Working in a boarding kennel the noisest dogs I get in are Husky's, Lab's, Shelties, all hunting dogs, terriers.
The best advise I can give it to adopt an adult this way you know if the dog is a barker. With my dogs my Rottweiler never barks unless there is a reason to...like a car coming in the driveway....but, friends of mine with Rotties have a problem with their Rotties barking non stop. My Dobe barks occasionally. My female Newfoundland's bark quite a bit, my male rarely barks. So, you cannot even judge how much a dog will bark just by it's breed. I have had some breeds that are known to be barkers in for boarding and never let out a peep. So, it varies greatly from dog to dog.
It also depends on how you react, if your dog barks and the owner says "who's that" in that questioning voice...for some dogs this reinforces the barking behavior as they have been praised for it.
Don't just depend on breed type...although, there are breeds that you know are just yapping machines. Especially my worst nightmare the American Eskimo dog...my sister will not even take these dogs in for grooming any more (she is a great groomer and can pick and choose her grooms). I have gotten a headache from just being around one of these dogs for 20 minutes.
The best advise I can give it to adopt an adult this way you know if the dog is a barker. With my dogs my Rottweiler never barks unless there is a reason to...like a car coming in the driveway....but, friends of mine with Rotties have a problem with their Rotties barking non stop. My Dobe barks occasionally. My female Newfoundland's bark quite a bit, my male rarely barks. So, you cannot even judge how much a dog will bark just by it's breed. I have had some breeds that are known to be barkers in for boarding and never let out a peep. So, it varies greatly from dog to dog.
It also depends on how you react, if your dog barks and the owner says "who's that" in that questioning voice...for some dogs this reinforces the barking behavior as they have been praised for it.
Don't just depend on breed type...although, there are breeds that you know are just yapping machines. Especially my worst nightmare the American Eskimo dog...my sister will not even take these dogs in for grooming any more (she is a great groomer and can pick and choose her grooms). I have gotten a headache from just being around one of these dogs for 20 minutes.