Tag Archives: Excessive Barking

Six Popular Dog Breeds That Bark A Lot

If live in an apartment or a neighborhood where there aren’t many dogs and you want to add a dog to your family, you may want to consider which dog breeds bark a lot in order to avoid offending your neighbors. While proper training can help to stop excessive barking in most dogs, it’s more […]

I Love Mutts: Mixed-Breed Dogs are Better Than a Purebreds

For centuries, mutts have been shunned by potential owners and kennel clubs, called mongrels, curs, tykes, and my favorite term, Heinz 57s, playing on “Fifty-Seven varieties.” While many prospective pet owners prefer the status symbol of owning a purebred dog, the benefits of mixed-breed dogs far outweigh those of purebreds. There is a stigma associated […]

Five Quiet Dog Breeds that Won’t Annoy the Neighbors

If you live in a quiet neighborhood without many dogs or in an apartment and want a dog of your own, you may be concerned about your new pet annoying the neighbors with incessant barking. If you want to avoid this potential problem, you may want to consider one of these unusually quiet dog breeds: […]

Six Popular Small Toy Dog Breeds That Make Great Pets

A toy dog breed can be an excellent pet for people who live in small living quarters such as an apartment or who are older and unable to exercise a larger dog on a daily basis. Fortunately, these small toy dogs get a great deal of exercise just running through the house on a daily […]

How to Avoid “Small Dog Syndrome”

Small breed dogs are notoriously fast, yappy, unpleasant little animals. It has been said that small dogs are big dogs in a dog’s body, but dogs really have no sense of their own size. Anyone who has seen a small dog attack large moles or a herd of large animals knows this! Smaller dogs tend […]