Hush now (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Barking is very normal behaviour for dogs and puppies, but that doesn’t exactly make it nice.‘Heavily reward periods of quiet behaviour,’ says Lorna, ‘especially with more vocal pups.’.

“Some people can be very intolerant of their dog barking, particular if they are getting complaints from their neighbours,” says Ryan Neile, head of behaviour at the animal welfare charity Blue Cross.So, first, what exactly is a barking dog trying to achieve.

I told Joshua that something needed to change: implement a proper training programme, or put a shock collar on the dog.I appreciate that getting a rescue dog is a lot of work, and I’m grateful for Abdul’s help with house-training Biscuit, but the accidents really didn’t last that long.

I told Joshua that something needed to change: implement a proper training programme, or put a shock collar on the dog.I told Joshua that something needed to change: implement a proper training programme, or put a shock collar on the dog.

Though they are small and often called ‘toy’ breeds, a Chihuahua isn’t a toy and needs to be properly trained (Picture: Getty)Another factor could be, well, us.

My wife sits up in bed.“What’s going on?” she says.“The dog is barking,” I say, standing up to look out the window.If you open the front door at night, the dog will often run out between your legs to chase the fox down an adjacent lane.

Footage on the left shows the dognappers running off with Denzel and Welly (Picture: Crewe Police/Dale Robson)Two black Labradors have been reunited with their owners after two thieves ran off with them after snatching their leads from outside a supermarket.

Then they could become the star of the next Channel 5 series of Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly.The Channel 5 series will start filming soon (Picture: Channel 5)‘Often it’s because we don’t reward the good bits, because we get stuck in telling them off for what they do,’ he said.

Scissors, a Pomeranian, had a thick snow-white fur, a lovable face and a twitching nose – with which he sniffed all around his new home. On reaching the Air Force unit, we discovered, that our father too had kept a dog named Lacy – a jet black stray dog he had adopted.

But then again, for all we know half of our dogs’ barking may reference us, perhaps not in a positive light: But before our imagination about canine language gets us into the doghouse, let’s examine some human expressions referencing dogs, what they mean and which breeds might best illustrate the phrases.

Excitement: Most young dogs are very excitable by nature – barking around meal times or morning or evening walks. As soon as he stops barking, run up to him and praise and treat him. So, if your dog barks continuously, you can train him to become a well-behaved pooch.

Inseparable...Little Chloe Showell smiles as she sits next to hero Louie (Image: Steve Finn Photography)Louie, a four-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, heard her cries and raised the alarm by barking and running around the flat to alert Chloe’s mother Shannon Weeks.