Yes and no. It depends on what you mean by vocal. I call Trent a vocal dog, but in reality, he's not that vocal in that he doesn't talk, whine, squeal, cry, and scream all that much. Alert barking is his forte, and he barks and whines out of reactivity, when he is around another dog. He talks to me sometimes at home but mostly because I "talk" back, I don't mind "conversational" vocalizing because I get a kick out of it. But persistent vocalizing drives me crazy, especially anything high pitched (whining and screaming).
Compared to a Sheltie or a Mia he's definitely not an exceptionally vocal dog. He doesn't bark for his toys, he doesn't bark to be let out, and doesn't bark in the car unless he's left alone in a stranger's car :lol-sign: Met up with a friend and her dog earlier this week and we left him in her truck for a bit. Big old turd wouldn't stop barking and just wouldn't give it a rest. I think it was more because we were walking away with another dog (he's very dog reactive) and less because he was in a strange car but who knows! He was very quiet when we got back, until we let him out and he saw the dog again LOL