10 minutes is way too much barking. Dogs usually bark for a reason. If
it's something like another dog nearby or cat or noise, it's never 10
minutes. 10 minutes suggests a dog left out who has to bark that long to be
let back in. Not a sign of a good pet owner.

Suzy O

"Bourne Identity" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 03:36:04 -0700, "Rod & Betty Jo"
opined:



Since I was simply addressing a blanket and rather ignorant statement

" It is never the animal's fault. Never. It is always the fault of the
people who leave animals out to bark incessantly" .

......The statement had
no qualifier for time, duration or circumstance.....one could surmise a
barking dog for 10 minutes as easily as 10 hours (both can be rather
irritating)....as it is dogs bark...its what they do...and just because a
dog barks the owner does not inherently deserve the subsequently proffered
penalties. Now granted expecting any sort of reasoned discourse here may
have been a bit optimistic.....nonetheless I thought it worthy to at least
call attention to such sloppy thinking or even flawed values...besides I
was
bored.

Maybe you aren't that well read, or don't have comprehension of four
syllable
words, but what does the term "incessantly" mean? Is that a word you'd
use to
describe a ten minute barking session? OR, would the word "incessantly"
imply
constantly, continual, ongoing, perpetually, never ending, non-stop? One
word,
thesaurus.