Indeed, it is OK, under the new law, to bark if your owner is about to be attacked.

WSJ: Hawaii Turns to Dog Shrink as 'Incessant Barkers' Cut Plea Deals

But then there were fewer dogs to bark at me as I passed under the trees, and, where the dog was big, so was the dog door, and I could crawl in and avail myself of the canned and packaged foods in kitchen pantries.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

As he filmed the flooding, his emotions changed as quickly as the tide outside his house, which at one point creeps under a second-floor door, prompting Jackley to bark, "Get the hell out!"

CNN: Man hopes to repair ravaged home with tape

Ecologists warn that the threat from deer to woodlands consist of a number of factors, including a reduction in the growth and density of saplings, bark damage and a change in the composition of under-storey vegetation.

BBC: Roe deer numbers 'changing woodland ecosystems'