Boy, do my babies talk to me. Who says dogs can't talk.
My Dixie and Shorty will bark to be picked up. If one of the other dogs has a chew that Dixie wants she has a different kind of bark. She will look at me, bark and then look back at the other dog. She wants me to take it away from them so she can have it. I tell her she just has to be patient but she will keep it up until she gets something to chew on too.
When I have a litter of pups I keep them in the spare bedroom. After the pups are a few days old the moms will want to start coming into the living room for short visits. They will bark when they want to come into the living room and they will bark when they want to go back to be with their pups. They have me trained really well.
Bebe is my worse sassy girl at bedtime. They all get a treat around 9:30 at night and Bebe still has not learned to tell time very good, she starts barking at me around 9:00 every night. She has no respect that I might be in the middle of watching a movie or typing on the computer.
Also, Dixie is 12 years old and she has got where she does not like going down the steps to the bed at night so she does a little woof sound when she wants down to get a drink or go pee. In the mornings she does the Dixie dance and barks and barks for her morning banana pieces.
Little Man, age 10, is the only one I have that has never barked. I think I have only heard him bark two or three times his whole life. Instead of barking he does a cute little whimper. When my husband comes home at night all the other dogs will be barking and Little Man will be whimpering. Also at dinner time and treat time he does his little whimpering.
Now, if I could only get my husband to understand what they want when they are barking. My dh loves all our babies but most of the time he totally does not understand what they are wanting. I keep telling him he needs to get 'in tune' with their needs.