Like many dog owners, you might find yourself wondering, especially after a particularly loud night, if your dog ever gets tired of barking. Surely, all that strain on the vocal cords must tire them ...

Milo the Goldendoodle had to get the last word in. The nonchalant pooch was given a treat for not barking, then quickly found ...

Horowitz, who runs the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College, is the author of The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves Puppies aren’t born barking, just as children aren’t born chattering.

Anyone with a little dog knows the drill: it is their world, and you are just lucky to be living in it. Tiny doggos assert their authority in many ways, but especially with their barking. They will be ...