I feel that dogs are somewhat of a plighted animal in modern society. They have a strong desire to wander and be social within their neighborhood, but our living environments today are so heavily bisected along property lines and car traffic that for the most part, they are not allowed outside except in very restricted ways at specific, supervised times.<p>So the modern dog owner has to work extra hard to keep their instinctual needs satisfied, and most owners can't manage this. Hence, the dogs will bark, and bark, and bark, or try to escape or misbehave, because that's the next best thing they can do when they want to communicate and get attention.