Dogs Know How to Cheer!

If you have ever attended a sporting event like baseball, you are familiar with “the wave.”  A section of people stand, lift their arms overhead as they yell.  The next section of people follow and the motion continues over the crowd.

It came to me that dogs do “the wave” only it is called “the bark!”  In the distance, a dog barks.  The dog next door hears the cheer, and also barks.  It progresses down the street and can continue for blocks.  It my not be evident what or whom started the cheer, but that doesn’t seem to be important to the dogs.

Some dogs have premature bark and seem to be barking to a beat of their own.  If, however, they are participating as they were trained in the when to bark school, they will listen, bark when it’s their turn, and be quiet as the next block begins.

If your dog flunked the class on how and when it’s appropriate to bark, please contact me using the box to the right!

Or. . .next time you hear a dog barking in the distance and it progresses to your home, beat your dog to the punch by standing up, arms overhead, and yelling.  It won’t stop the neighbor’s dogs, but it just might startle the bark right out of your pup!