How vocal is your dog? - Page 1

Mine likes to "talk", and has done so since she was a little puppy.  She only does it when playing with people, not with other dogs so much, and it really sounds like she's attempting to imitate human speech!  From very low "rrrrr's" to "rrrrOOWWWrrrrRRRRR!", she has a wide range of growls.  She does it when we're playing tug, playing mock "wrestling", when she's trying to get us to play and she's going around us in circles with a toy in her mouth, or giving her a standing belly/chest rub.  She can really get into it, especially when she's playing with one of her human pack members that she really likes (a couple of my coworkers she just loves to pieces).  

Anyone else have a "talker"?  Is this a breed specific trait or just an individual personality thing?  Whatever it is, it's cute as pie  

My female GSD is very vocal.
She is almost always making some kind of sound.
If she is bored, or wants something....she will whine. If she really wants something she whines frantically. If someone comes to the door(even my fiance), she barks a very deep "wooo wooo wooo".  If she thinks she hears something but cannot see it or has not yet confirmed that its there, she gives off a more high pitched bark. Its quite ear-splitting.
When you disturb her when she is sleeping (tell her to move or accidently touch her) she makes the cutest groan......I think I make the exact same "urrrrruhhh" sound when someone wakes me up too!  Oh and if you are taking too long to throw the tennis ball, she lets off a banshee screach like nothing you've ever heard.
She has the widest vocal range I have ever seen. Im not going to lie, sometimes its extremely ANNOYING. I have tried everything in the book to get her to stop....it doesnt work, lol. I have gotten use to it though.
 

My boy, is actually pretty quiet. He will whine when he needs to go potty but I have yet to hear him do it 'just for the fun of it' .
He has a very deep bone chilling bark, which he often sounds off whenever he hears or see's something unacceptable....for the most part he has fairly good judgement and rarely barks needlessly.

I think Shepherds do tend to be more vocal we have noticed that with the rescue dogs and our own personal dogs.  My girl does a very loud painful sounding screech when I am letting her out to either train or run around.  Recently with her obedience [AKC utility] she has started barking in the ring between exercises, I wasn't too concerned I felt she was showing excitement to do the next exercise BUT our last trial she barked nonstop from the time I took off her leash to when I put it back on! We have since started correcting that! Just a squirt of water seems to work. 

Amy

Evo is a gob - Horrid high pitched prey bark - Massive booming defense bark that can be heard 3 streets away - and low monotonous repeating woof when he wants me/water/food/ball or just plain attention seeking.  He likes the sound of his own woof.

Raven rarely barks but she has that horrid jack russel type woo woo woo wooo bark, and screams when in full drive.

My old lad was a talker, he would moan and groan and grumble away proper old grumpy git.  If you talked back to him you'd get the full repotiore.

They are very vocal,

Maddy growns and moan's and Indy barks loud and clear.   They let you know a lot of time's tho with that look !!

Outside its all barking and growl's.

Vocal but not all the time.

Georgia "leaks" drive at training - it's an incredibly annoying sound that I can't even describe.  At home she's quiet and only barks if there's a good reason.  Remy is a big baby - he grunts and grumbles when being petted and sounds like you're killing him for grooming.  He cooperates with everything it's just like he has to make sure you knew he really doesn't like it!

Opal