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My little beagle/cocker spaniel greats me with song. For nearly five minutes she yammers, barks and rrr-rrr-rrrs, making an unmelodious racket that borders the annoying. If she weren't so happy to see me I would tell her to knock it off, but I haven't the heart.

Miss Cleo seems to be trying to respond to Setanta when he talks to her on the phone. <trying to figure out how to type her special phone squeak>

She's a vocalizer - and intent listener - her latest passion is the phone voice of Aa.

I think I need to make a call, and listen carefully to the squeaker.

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at some point in the conversation she seems to remember that she misses Setanta and whimpers. Very sad.

She was panting at me on the telephone just now. Only dog i've ever known to listen intently to the telephone. She knows my voice, and Hamburger's voice, and Mrs. Hamburger . . .

I have never been put on the phone with any sort of animal. Think I may ask my wife to put the dog on next chance around.

I have earthworms in my back yard that are mute.

I sit out on my porch everynight and listen.

I need a vacation.

I sometimes call my house and talk through the
answering machine to my dog: "MAX get off the table!!!"
in the hopes he will. <sigh>

My guess: The dog looks guiltily around and then goes back to sleep.

My dog almost always starts a barking fit with the simple "buh!". The cat says "brrrrrow".

My big dog barks at the meter reader in a husky I'm gonna tear you up sort of way, then, as the man comes in the gate, the dog runs in the doggie door and cowers at the deep end of the long hall. So much for the 10% pit bull in her.

Mr. Bailey disapproves on principle of anyone walking down the street, although he does not insist upon it. Teenagers, however, and anyone on wheels, but not in a vehcile, such as roller blades, a bicyclist, etc., drives him to distraction--espeically teenagers, of whom he invariably disapproves. He is so small that it could do him an injury if ever he got the opportunity, but he means to attack if given the chance.

Miss Cleo, however, barks as a matter of pack pride. If Mr. Bailey is barking, she barks, and could not care less why--that Mr. Bailey is barking is good enough for her.

This brings me back to my little dog. She charges the fence, as if to destroy or at least mangle an outside dog; but, let it approach and she hauls tail, all dignity lost.

For a time my son and daughter-in-law both telecommuted from their home. Their mostly-black-lab started with announcing the postal person and all the delivery people at the door.

She then progressed to barking at the mail buggies, UPS and FedEx trucks when they passed the house without making deliveries.

She's the lowest ranking of the three dogs, so the cocker spaniels don't chime in.

Whenever you tell our cat not to do something, she immediately replies (every time) with, "NOooooooooooo..." Swear to goodness.

cats have minds of their own