We have two dogs, Woody, a male golden retriever, and Morgan, a mixed breed dog from the SPCA. It is about this time each year, as the weather gets colder and the air gets drier that they realize their barks and conversations carry to other dogs in the neighborhood. These conversations between dogs start at about dusk and usually continue all night long or as long as the vocal cords will allow. It is only a couple of dogs at first but after a couple of weeks, it is a full-blown barking community. I would imagine that they are sharing really important information like food comparisons, how the opossum tasted that Woody wrestled out of the compost pile, how come birds don't play too long before they die, etc...But after all that I think that they just bark...and bark...and bark, plucking on my daughter's (whose bedroom is adjacent to their living space), our neighbor's, and my last nerve. All of my attempts to curb this behavior were in vain, as soon as I would correct them a
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