why do dogs death howle?

Question

does anyone know ;when someone dies,usually the day before a dog will start to death howle ,even if no one is ill

Answer 1

The family gathers around the piano to sing a few favorite songs. As musical tones float in harmony from the group, the dog joins in with a howl that just doesn't seem to have a place in “Row, Row Your Boat.”
Relax – your dog's howl isn't a comment on the family's singing ability (though your aunt may sound like a thresher machine that's thrown a cog). He probably just wants to show he's part of the family. Howling is one of the few forms of “verbal” communication that dogs possess; others include barking, growling and whining.

In dogs, the howl's purpose is not entirely clear, and it is perhaps one of the least used forms of vocal communication. Its roots go back to dogs' wolf ancestry. Wolves used howling to communicate over long distances. The howl sweeps through different pitches, which helps the sound carry over longer distances than other sounds.

In wolf society, the intent of the howl is to announce to the world, “I'm here!” Wolves use howling to let other pack members know their precise location, if they happen to get separated. A wolf's howl triggers members of the pack to howl back in reply – an acknowledgement that the sent message has been received. Wolves also howl to discourage a rival pack from encroaching on their territory.

So what happens if a lone wolf howls to find its pack but gets a “wrong number” (i.e., the wrong pack answers)? Interestingly, it seems howls are individually recognizable, even to human researchers who track wolves. If a wolf howls and the responding howl doesn't sound familiar, he knows to steer clear of the area.

Wolves in a pack have been known to howl when they wake up in the morning, but the reason for this not entirely clear. Some experts think it may be a way for the pack to reinforce its cohesion, a sort of roll call, except all the wolves are saying “Here!” at once.

Getting back to dogs, these behaviors persist, albeit in a more diluted form, in our family dogs today. Some dogs howl quite a bit, whereas others never howl at all. If you leave, your dog may howl to try to reestablish contact with you. If the howling persists after you've left, it could be a sign of dogsseparation anxiety.

But if your dog howls during a song, he's probably just trying to show he's part of the group, not that your singing has gone to the dogs.

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Answer 2

Dogs howl when they're lonely, to alert the rest of the pack. And packs howl as a group bonding ritual.
You can often get your dog to howl by playing certain high pitched notes on a musical instrument, or by getting down on the floor, throwing back you head and howling.
I've never had a dog howl around the time of a death though. I don't think its common, although its a popular story because its romantic.

Answer 3

One theory (and my personal belief) is that the dogs have a 6th sense. They are also 'Pack'. The family they live with is their Pack with a distinct pecking order.
The extra sense links the whole pack together in a sort of 'Hive mind'.
I bet the people who's dogs howl at the death of a pack member, received a call about the death after the fact.
BUT the dogs knew instantly and 'reported' to the rest of the pack!

Sometimes the death is inevitable and canines are good at perceiving this.
Coyotes and Dingoes will run prey down for a long time, then relax when the sense of the animals death is close.

Domesticated dogs can, and have, saved people who are not their pack because their sense tells them it is 'right'. The person isn't due to die so gets saved.


It's as good a theory as any and one that is believable.
The bond in a pack can be strong enough that an old dog will pine and die when his/her master/mistress dies! This is a documented fact!

"There are stranger things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."



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Answer 4

I've never heard this or heard of this. It surprises me since not all dogs howl. Dogs know many things that humans don't pick up on (usually) and the let us know things. I'd imagine for the same reason few animals die in natural disasters - they know its coming and clear the area.

Answer 5

if the neighbor heard a yelp,then it ought to are starting to be hit by skill of a vehicle or individual. a dogs as a puppy could get parvo. I even have under no circumstances heard them yelp earlier that they had died of it. i'm very sorry for the loss which you have. i worked at an animal take care of and not in any respect did i as quickly as pay attention one yelp basically earlier passing of parvo. if the puppy have been given hit too undesirable no person say it. there are strict regulations approximately that.

Answer 6

it's a sixth sense that they have no one can explain it , when a member of my family was ill in hospital the dog started to howl 5 minutes before i got the phone call telling me she had died . was very spooky

Answer 7

The dog probably has a medical degree. Oh wait that's doesn't explain if no one is ill...Maybe the dog traveled back in time?

Answer 8

dogs have a diferent sense than us they can tell a lot like when a storm is coming as well and they now if someone is ill or just upset

Answer 9

I have never known a dog to do this. It's an old wives tale.

Answer 10

Yeah my grans dog used to do that at the beginning or eastenders. Now i do it.