It's guaranteed if I'm on a telecon that at some point Captain will bark. The more important the meeting, the more likely it is that she'll bark and a standard line I have is, "please ignore the barking Pug." She usually has good reason like the sound of the UPS truck, the kids next door getting home from school, or a message beamed to her from Planet pug. It's much worse if I walk around with a headset and I think she thinks that the crazy human who feeds her is talking to himself and that means it's time to play. She'll tug on my pants until I stop talking or sit back down at my desk.
Occasionally and unknown to the teleconference attendees, I'll have to mute the phone and put her outside if someone rings the doorbell and delivers a package which puts her on an all-points bulletin bark. Lately, she's getting better and just grrring sometimes. I found it's a good ice-breaker to be talking to a VP of something important, have the bark blast into the call, and then talk dogs for a bit.
