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#363924 - 07/12/2012 10:31 PM |
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Today hired fellow had his dog "singing" and Pinker accompanied him. Cute and different.
What is the meaning of this mournful howl? Both dogs seemed excited and nervous following their howling. I've never heard my dog howl before today. Pinker never howls when coyotes or wolves howl near the house, he paces and acts "on guard" .
Other dogs I've had would howl to accompany the sound of emergency vehicle sirens --just curious what you folks know about howling. Is it a reflex behavior-I hear a certain tone, I make that tone? Does howling mean "come to me" "this is my territory" "I am here, where are you?" or what?
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#363925 - 07/12/2012 10:49 PM |
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I believe it can mean all the above in addition to some just enjoying a howl.
I've had dogs that seemed to be instinctive howlers, some that "learned" to howl and some that had no clue.
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#363937 - 07/13/2012 10:44 AM |
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My last GSD would howl every time the theme song to "House, MD" came on. Same for one or two other T.V. show theme songs that he apparently loved. No matter where he was in the house, he would race into the living room where the T.V. was and just cut loose with his big, full body howl. 
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#363940 - 07/13/2012 12:35 PM |
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My malamutes would have sing-alongs (or howl-alongs with us). My sister got thrown off a horse once and was sitting and crying (very loudly) and the malamute came over sat next to her and started howling along, I'm sad to admit I was laughing hysterically behind the horse. When my brothers dog had pup, he had the whelping area fenced off and there was a little unused fireplace in there, I howled just as a giggle to see what the pups would do-I expected them to bark or come look instead I heard the scurrying of feet, looked and they were all hiding in the fireplace, and looking nervous.
My understanding is that howling is a way to communicate and each "howler" has its own sound, they are able to communicate about prey, locations of individuals within the pack and trespassers. I think our domestic dogs have gotten away from howling as communication, some it has been bred out, some it has been bred in (hounds), and these domestic dogs have learned to communicate to humans in other ways, whining, body language, etc. JMHO.
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#363946 - 07/13/2012 02:05 PM |
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We hear 2 types of howls on the farm.
I find nothing that seems reliable on the internet about domestic dog howls and what they might mean (coonhounds/foxhounds aside, bred to bell-tone when the prey is trapped).
I like the sound. If it displaced barking at my house I'd be thrilled!
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#363947 - 07/13/2012 02:05 PM |
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We hear 2 types of howls on the farm.
I find nothing that seems reliable on the internet about domestic dog howls and what they might mean (coonhounds/foxhounds aside, bred to bell-tone when the prey is trapped).
I like the sound. If it displaced barking at my house I'd be thrilled!
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#363950 - 07/13/2012 03:24 PM |
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Logan howls like a wolf, when I coax him to it, or when he gets very excited, or if he thinks he is supposed to be where I am. A few times during nail trim desensitization he howled when I was touching his feet....I guess howling is like purring, can be happiness can be also distress.
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#363971 - 07/14/2012 10:29 AM |
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Betty, I went to Vet schools websites and searched "meaning of domestic dog howls" and got some hits, if that helps you. I think the actuality is only the dogs know, and they aren't talking, too busy howling at the moon,LOL.
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#363996 - 07/14/2012 10:32 PM |
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Roger is a very quiet dog,but he can belt out a very low, ghostly howl on occasion. I have never figured out why. Oddly enough, it is usually late at night, outside, and he will run to the top of the hill, really looks like he is howling at the moon.
I had a Lab that howled at sirens, but Roger has never howled at those, or the Coyote.
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