Incessant Barking

We've been driving Mom and Dad nutso lately. I didn't used to bark so much, just once in a while when I got hyper and did my laps around the house (Huck's "laps" entail high speed running all around the living room and up and down the stairs like a roadrunner). But Tom has taught me how to bark. He likes to bark for all sorts of reasons. Like when we are supposed to be doing business out back, he will bark to let all the neighbors know that he has come outside. Or if he hears a car drive by our house he will bark to let us know a car has driven by. He barks when he is napping, chewing a bone, and carrying a toy. I think he just likes the sound of his own voice. When he barks it gets me all riled up so I start barking too. Mom then starts barking, telling us to shut up!