do u think this is correct "barking dog seldom bite".?

Answer 1

Nope, I had one that barked and bit.

Answer 2

There is some truth in this bit of folk wisdom, but it is not a guarantee. Here's the way it actually works:

Contrary to what some have said, a dog's bark is not a warning to you, but rather it is the dog's way of calling attention to the rest of the pack that there is an intruder or some other circumstance that it feels is a danger. It doesn't matter whether there's a pack or not, dogs are pack animals and will behave as if there is a pack even when there isn't. A barking dog is saying that it doesn't have the confidence that it can handle the danger on its own and is asking the rest of the pack to back it up. It is actually less likely to attack (bite) you on its own.

However, it is the dog that attacks without barking that you should fear most. This dog does not feel it needs any help from the pack - it is confident in its own ability to take you on and, lacking any fear, will quite readily do so.

This is true for almost every wild animal. Contrary to what you see in movies and TV shows, ask anyone who's ever actually been attacked by a mountain lion, wild dog, bobcat, wolf, etc. and by far most of them will tell you that the animal never made a sound. Making noise gives you warning, and if the animal is bent on attacking you, the last thing it wants to do is give you warning that it's going to do so.

A more complete and accurate saying would probably be, "Unless you're doing something stupid to provoke it, a dog that attacks and bites you will seldom warn you by barking."

Answer 3

An expression like this one is always right. The use of the word "seldom" guarantees it. If a barking dog would happen to bite as well, it's one of those "seldom" occasions.
Dogs often bark because they cannot get you for some reason, but given the chance they will stop barking and bite.
Stay clear of any unfriendly dog, barking or biting ones.

Answer 4

A bark is a warning,.

If you fail to heed the warning, you get a growl.

If you ignore the growl, you probably will get bit.

Every dog is capable of biting. Some have a much higher threshhold for aggravation than others. Do not put a dog in a bad position. If you're getting barked at, and it's not accompanied by a play-bow, then STOP what you are doing and back off. It's not fair to the dog to continue what you are doing and push it to the next level of warnings.

Answer 5

I don't know about that.. Hard to say.. I think the barking is the warning before the bite (in situations that the dog can't get away) I do know that dogs can't smell and bark at the same time.. so if you want to get a dog to stop barking give them somethign to smell (ie a treat) BUT.. don't reward the bad behaviour - let the dog smell the treat and make the dog be quiet and sit before he gets the treat.

Answer 6

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/H3J67

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 7

I think it is what kind of barking the dog does. If the dog gives a happy bark in greeting and play, he will probably not bite, but if his barking is accompanied by snarling and growling, then yes, he will most likely bite.

If you see some weird spelling in some of my posts, I have eye problems, so please be kind.

Answer 8

that depends on the dog itself...you be surprised that most barking dogs do bite all the time !!

Answer 9

Barking Dog Seldom Bite

Answer 10

Now that I think about it the three dogs that have bitten me didn't bark..hmmmm