Thursday

[ksmith]

King is in the backyard, barking. The reason he's barking is because he thinks another dog is out there, barking. The reason he thinks *that* is because the Blackhawks hockey broadcast ran a snippet of the Jane's Addiction song that starts with the sound of a dog, barking.

I tried to explain that it was just the intermission, but King was having none of it. Somewhere out there is a dog that's barking, and he has to let it know that he knows it's out there. Barking.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*laughs out loud* Poor King. Poor you. :)

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Fearless Guardian of the Backyard.

*sheesh*

[bevhale.livejournal.com]

At least he barks at real things. My Zoe barks at leaves, trash blowing down the street, air, invisibibles. My Jilly barks at real things. The latest was a possum. Possum ignored her, Zoe, and me. We got dissed by a possum.

Poor King, he was doing what he thought was right. The recorded dog was probably saying something horrid and King had to respond.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The recorded dog's bark was an urgent bark. Couldn't tell if it was friendly or not.

In the past, King has bristled and barked at distant tree trunks, flappy overhangs (tarps and such). Anything hulking, dark, and ill-defined, even if it's motionless. He did this even as a puppy, which made me wonder at the quality of his eyesight. He seems pretty sharp-eyed, though, given the fact that he barks at anything that moves in the yards across the street.

[bevhale.livejournal.com]

I don't feel quite so bad about my dog. Maybe this behavior is hardwired. If the bark was urgent, King was probably right to answer. I love hearing about your dogs.