Good point. But the fact remains that dogs bark and wolves howl. This could be (a) because dogs are genetically in-/less capable of howling, (b) dogs have been socially raised not to, or (c) dogs are not exposed to the social situations in which which wolves howl (what you're proposing, I think).
Which one of those it is, interests me. If it's anything other than (a), it should be possible to change that behaviour.
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Just so you know, wolves can and do bark, just like dogs can and do howl. Some just do one more so than the other or sometimes one and the other not at all. I haven't figured out a rhyme or reason to why some dogs offer it and other dogs don't and seem to never get the vocalizing concept.
I own a howler. He yodels, bays, and howls with the best of them. The rest of my crew of the same breed and relation are barkers. So far they haven't taken up the howl but it doesn't mean that they won't start some day if the right ambulance rolls by or the right coyote starts the call.
You can train a dog to howl on command, just like you can train them to bark on command, the hard part is getting the behavior if the dog doesn't easily offer it.
My newfie heard a firetruck siren when we were out and about and howled at it. I thought it was cute and found a siren recording to play at home. I howled with the recording and he quickly understood what I wanted. Now most of my heard "sings" on command. The corgi sings like a pro, newfie and lab will sing, but only to please me. The dutch pup is still learning but liking it and the border collie wont ever sing.
The heard never howls at anything, they only do it when I ask. Its more of a parlor trick, something neat to show people. Its not going to solve your barking problem.
Corgi and Dutch love it. Corgi will sing all day long. I bet other collies have it in them, just not my old girl. Its not for lack of training, she knows what I want and will occasionally give me a half hearted "whoo." Maybe her ears are offended by her siblings horrible singing.
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