If you’ve ever been baffled by your pup’s barking, we’ve got good news. Scientists have developed a computer software program that translates dog barks.
The program was developed by analyzing the barks of over 6,000 sheepdogs in various situations. Digital recordings of the dog barks were loaded into the computer software and variances were noted.
The computer correctly identified the dog barks 43% of the time. Humans used in the study had an average accuracy rate of 40%. A second test was conducted to see if the computer could accurately recognize individual dogs by their bark. Again, the computer scored higher than the humans tested. 
While the accuracy of the computer was not strikingly higher than that of the humans used in the study, the team deems the experiment highly successful and plans to expand the project to study differences in barks between breeds.
The full results of the study were published in the journal Animal Cognition.
Anyone else see a really bad infomercial coming?
I collected a bunch of inventions that humans created for the well being and happiness of dogs here: http://www.planetsurfer.net/2008/06/25/things-that-make-keep-your-dog-happy-healthy-and-safe/