[NAGDU] [nagdu] barking?

Danielle Ledet singingmywayin at gmail.com
Thu Dec 1 18:55:57 UTC 2016


Yes you should no that some people will stare at a dog on purpose! the
just want to see it react. So if you didn't hear anything you can bet
and win that that was happening. I know because folks did that to my
first dog.

On 9/7/15, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have zero problems with barking when the dog is off harness, particularly
> if something or someone startles them.  Jenny barks when someone knocks at
> the door... this has come in handy more than once because she will keep
> barking until someone answers the door; occasionally my husband and I will
> be in different areas of the house and not hear someone knocking, so her
> alert behavior helps us out.  If the barking is not constant, let the dog
> bark at home!
>
> In harness, it's a bit trickier, but a dog is a dog is a dog. I wrote about
> this before, but about six or eight months ago, I was at a mall food court
> meeting a friend. He went to go pick up drinks, and someone who was
> definitely drunk and possibly under the influence of drugs approached my
> table. Jenny stood up and tried to back away from him, but there was a wall
> behind her, so she had nowhere else to go. He kept coming, and reached out
> and touched her. She did not bark until the instant his hand touched her...
> he was told both by me and the couple at the table behind me to not interact
> with my dog. During this whole exchange, as soon as he took his hand away
> and talked to me or the other people, the barking stopped. But then he
> started to b ack away and started talking to Jenny. She started barking
> again.
>
> Situations like this don't bother me, largely because it's a way of
> communicating something isn't right. She was not overly loud, she did not
> bare her teeth, she did not growl, attack, or do anything else threatening
> toward this guy.  While I have experienced more of Jenny's in-harness
> barking than most people would tolerate, I believe this is due to a health
> concern that is being addressed. All things being equal, though, in harness
> she will not bark at anyone who is not threatening to her.
>
> Daryl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: S L Johnson via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: S L Johnson <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>
> Sent: Mon, 07 Sep 2015 12:18:30 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] barking?
>
> Danielle:
>
> Yes, I have experienced this with my dogs. Sometimes they will react if
> they've been sleeping and something startles them. Your dog might have been
>
> startled by noises or all the activity going on around you in a busy crowded
>
> restaurant. Once when I was in church with Tara who had fallen asleep as we
>
> were singing the songs as the service began. , we had just finished singing
>
> and everyone put their books back into the racks making a sudden noise.
> Tara was startled by the noise and let out a loud bark. Without missing a
> beat the pastor said, "and the dog says Amen". The dogs might react if a
> person looks different or if people are acting weird, staring at your dog,
> wearing strange hats, carrying umbrella's etc... Years ago, I was accused
> of teaching my golden, Cinnamon, to hate black people. Yes, Cinnamon did
> bark at blacks but this was after we had been violently attacked by a black
>
> woman and her daughter. I didn't teach the behavior but, it was a result of
>
> her frightening experience.  I have recently begun to have a barking issue
> with Eva. She has started barking if people pass our house on the sidewalk
> or my back yard as they walk around the pond behind the homes in our senior
>
> complex. Her bark isn't a happy playful bark but a low growl that turns
> into a full frenzied bark if the person continues to approach us. I can
> feel The hair is up on her back and I can feel her heart pounding rapidly.
> The first time it happened was when a very weird acting lady was walking
> near my back yard. The lady was talking in a weird high pitched voice
> making strange noises trying to get Eva's attention. Eva was out on a long
> leash. The lady kept trying to grab the leash to pull Eva toward her. Eva
> ran to me and I could feel the lady still pulling at the leash. I don't
> know if the lady was trying to steal Eva but, I sure didn't like her tugging
>
> on the leash trying to pull Eva toward her. I was shocked when Eva growled
> and barked because I'd never heard Eva bark at anything for any reason.
> That lady has tried the same thing a few other times. Unfortunately law
> enforcement cannot help me because I am not able to give them a physical
> description of the lady. Since that first incident Eva has started to bark
> at people who pass our house. If someone comes up our driveway or to the
> door Eva will bark. I know the guide dog schools say not to allow barking
> but, as a senior woman living alone, I have to admit that I like the feeling
>
> that she is protecting me.
>
> Sandra and Eva
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danielle Cyclorama via nagdu
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2015 7:54 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Danielle Cyclorama
> 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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Danielle

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