Ruth Counter wrote 11/18/2006 09:34 AM Howling #118195 - 11/18/2006 09:34 AM
Ruth Counter Webboard User Reg: 11-16-2005 Posts: 185 Loc: Utah, U.S. Offline	I just had to share this. Yesterday my 5 year-old grandson was visiting. My shepherd was gated in the office, grandson was in TV room blowing a kazoo. Suddenly I hear GS emit long, low-pitched, loud howl. Long pause. Kazoo...silence...then howl. More kazoo, another howl. This went on for about 6 to 8 minutes. I stopped and listened, laughing to myself, but on another level it was intriguing to hear the dog answer the kazoo. It was almost magical. It sounded kind of like the whales on the Nature Channel. Why do dogs howl? Was the dog responding or did the low Kazoo tone just hurt his ears?
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Connie Sutherland wrote 11/18/2006 11:11 AM Re: Howling [Re: Ruth Counter ] #118201 - 11/18/2006 11:11 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31573 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	I know a Beagle who taught a whole bunch of Pugs to howl, at one training class. (Not a howl-training class.) :> I believe that when they hear a howl or howl-like noise, it triggers an atavistic response.
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Ruth Counter wrote 11/18/2006 11:45 AM Re: Howling [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #118204 - 11/18/2006 11:45 AM
Ruth Counter Webboard User Reg: 11-16-2005 Posts: 185 Loc: Utah, U.S. Offline
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Connie Sutherland wrote 11/18/2006 11:50 AM Re: Howling [Re: Ruth Counter ] #118205 - 11/18/2006 11:50 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31573 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline
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Connie Sutherland wrote 11/18/2006 11:59 AM Re: Howling [Re: Ruth Counter ] #118206 - 11/18/2006 11:59 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31573 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Ruth Counter I just had to share this. Yesterday my 5 year-old grandson was visiting. My shepherd was gated in the office, grandson was in TV room blowing a kazoo. Suddenly I hear GS emit long, low-pitched, loud howl. Long pause. Kazoo...silence...then howl. More kazoo, another howl. This went on for about 6 to 8 minutes. I stopped and listened, laughing to myself, but on another level it was intriguing to hear the dog answer the kazoo. It was almost magical. It sounded kind of like the whales on the Nature Channel. Why do dogs howl? Was the dog responding or did the low Kazoo tone just hurt his ears? http://www.pets.ca/pettips/tips-36.htm AHA!
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Angelique Cadogan wrote 11/18/2006 01:04 PM Re: Howling [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #118208 - 11/18/2006 01:04 PM
Angelique Cadogan Webboard User Reg: 10-18-2006 Posts: 1725 Loc: Las Vegas Nevada Offline	my youngest shepherd howls at ambulanceand police sirens.It's sounds so sad when he does it, he sounds just like a wolf.Makes me want to hug him and wipe his tears! (I know he does not have tears)but it just sounds so sad..
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Ruth Counter wrote 11/18/2006 02:46 PM Re: Howling [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #118213 - 11/18/2006 02:46 PM
Ruth Counter Webboard User Reg: 11-16-2005 Posts: 185 Loc: Utah, U.S. Offline
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Ruth Counter wrote 11/18/2006 02:48 PM Re: Howling [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #118214 - 11/18/2006 02:48 PM
Ruth Counter Webboard User Reg: 11-16-2005 Posts: 185 Loc: Utah, U.S. Offline	Connie, thanks for the link. It makes sense.
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Eva Czarnojanczyk wrote 11/18/2006 05:56 PM Re: Howling [Re: Ruth Counter ] #118228 - 11/18/2006 05:56 PM
Eva Czarnojanczyk Webboard User Reg: 10-25-2006 Posts: 320 Loc: Southern CA Offline	Loved the kazoo imagery! You know what they say, "The family that howls together, stays together." "A dog is a mirror of a man's soul"
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Rich Pallechio wrote 11/18/2006 07:06 PM Re: Howling [Re: Ruth Counter ] #118232 - 11/18/2006 07:06 PM
Rich Pallechio Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2006 Posts: 687 Loc: Washington Offline	Near where I live is a place called Wolf Haven http://www.wolfhaven.org/index.html They take in wolves who were born in captivity, and for whatever reason cannot be expected to survive in the wild. Every summer they have "howl ins". I've attended several of them. The visitors first get a tour of the facility and see the wolves, then sit around a camp fire and hear staff members lecture about wolves, sing songs, sort of combining fun with education. Towards the end of the session the staff gives lessons on howling, how to howl like a wolf. Then they get the entire group to howl, stop and listen. It usually only takes a few tries to get the wolves to answer back, and it's totally awesome. http://home.comcast.net/~rrpallechio/Hans/hans_signature.jpg
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