Hey everybody on today's show we're tackling a deceptively simple question

about man's best friend. I'm curious on why dog bark. It came from E.L.T. listener, Jacob, who works at a dog grooming business.

It's Lord of the Ring themed, so it's called The Prancing Poodle.

Hello, friend, and welcome to the Prancing poodle. Hello friend and welcome to the prancing poodle.

Prancing poodle is a great name.

Yeah, they come in as peasants, they leave as warriors.

It works even without the reference.

I know.

When did this question come to you?

Were you sitting bathing a dog thinking,

Yes.

So I was actually drying a dog at the moment, this big golden retriever who was like, like barking like crazy, and then like that kind of made all the other dogs bark in the back room. And'm like what why why do dogs bark?

Jacob we thought this was going to be a straightforward answer.

Me too. I thought I was going to be plain and simple.

Yeah, I think most dog owners would feel that way.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Every dog owner would tell you that you know why dogs barking and what is it good for.

But you probably don't.

At least that's what Peter Pontgrats would say.

He is a dog bark researcher.

I didn't know that was such a thing.

They're out there, we talk to them.

And what they'll tell you in so many technical words

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