The Howling

[Structo]

No, not the movie, my dogs.

A couple days ago I placed my little pocket camera so it viewed the living room and set it to record.
Then I left.

About a minute after I left they started howling like a pack of wolves.
Lillie the Rottie started it.

So left to right is Breezy (mini dachshund), Shadow the mutt, and Lilly the Rottweiler.

They kept it up for about three minutes.

I never had any idea that they did this.

This is a screen shot.

[xtian]

Your neighbors already knew ALL about it.

[Structo]

Yeah, I know.

Fortunately, they don't do it for long.

I leave the radio on low for them when we leave to comfort them, but obviously it didn't work.

Anybody got any ideas?

[Phil_S]

Wow! Work at home?

I'd have thought with 3 of them, they'd keep each other company. See, you are the Alpha. They mourn the leadership vacuum.

[TUBEDUDE]

Premedicate with a little doggie demerol?

[Reeltarded]

Have a friend in Ft. Lauderdale who taught his big mutt how to get him a beer. When you teach your dog how to get beer, you also teach them to get anything they can reach.

A block of cheese doesn't fit in a dog. Yum.. steaks.

That dog is a thinker.

[Leo_Gnardo]

Here & I thought it was your AMP that was howling. AWOOOOOO!

By coincidence, in today's NYTimes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/scien ... ought.html

Not that it matters much to your furry friends.

[dorrisant]

Usually when dogs howl in unison it means they are in good spirits. They won't do it when sick or uncomfortable. I don't think it has everything to do with you leaving the house, rather they are trying to sing to you. You can most likely get them to do it by howling with them. Start it off yourself, they may look at you funny for a few seconds but they will probably fall in with you. It is a pack communication kind of thing and a good sign of a content pack. Not anxiety at all. Whimpering is a different thing though.

I used to train racing greyhounds for a few years. If you could get your kennel to "sing" then they were running about as good as possible. No joke!

[M Fowler]

Yup my Rat Terrier and Jack Russell Terrier would start howling shortly after I put them in their kennels at night and I was only a few feet away, poor mistreated buddies.

Should of heard them sing when I pulled out the harmonica and we would put on a show for family and friends.

[Structo]

Several years back, I had another dog that was a glutton,

Always looking for food.

I had a fresh loaf of french bread on the table.

We left to run errands and damned if that dog didn't get that loaf
off the table and share it with the other dog.

It was funny when I watched that video, the dogs heard it and went ape shit.

[RCGPNY1]

Had a rottie mix that would howl everytime the fire sirens went off up in Long Beach N.Y. He would punctuate his howling with " a-woo-woo" . When you would look at him while howling, he would stop and almost looked embarrassed...lol

[kkregsg]

My son had a Husky that lived in our back yard, and he was a siren mimic, too. He'd start up before any one could hear it, but sure enough the siren would follow right behind. Just one of his endearing idiosyncrasies. We now have a lovable boxer who could not care less about sirens, but he has a specific squeeky toy he'll chew on, then stop and utter this long howl that he never does at any other time. Dogs are the best cheap entertainment. And rubbing their fuzzy heads makes me feel so much better.