Why do dogs always howl when they hear emergency sirens and whistles? I find that so funny.
2006-08-19 23:09:12 · 9 answers · asked by steve_veloz 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Many people believe that dogs howl in response to fire-truck and police sirens because it hurts their ears. This is not so, the response is a throw-back to the wild instinctual behavior of howling in response to another dog's howl.
Howling is one of the few forms of “verbal” communication that dogs possess; others include barking, growling and whining.
Pack animals like wolves and dogs will howl in harmony as a form of staying in touch over distances and communicating between packs. You begin to "howl" and your packmate simply joins in. It's the reason all those dogs howl on the video shows when their owners play the clarinet, howl, sing,or play songs on the radio. It's an instinctive wolf behavior.
2006-08-19 23:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's due to pain in their ears. We live near a busy street where the sirens go by at least once a day, if not more, and our two dogs hear a siren and run like crazy to get outside through the doggie door to howl with the siren. If it hurt their ears, I doubt they'd run out there where it's even louder!
2016-01-06 06:14:22 · answer #2 · answered by Linda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-31 21:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a dogs ears are very sensitive a horn blowing 3 blocks away is like honking in the animals ear so when they here sirens or whistles they howl because it hurts their ears and they want it to stop
2006-08-19 23:15:25 · answer #4 · answered by dysfunction 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dogs Howling At Sirens
2016-12-12 05:19:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hurts their ears. A dog hears 150,000 times better than a human
2006-08-19 23:16:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
dogs howl hear sirens whistles: https://tinyurl.im/e/why-do-dogs-howl-when-they-hear-sirens-and-whistles
2015-05-14 18:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hurts their ears. A dogs ear is very sensitive to noise.
2006-08-19 23:14:28 · answer #8 · answered by jennifersuem 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it comes from the days when wolf packs used to communicate with one another, its a territorial thing
2006-08-19 23:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not funny. They do it out of pain.
2006-08-19 23:15:40 · answer #10 · answered by Jo 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋