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Dec
Why Do Dogs Howl When They Hear Other Dogs Howling. Some dogs howl a lot some howl a little and some hardly howl at all and howling can mean a range of things. Generally dogs howl at high-pitched voices. Some of us howl to music and if we stop when you turn the music off its a sign that were simply trying to. This could be why your dog howls when it hears you howling.
Sirens are also high-pitched so when dogs hear them they may interpret those sounds to be the howling of another dog. Some dogs howl a lot some howl a little and some hardly howl at all and howling can mean a range of things. Howling is your dogs way of communicating with you and the world. Dogs who remain behind howl to provide the. Howling is a deeply ingrained canine behavior and a way that dogs communicate with one another. Down here in suburbia Ive often observed that the reason dogs howl in unison has less to do with communicating with each other than it has to do with all the dogs in an area responding to the same stimulus.
Well it turns out there are many reasons why dogs howl.
The cause could be that it is in its genes to howl when it hears high pitched noises. The Ancient Norse believed that a howling dog was a sign that the Goddess of death Freyja was approaching upon her chariot carried by giant cats. A dog is able to hear high frequencies and the harmonica produces a range of tones and pitch. Howling is a form of communication and the dog is responding to the sounds being made by the harmonica. Your dog likely perceives the siren as another dog so they howl back. Bringing the noise to your attention and verbally scaring the sound away.