# Why doesn't my dog bark at a horse and buggy?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 11, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921 "2025-08-11T01:16:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921/21 "2025-08-11T17:07:33Z")

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Not a rescue, had since he was 8 weeks old.

Agreed, he hardly ever picks his nose up off the ground. And if I didn’t have him on a lead when outdoors I would definitely have to chase him to the next county.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921/22 "2025-08-11T17:17:07Z")

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Heh…I read that as “he hardly ever picks his nose…”

I was ready to pat you on the back for your clever training.

Beagles picking boogies ain’t nice to watch!😀

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921/23 "2025-08-11T17:22:19Z")

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We had dachshunds mostly, but we had one beagle. The beagle bark/howled a lot, yeah, but nobody out-barks a dachshund. They bark continuously and loudly.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921/24 "2025-08-11T17:46:43Z")

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Doxxies are breed apart in many ways. Ain’t they?

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921/25 "2025-08-11T18:32:51Z")

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> [@turtlescanfly](#):
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> a horse and buggy passing by on the road out front (or back) of my house is a not infrequent occurrance, happening several times a day at least

Heh, in 45+ years, I can remember a horse in sight of home twice: a neighbor of my parents’ hired a team of two horses, driver, and cart for old timey rides around the block (I wasn’t invited). And the Chicago Police did an Equestrian Patrol demo for a block party by my place about ten years ago.

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