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I live in the city. It's noisy, dirty and loud. But there's a sound that cuts through. In the distance, a dog is constantly barking. It's not the deep, gruff bark of a German Shepherd, or the high-pitched yap of a little dog. Somewhere in the middle.

He barks steadily, rhythmically, day and night. Bark. Bark. Bark. Bark.

It doesn't bother me much because he is far enough away. I can hear him faintly. 24 hours a day.

Don't the people on his block complain? How do they sleep? How can a dog bark so much? Don't they "lose their voice?"

So many questions. Bark. Bark. Bark. Bark.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    I'd bet the dog is very lonely. It's barking in this case is somthing like "Is there anyone out there?".
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  • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
    Originally Posted by joe golfer View Post

    Don't the people on his block complain? How do they sleep? How can a dog bark so much? Don't they "lose their voice?"

    So many questions. Bark. Bark. Bark. Bark.
    Crowded cities aren't a great place to keep dogs. Too often the dog is left alone all day while the owner is at work, or there isn't enough space to provide the exercise and stimulation a dog needs. It's not fair on the dog or the neighbors.

    Selfish, inconsiderate owners are to blame.


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  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    Are you sure it's a dog, if it's steady, rhythmic and day and night? I ask because I hate it when people blow their car horn to let somebody know they're waiting instead of knocking on the door, like Taxi drivers for example. This happened one morning while at my computer, "beep", "beep", "beep", "beep". I won't tell you what I shouted. Then some minutes later, "beep", "beep", "beep", "beep". It wasn't until I looked at the TV did I realise that the rowing was on during the Olympics and it was actually the sound made when the rowers cross the finish line.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alast
      Originally Posted by alistair View Post

      Are you sure it's a dog, if it's steady, rhythmic and day and night? I ask because I hate it when people blow their car horn to let somebody know they're waiting instead of knocking on the door, like Taxi drivers for example. This happened one morning while at my computer, "beep", "beep", "beep", "beep". I won't tell you what I shouted. Then some minutes later, "beep", "beep", "beep", "beep". It wasn't until I looked at the TV did I realise that the rowing was on during the Olympics and it was actually the sound made when the rowers cross the finish line.
      There's a distinct difference between a bark and the sound of a horn.

      I'm actually not sure if you're being serious, or if I misread that.
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  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    Originally Posted by Alast View Post

    There's a distinct difference between a bark and the sound of a horn.

    I'm actually not sure if you're being serious, or if I misread that.
    I don't mean the bark may be a horn, I just meant it might not be what he thinks it is. Usually dogs don't bark all day and night with a steady rhythm, and if it does maybe it's just got the blues.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alast
      Originally Posted by alistair View Post

      I don't mean the bark may be a horn, I just meant it might not be what he thinks it is. Usually dogs don't bark all day and night with a steady rhythm, and if it does maybe it's just got the blues.
      Actually - I disagree. I have three small (indoor) dogs, and as soon as they bark, I know what they're barking at by the tone. If someone's at the door, it's more loud and 'excited', but if someone's walking past, it's more abrupt and ear-piercing. It's also generally the same rhythm. In fact, sometime I imitate their barks in my mind because I know the pitch, and when it's going to happen. For instance: my oldest dog (who happens to be the smallest and most noisy) will generally bark three times quickly, without a breath, and then one after the other from then onward.

      Maybe I'm a little crazy - but after listening to it for 10~ years, I pick up on things.

      Furthermore, I can empathize with Joe. The other night when I went to sleep at 3am, all I could hear were dogs barking (I live in a small city with 30k~ people).

      I'm not crazy enough to not know they were dogs - and it's not the first time I've heard it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        I'm the same - I can tell why dog is barking (and why the neighbor dogs are barking for that matter) - by the tone and pitch of the bark.

        A dogs that barks incessantly is a dog that is in need, is lonely, is uncomfortable, bored...I could hear that for long without going to track it down and find out what is happening to that dog. I can't stand seeing a dog used as a lawn ornament on the end of a chain. There are dogs that bark from excitement but they usually don't go on hour after hour.

        People who don't spend much time with their dog miss so much of the animal's personality.
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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          The faint sound of metal pipes being moved around 24/ 7 can be heard from my backyard, sounds like a distant bowling alley. Double glazing keeps the sound out. The Amtrack goods trains blowing their horns is a little louder. Still, I tend to zone that out too.

          Claude snoring in Wooster, that's another story.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rick Rodd
    Whatever it could be, it's still noise. Though I believe dogs have the right to communicate. Horses, too.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I feel terrible that this dog is trying to tell its owners that he needs some attention and they obviously don't give a damn. Yes dogs will bark like this to annoy people into coming out and seeing what is wrong. His owners are neglectful. The dog needs to be taken away from them.

    If you want to be where there's no dogs barking at night -- come live in the mountains, where people bring their dogs in at night so cougars, coyotes, owls, etc don't kill their pets. Nobody sane leaves an animal outside at night in the mountains.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      where people bring their dogs in at night so cougars, coyotes, owls, etc don't kill their pets.
      Middle-aged women kill pets?





























      (Sorry, couldn't resist )
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    LOL.

    No middle age women dessicate young dudes. They love their pets.
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