had my little girl for 2 3 days now.

Its only today that she will play with her toys. I gt her a rope with a ball at the end and she loved it. she wanted me to tug as well. Well I played nd managed to grab the rope out of her mouth.

Ruby started to follow it and started to Bark. (never heard her bark before). is this OK? Was she telling me she was happy or was she barking out of aggression and wanting me to give it back?

As you can tell from this question I am a complete newbie

Whahaha i think she would like to play more and she is challenging you to go on with it

It it was agression it would probably be acompanied by snarling/growling also, my dogs sometimes bark at me when im playing with them but that is out of excitment

Barking is communication, it can mean so many things, watch their body language when they are barking and it will tell you why.

I agee with the above staffyruby, it is normal excitement/play, both mine still bark too sometimes when we play as Zeebo said his do, it means they are having fun,

all part of the learnen curve....
my two still barck at some things...
and stich will barck at me when he wonts me to play with his tug toy.....
lelo dont like playing tugging games.....

ceaser likes to bark at the cats, he wants to play , they on the other hand dont find it funny, ceaser is now starting to respect the cats,lol , just think its normal play behaviour at that age its like, come on mum play with me !!!!!

Yea its all normal, the only time enzo ever barks is when im playing with his tug toys with him. If he wants me to play with him he will stand in front of me with his toy in his mouth and nod his head lol.

Update Ruby still barks. As soon as I let her of the lead she will run a few yeard and then return looking at me and start barking. Not afraid anymore just ignore her. But would love to know what she wants.

Have a horrible suspecion its treats as she quietens down when they are given for about 10 mins.

Hi staffyruby, its more than likely she is after treats lol
I would try swapping her treats for another such as a ball/frisbie
as a reward, only give them when she stops barking, ignore her barking, turn your back to her if she persists, she will soon get the message, and reward with ball/frisbie as soon as she stops.

Today when taking Ruby for a walk and she started barking i turned around and ignord. She stopped, After a few seconds I turned around. After a while she got the message and stopped barking.

Also i'm teaching Ruby fetch and it seems to be working. Majority of the time she will retreive it.

Thats great wish you well with the training

Bezial barks at 3 in the moning at anything passing the house , he also loves to bark when hes having a good game

games good 3 am not so good lol

When Rosie is having lots of fun - she makes the strangest sounds i have ever heard, a sort of cross between a cat miawing, a howl and a bark, we call it her 'singing'. She can be quite a vocal dog!

Dogs Bark.....

bark bark barking along......