Why does my dog bark at falling snow?

Right now, it’s snowing in my area in Toronto. And for some reason, my dog seems to enjoy barking at it. The couch in the living room reaches the window sill of the living room window and my dog has been sitting on the top part of the couch, just staring and barking at the falling snow. Anyone else’s dog(s) do this, too?

PS: Just FYI, my dog’s a female two-year-old Maltese.

At least she’s barking at something. Mine like to bark for no apparent reason at all.

In my experience, around 2 years old is when dogs really start to get vocal and bark a lot. How much experience has your dog had with snow before? Is it new to her, or is just the barking new? If it’s the former, get her to play around outside a little and see if she gets used to it. My dogs love catching snowballs. It’s even funnier watching them try to figure where the snowball went after they catch 'em :smiley:

Maybe your dog thinks the sky is falling. Has to warn everyone.

FatCat used to beat on the windows with his paws the first snowfall of the season that has snowflakes that are big and fluffy.

it’s the rainy season and one of my mini dachshunds goes nutsy when it rains. She has now discovered the fish tank and stabs her nose at the glass as the fish swim leisurely by. I’m glad Godska does live here [you, know, the guy that asked the question about feeding his fish his semen…]

that was supposed to read: “I’m glad that Godska does NOT LIVE HERE”. The tank belongs to my daughter. sigh , it’s time to go to bed.

My dog will bark at anything that moves, I swear. facepalm

(I love snow!)

Because he wants to go out and make it yellow.

:smiley: Well, I just took her outside and all she did was sniff the snow and try to catch the snowflakes with her tongue. Hehe.

I had an Australian Shepherd that would put his open mouth at snow drift level and run through the yard like a canine snow plow. Funniest damn thing. He’d sit a look at you with a mouth and face full of snow and you’d swear he was laughing.

My dog George barks at falling snow.
He also barks at people wearing masks, his reflection in the window, and the oven buzzer (timer). :rolleyes:

Hehe. That’s cute. My dog, Cherry, also barks at squirrels. Geez, you should see her when she sees a squirrel. She goes absolutely NUTS.

He probably thinks it is little, tiny, white cat paratroopers.

My dogs bark at…each other!