Well barking isn't talking so much as an act of aggression/nervousness/excitement. You shouldn't beat up animals but stopping that barking is a good way to keep your dog from becoming aggressive.
Umm... dogs communicate through facial expressions and physical interaction. They don't bark in order to talk to one another, they physically interact. Think about it, how many times do new dogs meet and instead of sniffing butts they bark bark bark back and forth in a conversational way. NEVER. When dogs bark it's because you commanded them, something is wrong/over exciting, or they are trying to dominate. I don't punish my dogs when they bark at the right time, but you better believe I'm going to swat a nose if he/she is barking at a passerby that's not even in my yard.
If people don´t start slapping their dogs because of barking and they will bark for more than 10 seconds, I will start shooting their dogs from window... No, really - try to live in house, where in morning are yelling kids, in noon barking dogs, in afternoon yelling ignorant kids again (and yes, dogs are barking...) and in night there are dogs barking and drunk people screaming... Oh, I love my neighbourhood!
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