DO NOT bark at your dog!

There’s a new TikTok challenge called the “Bark at Your Dog Challenge” where  people are barking at their dogs and because they usually look shocked, it makes for funny videos.

However those shocked looks aren’t funny to the dogs…in fact, according to the American Kennel Club, it actually TRAUMATIZES them.

Lifehacker says when you bark at your dog, you’re doing three things they find threatening:  Getting up in their space, making eye contact and making a loud noise in their face.

So the dog’s reaction is FEAR . . . they’re nervous, they don’t know how to react and they don’t know what’s coming next.

Your dog will probably just be freaked out . . . but if you bark in the face of a strange dog, it might even respond aggressively and BITE you.

So DON’T do it!