Does your GSD Howl?

Sapakus · 01-13-2012, 01:32 PM

Yesterday, for the first time I heard Ice HOWL! it was freakin cool! lol

I was driving to a friends house with Ice, and all of a sudden about 10 cop cars passed by with sirens on and Ice starts howling! it was pretty loud too...

Me and my friend in the car were surprised and amused lol, so i googled the reasons for dog howling, and i'm getting a lot of different reasonings for it...

i might have encouraged his howling, was that a wrong thing to do?

RocketDog · 01-13-2012, 01:34 PM

Rocket has heard fire sirens many times (my DH is a firefighter and drives a pumper-ladder LOL) but the first time he heard police sirens, which was about 2 weeks ago, he howled too. Twice. I thought it was cool too. It was over though before I could do anything. I guess they are just different to him than firetrucks. I thought he was so cute doing it.

Sapakus · 01-13-2012, 01:36 PM

it was!! he did it like 3 times for 3 sets of cops that passed by... i finally grabbed my phone to record it but all the cops were gone by then!

Sapakus · 01-13-2012, 01:37 PM

wow... found a bunch of other threads about howling!! Should've searched first i guess..

I'm sorry! someone can delete this if needed!

DanielleOttoMom · 01-13-2012, 01:41 PM

Yes Otto does when a Fire Truck or a Police Truck drives by the house.

kiya · 01-13-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapakus

Yesterday, for the first time I heard Ice HOWL! it was freakin cool! lol

I was driving to a friends house with Ice, and all of a sudden about 10 cop cars passed by with sirens on and Ice starts howling! it was pretty loud too...

Me and my friend in the car were surprised and amused lol, so i googled the reasons for dog howling, and i'm getting a lot of different reasonings for it...

i might have encouraged his howling, was that a wrong thing to do?

Lakota is the 1st dog we didn't have to encourage howling, it could be anything or nothing that sets her off. The girl LOVES to howl. My husband encourages a nightly howl, it's deafening. Him and the 3 dogs I chime in every once in a while. He says it a bonding thing! She starts off slow trying to get someone else to sing along it's really funny. They all look so happy wagging their tails and all, hubby hasn't grown a tail yet.

4TheDawgies · 01-13-2012, 01:58 PM

Loki is a big howler!

We can get him to howl quite easily. The others howl but it usually involves Loki howling first to get them started

Loki howling with pack - YouTube

Loki singing with Zubin - YouTube

German Shepherd howling at tornado sirens - YouTube

Sapakus · 01-13-2012, 02:03 PM

so its a good thing to howl? I'm going to try and get him to howl tonight! It was awesome!

Stella's Mom · 01-13-2012, 02:59 PM

Yes Stella howls when she hears other dogs howling or if my husband is using the electric drill. I love to watch her howl.

Stella's Mom · 01-13-2012, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 4TheDawgies

Loki is a big howler!

We can get him to howl quite easily. The others howl but it usually involves Loki howling first to get them started

Loki howling with pack - YouTube

Loki singing with Zubin - YouTube

German Shepherd howling at tornado sirens - YouTube

Oh yes, Loki is nice howler. I love how they have to put their heads and snouts in position to howl. It's so ancestral.

01-13-2012, 01:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sapakus Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 122	Does your GSD Howl? Yesterday, for the first time I heard Ice HOWL! it was freakin cool! lol I was driving to a friends house with Ice, and all of a sudden about 10 cop cars passed by with sirens on and Ice starts howling! it was pretty loud too... Me and my friend in the car were surprised and amused lol, so i googled the reasons for dog howling, and i'm getting a lot of different reasonings for it... i might have encouraged his howling, was that a wrong thing to do? __________________ Ice - 06/02/2010

01-13-2012, 01:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sapakus Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 122	it was!! he did it like 3 times for 3 sets of cops that passed by... i finally grabbed my phone to record it but all the cops were gone by then! __________________ Ice - 06/02/2010

01-13-2012, 01:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sapakus Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 122	wow... found a bunch of other threads about howling!! Should've searched first i guess.. I'm sorry! someone can delete this if needed! __________________ Ice - 06/02/2010

01-13-2012, 01:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
DanielleOttoMom Elite Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,954	Yes Otto does when a Fire Truck or a Police Truck drives by the house. __________________ Otto Blk GSD 02/23/10 Circe Blk Sable GSD 06/22/08 My fur babies!!

01-13-2012, 02:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sapakus Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 122	so its a good thing to howl? I'm going to try and get him to howl tonight! It was awesome! __________________ Ice - 06/02/2010

01-13-2012, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
RocketDog Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 1,268	Rocket has heard fire sirens many times (my DH is a firefighter and drives a pumper-ladder LOL) but the first time he heard police sirens, which was about 2 weeks ago, he howled too. Twice. I thought it was cool too. It was over though before I could do anything. I guess they are just different to him than firetrucks. I thought he was so cute doing it.

01-13-2012, 02:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
Stella's Mom Master Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 815	Yes Stella howls when she hears other dogs howling or if my husband is using the electric drill. I love to watch her howl. __________________ [COLOR="Purple"]Michelle Mom to Stella ~ GSD Figgy ~ Tuxedo Cat CoCo ~ Tabby Cat RIP Rio, GSD SheRah, GSD Mix

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