Bark (sound)

The barking ( yelping ) is the most common utterance of the domestic dog. In German, two onomatopoeic spellings are typical: "Wow " and " Woof ." " Jaul " (or Danish " Jaúl " and Russian " gaf - gaf " ), however, is not Onomatopoea for the barking, but for the yelp, another utterance of the house dog (Canis lupus familiaris).

• 4.1 foxes
• 4.2 Coyote
• 4.3 jackals

Sense of barking

While wolves almost never bark to dogs communicate much more frequently over barking. The Grimassierspiele young wolves are often replaced with each other in games of young dogs by Bell Games.

The fact that domestic dogs bark more often than wolves, probably represents an evolutionary adaptation to life with people represents the willingness to do so is inherited and is more or less pronounced at different dog breeds. You must not only learn from the individual through dealing with people. Even wolves and other species of the genus dogs bark, but only in a few situations. Puppy barking is more common, what theory permits that have been specifically promoted the puppies typical properties and behavior of the dog during the adaptation and breeding by humans and expanded over its lifetime. The adult dog house that is similar in its behavior the puppy of the wolf.

Importance of barking

Roughly, there are six possible reasons why a dog barks:

• The Nervositäts or Aufregungsbellen
• The attention barking
• The fear barking
• The frustration barking
• The defense or defensive barking
• Barking on command

The most common is the attention barking barking, but it varies depending on the dog breed and owner.

Wolves

The wolf is the closest relative of the domestic dog. He rarely barks and if so, it is a short, quiet and monosyllabic " Woof ". This bark is applied when an alien being or a stranger approaches the wolf pack. Thus, the barking wolf warns other pack members. Otherwise, the wolf does not bark, but there are also a few exceptional situations, such as in pack combat, where from and will also barked.

However, the puppies bark often to the parents. They want to express alarm, fear, etc.. Adult animals howl mostly. They howl for reasons such as, for example, in the hunt for contacting other wolves or alarm.

Tamed wolves do not bark, their children's children (if they are still alive with people ), however, begin to bark like domestic dogs. The situation is similar for foxes.

Wolves and domestic dogs

Dogs and wolves have almost identical vocalizations. Dogs howl less frequently and those who live with people who bark frequently. When wolves barking is a warning and protest signal, dogs, however, use the barking, especially with a man as a counterpart, as the expression of a wide range of internal states. My bark is much more variable than the wolves.

If wolves live together for a while with domestic dogs, it often happens that wolves bark instead of cry. Barking appears in the wild enforce: Koj Dogs are so barking mongrels from coyotes and domestic dogs.

Other Canine

Foxes

Foxes barking and / or käckern. Barking is a loud, almost raucous short " Hau ". Enter these sounds at risk, territorial defense and mating call in the breeding season. The Käckern takes place during a fight with a rival or to defend the prey towards conspecifics or envious.

Coyote

Coyotes rarely bark, usually whistle, howl or " call " them. The warning call (similar to the wolf) but sounds like the barking of a dog house. Frequently the howling sounds into a bark.

Jackals

Jackals bark when hunting, otherwise similar to the fox.

Other Animals

Other animals may bark or give a barking -like sound. Hyenas have a laughing and rough bark. Seals and sea lions, for example, bark, and one must be aware that they are among the canids. Muntjac are called in English " Barking Deers " ( " barking deer " ), because they give you upon excitation a similar sound. Also, the " horrors " of the deer, which serves as a warning call, sounds like a bark. Bats do not bark, but the cries of some species is a reminder of a barking. However, the most interesting animal is the Shushupe, a four -meter-long poisonous snake (one of the most poisonous in America) from the group of pit vipers, who lives in the Peruvian jungle. Also, some species of birds make sounds that are reminiscent of the barking of the dog house. This is especially true for parrots that are held together with dogs.

Emergence of barking

The barking of a dog coming out of the larynx. For the barking but the laryngeal must be relatively large. The Urhunde could not bark probably - her throat was too shallow. The primal dog has probably whined. Some of his descendants, such as the Australian Dingo or the Central African Basenji (Congo Terrier ), have today a typical, flat larynx, and therefore can not bark so well. These dog breeds howl or whine for it more often.

Terms of Use

Legally speaking, is dog barking noise pollution Represents the barking of the neighbor dog can therefore by German jurisprudence a kind of harassment (§ 906 BGB ), from which, under certain circumstances a claim for injunctive relief ( § 1004 BGB) can be observed. The requirement is that the dog barking, the measure that must be tolerated as local practice exceeds. The dog owner has to ensure that during the rest periods under remains a dog's barking. Conditional situation, short bark (welcome of people, arrival of strangers, etc.) must be accepted by the neighborhood also during rest periods. More than a half-hour sustained barking daily or more than ten minutes lasting barking during rest periods is, however, in any case, a noise dar. The dog owner is this the risk that against him under § 117 OWiG a fine is imposed.

Debarking

In some countries of the world, it is common to dampen the dog barking by removing part of the vocal cords. Known as Debarking practice which have "European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals" signed the so-called banned in England as well as in those EU countries.

Legal is Debarking, which is also called " Devocalisation ", still in all the other countries of the world, for example, in many states of the USA. Because here but the relevant law of the individual States comes to fruition, vary the regulations. Applications for a ban, there were, among others, in California, in states such as Massachusetts Debarking is already illegal.

Quotes

• Dogs that bark do not bite - a proverb.
• If in October barking foxes, they call snow cause ... or, order it snow - old peasant rule.