Champaign, Ill. -- If your neighbor's barking dog drives you crazy, pity the employees of the nation's animal shelters, where the noise produced by howling, barking and yapping dogs often exceeds that ...

Dear Eric: My sister-in-law, who I love and have known since she was a child, recently bought two small “doodle” dogs. She brought them with her for an overnight, weekend visit. They barked at every ...

Dear Eric: My parents divorced when I was 5 and my brother was 3. He went with our father and I with our mother. We saw each other on holidays and summers. Both parents remarried and had two more ...

DEAR JOAN: I adore my latest puppy, who is 8 months old, but she yaps incessantly. I’ve had small dogs in the past — Chihuahuas and a min pin — but none of them have had the same sharp bark that I am ...