get attention, or simply to show their excitement. But sometimes having a second dog in the house can minimize the barking and minimize the loneliness of the dog.

But, everything will depend to how the owner trains their dog. If you reward the dog for barking, then the dog will understand that it’s a good thing to bark. If you don’t reward or even scold the dog for barking, the dog will understand that it’s a bad thing to bark. If you train your dog to become a watchdog, sometimes their barking can be very selective and discriminating with certain people. Sometimes they may just bark at anything they see. It is important to train these dogs by developing their intelligence level and how they interpret various events.

There is also another technique to ‘minimize’ the barking of dogs, called debarking. But, debarking can be somewhat inhumane because the dog is trained to let out a low, raspy bark which cannot be heard from more than a few feet away. If you consider the process of ‘debarking’ your dog you must weigh the pros and cons. It can be beneficial in the sense that your dog will no longer be the irritating dog on the block who barks at anything he sees but may be a problem if the dog is in danger. As an owner you would want to know where the location of your dog was if it was in danger.

Dogs’ bark maybe very disturbing and noisy sometimes, but dogs never barks without any reasons. The owners have to know this so you can decide the best thing you have to do to your dog. Dogs’ bark is always meaningful at all time.

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