barking dogs 

Very sore or tired feet.

I think we oughtta call it a day on this hike, Susan. I've got barking dogs!

barking dogs by pentozali February 28, 2008

barking dogs 

smelly or stinky feet.
also, tired feet.

you've got some barking dogs, man. (your feet stink.)
my dogs are barking. (my feet hurt.)

barking dogs by geneva kyrkslovan June 19, 2006

heh...dogs barking

An example of someone who reckons dogs barking in a dream is very common and doesn't sound odd.

My friend said it to me once

heh...dogs barking by bbvx November 12, 2003

Whispering Kids and Dogs Barking 

Phrase to discretely say sex in relation to another person.

“Do you hear that noise over there”

“Yeah it sounds like some Whispering Kids and Dogs Barking”

“No I think they’re just having sex”

Whispering Kids and Dogs Barking by Trentavious August 13, 2023

my dogs are barking 

My feet are hurting/tired.

I just worked a 12 hour shift, my dogs are barking.

my dogs are barking by APB15 March 31, 2009

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.

Dogs are barking by berber carpet bomb August 6, 2012

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 by medthepirate May 25, 2018