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Does Your Dog Speak Up or Bark Excessively?

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Penny has developed a bit of a barking pattern lately, and I am\nnot sure quite how to address it.  Whenever we are in the presence of our walking\ngroup, she just 'speaks up.'  You may recall from some of our old posts (from Seattle) that when we joined up with the Adventure Weiner Club, Penny\nwas the one dog that wasn't barking - heck she wouldn't even make a sound... she'd just look at us like \"why are all these dogs making so much noise?!?\"  Now she is that dog, the one you can hear down the street.  She is that\ndog, the one that gets all the other dogs riled up. \nNormally her behavior wouldn't really bother me - because I know Dachshunds can be boisterous, and she is always super friendly around other dogs - but recently a certain individual of our walking group has been making comments (we'll call them 'backhanded compliments') about Penny\u2019s personality, so I feel\nlike I need to address something.  

That's my first reaction, anyway. My second reaction is that she is a beautiful, friendly, and happy dog just expressing herself and having a grand old time without causing trouble, and I shouldn't be concerned with what one person thinks. My third reaction is that there has to be a happy medium - a nice balance between excited and expressive.

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Penny has developed a bit of a barking pattern lately, and I am not sure quite how to address it.  Whenever we are in the presence of our walking group, she just 'speaks up.'  You may recall from some of our old posts (from Seattle) that when we joined up with the Adventure Weiner Club, Penny was the one dog that wasn't barking - heck she wouldn't even make a sound... she'd just look at us like "why are all these dogs making so much noise?!?"  Now she is that dog, the one you can hear down the street.  She is that dog, the one that gets all the other dogs riled up.  Normally her behavior wouldn't really bother me - because I know Dachshunds can be boisterous, and she is always super friendly around other dogs - but recently a certain individual of our walking group has been making comments (we'll call them 'backhanded compliments') about Penny’s personality, so I feel like I need to address something.  

That's my first reaction, anyway. My second reaction is that she is a beautiful, friendly, and happy dog just expressing herself and having a grand old time without causing trouble, and I shouldn't be concerned with what one person thinks. My third reaction is that there has to be a happy medium - a nice balance between excited and expressive.