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Dogs are barking

Feet hurt. This is an old expression, typically associated with the South and especially concentrated around the Appalachian Mountain chain. Older usage didn't connote smelly or dirty feet, just sore feet.

There is a brand of shoe called "Hush Puppy" and it's is named that as a reference to the expression, "My dogs are barking." In the case of the shoe, Hush Puppies are supposedly so comfortable they can quiet your puppies - that is, stop your feet from hurting.
After walking the mall all day, my dogs are barking.
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Dogs are barking

So.. this is not a phrase of american origin as suggested in the other definitions. It comes from the Cockney rhyming slang "dog meat" -> "feet" and means my feet hurt.
after that marathon, my dogs are barking.

dogs are barking

Translation: "My feet are tired."

I'm uncertain of its origin. I started hearing this phrase around 2002 or so from different people, then it was used by one of the soldiers in "Half Life: Opposing Force"

I originally took this to mean "I gotta take a DUMP!" But have been proven wrong , apparently. Nonetheless I still prefer my interpretation.
I gotta sit down...my dogs are barking!
dogs are barking by MarcM January 20, 2005

dogs are barking

Your feet fucking hurt, stink, and reek.
From the movie "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"

"My dogs are barking" *Removes Shoes and Socks.
dogs are barking by Mitochondria2009 November 28, 2009

dogs are barking

"dogs are barking" dogs actually refers to ones feet. It is unclear if the term barking means hurt or smell.
after a long day on your feet. Boy, my "dogs are barking"
dogs are barking by creature2 August 26, 2008

Dogs are Barking

If someone’s dogs are barking, it usually means they’re wearing open toed shoes or their feet stink
dude, did you see her sandals? her dogs are barking!

my dogs are barking 

I just worked a 12 hour shift, my dogs are barking.
my dogs are barking by APB15 March 31, 2009
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