Help! Dog Barking! It's A Monster!

The nasty, hysterical dog barking and yapping could be heard from some distance. I frowned as I watched the small dog's owner softly saying, "No, No now, don't do that." He was petting the dog and trying to hold it back.

The little dog was getting more and more angry, and strained increasingly hard on the leash. Gatsby rolled his eyes and looked at me respectfully. I knew the man well, and he had also come to see that my boy was a gentle giant. The dogs smelled one another, and the situation was calm.

I did not tell this owner because he and his wife are not receptive to any help. But the truth is, a little dog behaving aggressively like that is very likely to be attacked at some point. Dog Aggression is not cute. Even from a pint sized dog.

Rena Murray
Dog Whisper Woman

The Twilight Bark

Four packs of dogs were barking hysterically.

They were generally calm dogs, but all in aggressive mode now. Boy was I glad there were fences between the packs!

"Did I do that?" said the woman next to me.

"Yep, you sure did." She had been playing very loudly with a bunch of "YEAH's!" at the top of her voice with her little Corqui. All that noise had excited all the neighborhood dogs, all these other "packs," from as far as two canals over.

Playtime is important with your dog, but it is awfully important to keep it down a little so you don't start "the twilight bark" (101 Dalmations, the cartoon).