why do dogs bark for no reason???

Question

think of it what if your neighbor sat on the back porch at night going HEY,HEY,HEY,HEY,HEY.............

Answer 1

they have very sensitive hearing. They can hear things you can't.

Answer 2

Dogs don't really bark for "no reason." Dogs hear 16 times more than we do and hears things we do not immediately hear. For instance they can hear a car coming up the street or into your driveway before you do and he will bark.
Why is your neighbor saying "Hey, Hey, Hey etc?" for that
alone would cause a dog to bark the dog is telling you someone is out there.
Try telling him "good dog" when he barks and pat his head so that he knows you understood he was warning you. Dogs are smarter than we think. They certainly are smarter than some of my human friends. LOL But really you should always look for the real reason he barks. There will be one .

Answer 3

Dogs do NOT bark for no reason. A dog left outside all night and day barks for attention from the pack, he doesn't want to be alone. A dog that barks at a fence or people passing, is territorial. A dog that barks while in play is calling for attention from playmates. For excitement, nervousness, lonliness, aggression, etc. Never for NO reason.

Answer 4

They are warning their pack.

Probably more like, "Hey, you there? I don't think I like what's going on... how about you guys?"

Get him another dog and he will stop.

I don't agree with a lot of these posters... some dogs do bark for no reason and howl at the moon. I had a neighbor's dog howl all night long. You could watch him for hours and he would just stand in the middle of the back yard and howl. The other dogs in the neighborhood didn't do anything. Maybe some are just mentally retarded and do just as the original poster suggested, "HEY,HEY,HEY,HEY..."

Answer 5

When trying to understand the "speech" of dogs or wolves, it's important to remember they have a limited number of sounds available to their primitive larynxes. With canines, the inflection of their noise can be as important as the noise itself. A series of sharp, loud, repetitive barks can mean several things. Done quickly and in very rapid succession, it's like the dog saying "Intruder! Intruder! Intruder!" Done at a slower pace is more like the dog saying "This is my territory, just so you all know. Stay away."

It's as important to view the canine's body language as it is to listen to the volume and inflection of the barks. Raised hackles indicates an aggressive intent, while a wide opened mouth, lolling tongue, and wagging tail indicates it's pretty much just being talkative. (The same way humans are talkative--dogs are social creatures after all.)

Answer 6

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/onlinedogtraining

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 7

Well it's really not similar to your neighbor, because dogs bark when they sense danger or when other dogs come near it [some do] or even when an un-known person is passing by. Sometimes it could be telling the owner [if the dogs outside] that it wants to come in now.

At least, that's what mines does. =]

Answer 8

i dont think dogs are really barking for no reason, we just dont fully understand why they are barking. maybe they are barking because they want something like they would rather be inside with their family who they see as their pack than on the back porch. or maybe they are communicating with another dog in the distance that you cant hear. or maybe they smell another creature that you cant see that they are telling to stay away. just cause you dont understand it doesnt mean it is for no reason.

Answer 9

dogs bark for no reason for a reason. unlike my neighbor sitting on the back porch at night, they see and smell a lot of stuff and anything suspecious cause them to bark

Answer 10

Well there not barking at nothing,...dogs hearing are the best adn they can hear things we dont like a dog barking or somthing making noises far far away..so they r barking at something you maybe just cant hear it!

Answer 11

Dogs either bark for different reasons.....they are talking to other dogs, they need to go to the bathroom, they want to go outside, they see a person or animal, they want attention!