Dogs communicate with the world around, including, and by means of bark. They can express them almost all scale of feelings available to them – from indignation and aggression to boundless happiness at the sight of the come-back owner. Some people even specially get little dogs as the "call" signaling about emergence in the house or its vicinities of strangers. If the dog is silent, it is considered abnormal.
And among dogs there are taciturn personsThere are breeds of dog, not located to bark at all. So, for example, hunting dog African basenji. These dogs in general are unique – they not only do not bark, at them even the shape of a paw differs from other dogs - a small pillow of two central fingers at a basenji spliced at the basis, as at jackals. Except this breed, on bark the English sheep-dogs and borzois very seldom break and from Shar-Peis you will not often hear the sounds reminding it. If to you the puppy of unknown breed got, check, whether from these he taciturn persons.
Breeds taciturn persons are not mute. They can express the emotions growl, a povizgivaniye, snorting and even howling.
The disease or stress can be the cause of silenceIf the puppy in your house recently and at the same time constantly is silent, perhaps, he is still frightened of change of a situation and is in a stressful state from separation from mom. Observe it if it constantly hides and moves, having lowered a tail between hinder legs, he just is afraid or it has a stress.
The disease of a throat and also airways and vocal chords can become the reason of lack of bark also. When the puppy is sick, he just physically cannot bark. You can call the veterinarian and consult with him, if necessary, the dog will need to be shown to the doctor. But before it look how he eats as he swallows of food – whether it is visible symptoms of pain at the same time.
To bark it is possible to teachIf all listed reasons of silence of a dog are excluded, you should most teach him to bark. Try to cause in it such emotions which at all dogs are followed by bark, for example, hype up it a game, force to be fond of it. When it begins to potyavkivat, encourage it with delicacy, at the same time it is necessary to pronounce also team: "Voice", fixing a reflex.
Teach a dog not only to work for the Voice team, but also to become silent on command, especially if you live in such house where on landings it can be noisy.
When the dog is able to bark, but does not use this skill at invasion on your territory of strangers, she should be sent on training to film logical school, to experienced instructors. It will need to be made surely if you want to use this dog as the security guard. But if this skill is not really important for you, perhaps it is necessary to wait just a little when the puppy grows up and will begin to position itself as your defender. When at a dog the submission peculiar to puppies and ingratiation is gone, she also will begin to bark at strangers.