@emmalee your GSD looks identical to my Duke, I miss him so much.
I have only just looked at these replies as I'd forgotten about my own thread
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@AZeurotuner, Harvey (my Bernese mountain dog) only barks when someone knocks on the door or when he's playing with other dogs otherwise he's so quiet, which as a breed Bernese are quiet dogs, and part the reason I picked the breed as my next dog. The only thing I disliked about Duke is as a typical Shep he was vocal not excessive but he would bark at every sight of sound, but even though my tinnitus did not like his barking, Harvey was hilarious though in those moments, once Duke was barking at the back door and went back and forth from the back door to the dining room (shock looks out onto the garden) me and Harvey went to see what was going on, Harvey jumped up on the windowsill, looked out the window, looked at Duke and his expression was priceless, he looked at Duke as if to say "Bro it's a cat, what's the big deal" then just plodded off back to his spot on the sofa.
I calmed Duke, told him it's ok, the cat won't hurt us. But I knew he's just letting me know it's part of the Shep's protective nature.
Harvey only warns me if he feels it's a threat, he doesn't bark at every little thing which is better for my tinnitus
. Once I got tinnitus I knew I could never own another Shep so for me I'm sticking with BMD's. My Avatar is a Bernie.
Also Harvey's bark is a lot deeper, it's not as high pitched as Duke's was. A deeper bark is easier on the ear.
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