# Any races of dogs that don't bark ?

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**Created:** [July 3, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-races-of-dogs-that-dont-bark/310939 "2005-07-03T19:50:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-races-of-dogs-that-dont-bark/310939/41 "2005-07-09T15:17:00Z")

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I seem to recall that Hungarian Komondors don’t bark too much.

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**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-races-of-dogs-that-dont-bark/310939/42 "2005-07-09T15:30:45Z")

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> [@auRa](#):
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> Oh, they bark, all right. At least some of them do. There used to be an Akita living in the house next to my friend’s, and every time I walked past the house, it would raise the most unbelievable racket. Didn’t have to be someone walking by, either. Bicycles, cars going by, the train arriving at the station half a mile away… It barked for them all. One night I was sleeping over at her house and we went into the front yard at 3 am to find the dog still hollering away at seemingly nothing. I don’t know how the owners put up with it…

You sure it was a purebred Akita? I’m told, by several folks who have owned (and two who have bred) Akitas for decades that they simply do not ever bark.

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