Has anyone else got a silent dog ?

Be careful what you wish for
My cocker is pretty quiet If he wants something he sits in front of me and stares can be a bit disconcerting. Do you really want a dog that is barking all the time

We had a Patterdale, she was far from silent!

Perhaps your dog was beaten for being vocal?

I have a miniature schnauzer which as a breed was bred as guard dogs . Not vicious but to act as a warning. He’s actually quiet compared to many of the breed but my neighbour says he’s the nosiest dog he knows. If he suddenly barks you jump out of your skin. Enjoy your peace!

My last 8 years have been shared with a very noisy dog. She barks loudly at every single noise she hears and I have tried everything and paid behaviourists wasted money, nothing has ever helped to stop the noise.
I recently got an anonymous letter from a neighbour, complaining and redoubled my efforts. With constant consistent effort I have made a big difference and I hope life will, in time, become better for both of us.
Thank your lucky stars if your rescue dog’s only problem is being quiet!

Back ages ago we used to have golden retriever cross, who rarely barked.
His noise, particularly if there was food around & he was being ignored, was an ultra-loud burp!
My cocker's fairly quiet & ignores the neighbours rather yappy dog, but once he gets started barking he is hard to stop.He won't bark if he's the wrong side of a door, even if he hears us calling.

No I haven’t ever had a silent dog but I do have a cat who was pretty much silent for the first 14 years of her life. She was born to a feral mum and missed out on early human contact and was very nervous. Only heard her squeal when she was playing with her big brother. As much as she was quiet her twin sister was always up for a chat. When the noisy one died two and a half years ago May suddenly found her voice and hasn’t stopped since.

I’m the same with the cat experience like MrsQuigley. I had 2 kittens about the same age to be company for one another.
Well that didn’t work as Missy ignored or bullied Mac . He was a sweetie although born to (I think ) a feral farm cat. She preferred the indoor life while he was outdoors more.
She was a part Silver Bengali torti cross and he a lovely ginger. She was very talkative and his mouth would open but no miaow would come out.
Sadly we lost Missy to cancer at 16. And very surprisingly Mac then found a voice.
Now at 18 he has an overactive thyroid which may explain his increasingly loud and sometimes distressed sounding calls.

We had a rescue dog some years ago and she never barked. She would growl if someone or something got too close to her.

The only time my whippet barks is in the evening and I’m in the kitchen or somewhere else in the house and she’s telling me to come and sit on the sofa with her. She doesn’t do it in the daytime. I did turn back from a walk recently because I was struggling with my leg; I thought she’d be ok continuing with my partner but she just barked and barked at me so he had to leave the walk, too. She barked at a cow once. And at a cat that was in the front garden ( unlike my other dogs she has never lived with cats). She sometimes gives a little growly wuff as a way of saying hello to some other dogs.

My friend has a RidgeBack, they don’t bark as they were hunting docs and it was bred out of them.

Yes silent labrador, he stares at me to achieve his aims. Very very rarely barks.

Maybe your dog is crossed with a Basenji?

We used to have a golden retriever. It was only on the very odd occasion that you heard a lovely deep bark. My dh said she actually surprised herself and looked as if she wasn’t sure where it came from from.

We had a dingo cross. It never barked, I don’t think dingos do except very,very rarely. Ohh I miss that boy, he was so faithful and loyal.

We had a silent cat once. He never made a sound unless he was at the vets. As the thermometer was slid into his bottom he produced a loud, 'Wow!'

My 21 year old cat was silent for years but became very vocal for the last year or so, which is common in old age. Unfortunately he is silent now, as I had to have him put to sleep last week. The house is so quiet now!
I have always thought having a little dog would be good, but if the neighbouring ones are anything to go by, they can be yappy. Be careful what you wish for Lizzies!

I’ve always found ginger cats to be very vocal. I’m never going to have another cat but if I did I’ve always wanted a huge ginger one.

I am very sorry for your loss shysal. It is so hard when our pets have to leave.

Oh I wish. My little dog doesn't bark at the doorbell or any of the usual things but at dog training in an echoey hall, she barks a high pitched bark every time we do an exercise. I find it excruciating and so distracting.
She is quite vocal about wanting attention or her breakfast but she only gives a one second whine before waiting to see it it has worked. She is the same when she wants to go out or come in but if you don't hear her, she gives 2 short barks to get her attention.
I do have a nearly silent cat. When she does miaow, it is pathetic and barely audible. However, she has the loudest purr of any cat I have ever met which is quite satisfying even in bed where she lies by my ear.

My whippet rings a bell to go out. Which might sound better on the ear than barking but she does ring it quite a lot and not just for toilet breaks. Sometimes it’s for Bonios. It’s like one of those bells that stately homes have to summon the servants.

…..I know my place…

Could she be a cross with a Basenji? They don’t bark.

I have a cavapoo who only ever makes a sound when someone unsavoury is hanging around the front door unnecessarily. He growls to alert us. Other than that, he squeals when the cat is being too boisterous and jumps on him with his claws out and, as he's got older, he makes very sweet sounds when he's come for a cuddle. He's an old man now and hands down the best male I've ever lived with

My black lab was silent but he barked once when someone was trying to get into the garden and scared the life out of me !