[nagdu] barking?

[blind springbok]

Hi, 
Thomas has never barked in harness unless I am teasing him.  :) He has however backed off from people he's not comfortable with and has tried to hide behind my legs or walk away or around that person.  This has always made me feel weary of that person when he's done it.  
My boy only barks in harness when he spots a cat and then starts bouncing and his tail wags like a dinger.  
He does bark when he plays or when someone rings my front door bell.  
I really don't  worry about him barking as he very rarely does it when working so when or if he does then I know there is a good reason for it.  
You will probably find it was because that person was staring at him in a very threatening manner and it is good that we listen to our dogs as they know when things aren't kosher.  I will never go or talk to somebody if my boy isn't happy with the situation.  
Trust your dog they know better than humans. 
Cheers 
Diane and Thomas Marks 

> On 6 Sep 2015, at 01:41, Becky Frankeberger via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I had Jake for about two years. We were in Wal-Mart and all of a sudden
> I feel his chest rumble. Then a bit more. He was staring hard like twenty
> feet from us. I broke his stair like you did, good job to know to do that. I
> asked my husband who came up and of course he stopped rumbling. My husband
> saw no one or no dogs. He rumbled again at some man kind of just leaning
> against a building. The man left, so I assume Jake was baring his teeth or
> something. But the rumbling stopped and the clingy boy relaxed. 
> 
> This dog is really protective of me. So he felt threatened by something.
> 
> He has put himself between me and a man talking to me outside of church. I
> listen to my dogs and did not except the ride he offered us.
> 
> Becky and the opinionated one 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
> Cyclorama via nagdu
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2015 4:55 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Danielle Cyclorama <dsykora29 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nagdu] barking?
> 
> I was in a restaurant today, and my dog started barking at something. This
> is really odd behavior for him because he rarely barks and has never barked
> indoors in harness before. The only thing out of the ordinary I noticed were
> noises of construction outside. This shouldn't have bothered him though
> since he doesn't usually get concerned about unfamiliar noises. The only
> thing I could think of is if it had something to do with another person's
> behavior since he was looking in the direction of the table next to us. This
> was not a happy bark; it was the bark he uses to tell other dogs to back
> off. I got him to look away and move to the other side of my chair rather
> easily, but it was just such an odd reaction. Have any of you been in a
> situation where your dog reacted defensively to a person?
> 
> Danielle and Thai
> Sent from my iPhone
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