6 months old and doesn't bark

[noisinka]

Thank you all for the replies! It's glad to know Sandy's normal

Our neighbour's dog barks a lot and Sandy's always very 'nosey' and he wants to see what's going on. When the dog barks at him, he quickly runs away.

[gram2k]

Am crossing my fingers ( eyes, toes, legs etc ) because, at 5 months old, Chloe rarely barks. I'm not taking any chances that this will last forever and praising her silence when we see other people and dogs. Hopefully, the more we expose her to at this young age, the less she'll feel the need to bark. Then again...she is a dog...

[Sweet Apple]

Originally Posted by noisinka

Sandy is 6 months old but I've never heard him barking before. I got him a couple of days before he turned 3 months old. He's very alert of what's happening outside the apartment but he never barks.

Is that normal?

As others have said, enjoy it! Apple was a "late" barker...She still isn't much of a barker, and I'm so glad...She barks, if someone rings the doorbell (even on t.v. lol), but that's about it...HOWEVER, my little buzzy boy is a barker, and it is an obnoxious bark...He barks at Apple to get her to give him her bully stick (he has one, but he wants hers)...If he keeps on and on, I scold him, verbally, to stop his barking, and he usually does...If he won't stop, he has to have time-out, in the gated area of the kitchen for about 5 minutes...Then he comes out nice and quiet lol...

[ourfirstyorkie]

Originally Posted by LDandPasquale

Pasquale never really barks..unless the door bell rings...or he's having an argument with the squirrel thru the window. But otherwise, he's the quiet type. Be glad you have a quiet one!

[ourfirstyorkie]

Originally Posted by Sweet Apple

As others have said, enjoy it! Apple was a "late" barker...She still isn't much of a barker, and I'm so glad...She barks, if someone rings the doorbell (even on t.v. lol), but that's about it...HOWEVER, my little buzzy boy is a barker, and it is an obnoxious bark...He barks at Apple to get her to give him her bully stick (he has one, but he wants hers)...If he keeps on and on, I scold him, verbally, to stop his barking, and he usually does...If he won't stop, he has to have time-out, in the gated area of the kitchen for about 5 minutes...Then he comes out nice and quiet lol...

Too funny!

[ourfirstyorkie]

Well, my Farrah is almost 17 weeks old and she has a voice. But she sounds more like a chirping bird. On occassion she will bark to get attention or get free of her "den".
I guess time will tell.

[diane boden]

We hardly heard a peep out of Rosie, thought we'd gotten a quiet one, until she turned about 8 months old. Shes not a constant barker but when she does its very very loud, her main targets being any bird that dares to start chirpping, especially in the morning, that damn dawn courus is so annoying it wakes her up so she goes and ''swears'' at them. She also doesn't growl properly, sounds more like she's moaning. She will literally 'nag' Alfie when he wont give up the toy she wants.

[noisinka]

Sandy started barking yesterday. I'm a bit worried now if he'll be a barker. *lol*

[jenn1381]

Ugh, enjoy the silence while you can. Oliver barks at everything. If a leaf moves, he's barking. If he hears a noise upstairs, barking. If he sees another dog, omg, he goes nuts. I so hope he doesn't teach his little sister to bark like that, I will go nuts by week 2, lol. He has starting whining an awful lot lately too, that drives me absolutely crazy. He'll sit there and whine at me while I'm eating because I'm not sharing, I always ask him if I sit beside him while he eats and whine at him! lol. Maybe I should start so he can see how annoying it is, haha.

[violet voon]

Sugar has never barked until she reached 8 months old! But now she barks at everything..