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Why Does My Dog Howl When He Hears My Voice. To endure there is no underlying medical issue you should take to your vet. Hunting dog breeds howl to signal the pursuit or apprehension of prey. Social interactions are fundamental to dogs and howling is one of the ways they communicate with the pack. Like sirens howls contain high-pitched sounds and scientists think that a dog howls when he hears a siren because the dog thinks he is hearing a howl from another dog.
This could be why your dog howls when it hears you howling. Our dog Oliver will howl or talk when he hears his foster moms voice. According to AKC your dogs howling is an instinctual behavior and connection to the canines wild ancestor. In the wild dogs and wolves would howl to alert other dogs and wolves of their position and when they hear other dogs howling they would start to howl as well. For example if youre playing the trumpet the high-pitched sound is likely reminding Rex of another dog howling. Your dog may howl when he hears specific sounds because he believes that there is another dog – somewhere in the distance – howling to him first.
Your dog can hear and create sounds at frequencies that we cant.
If a dog has. The cause could be that it is in its genes to howl when it hears high pitched noises. You are the leader of their group and howling with you. To endure there is no underlying medical issue you should take to your vet. Social interactions are fundamental to dogs and howling is one of the ways they communicate with the pack. If you are really interested in dogs a GREAT book to read is The Hidden Life of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.