So tootsie will bark just to start a conversation?
Dottie will bark when she is frustrated or if you are teasing her with a toy. When she is actually playing she prefers to growl than bark.
Oh, lately she has been barking in the evening when she sees something suspicious out the bedroom window. Too bad bedroom is on the third floor and the only thing you can see out of the window are tree branches ... some guard dog she is lol.