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The Worst Breeds for Excessive Barking

The chart below, created by Benjamin and Lynette Hart, offers a rank-ordering of breeds by their tendency to engage in excessive barking. The list was taken from their wonderful little book The Perfect Puppy: How to Choose Your Dog by Its Behavior. Unfortunately, The Perfect Puppy is currently out of print.

People will often buy a breed of dog notorious for barking at everything that moves and then tell you with a straight face that it is not their fault that the perpetual rain of dog-related noise has destroyed your life. Get a clue. If you acquire a dog that is high on the trait of excessive barking, he is likely to bark excessively. Don't put your neighbors in the position of having to endure the consequences of your mistake. Before you get a dog, carefully study the chart showing breed tendencies toward excessive barking and remember, don't choose a dog with a strong predisposition to bark unless you are prepared to exert the energy necessary to hold the beast in check.

Hart's Rank Ordering of Excessive Barking by Breed

The Worst Breeds for Excessive Barking - Taken from The Perfect Puppy

#1 Rating: The least offensive barkers Here at the top of the chart are listed the breeds least likely to bark inappropriately. As you move toward the bottom of the list, each successive group is more likely to bark without justification than was the group before.	Bloodhood Golden Retriever Newfoundland Akita Rottweiler Chesapeake Bay Retriever
#2 Rating	Labrador Retriever Austrlian Shepherd Great Dane Old English Sheepdog Alaskan Malamute
#3 Rating	Saint Bernard Boxer Doberman Pinscher Vizsla Collie Bulldog
#4 Rating	Chow Chow Brittany Spaniel Basset Hound Norwegian Elkhound Afghan Hound
#5 Rating	German Shorthaired Pointer Standard Poodle Bichon Frise Keeshond Siberian Husky
#6 Rating	English Springer Spaniel Dalmatian Cocker Spaniel German Shepherd Shih Tzu Samoyed
#7 Rating	Scottish Terrier Weimaraner Dachshundi Pug Airedale Terrier
#8 Rating	Irish Setter Maltese Pomeranian Lhasa Apso Shetland Sheepdog Boston Terrier
#9 Rating	Chihuahua Silky Terrier Pekinese Miniature Poodle Toy Poodle
#10 Rating - The most excessive barkers Listed here at the bottom of the chart are the breeds that are the most likely to bark when they should not be barking.	Yorkshire Terrier Cairn Terrier Miniature Schnauzer West Highland White Terrier Fox Terrier Beagle

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