And do wolves?
2007-08-30 08:48:25 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
My dog howled when he heard the ice cream van. And only when it plays the Blue Danube. Now, not all species of the dog family howl. Foxes do not howl. Members of highly social species such as domestic dogs, dingoes, coyotes and wolves do.
The literature on wolf ecology suggests that they howl for two reasons: first to help assemble the pack before a hunt and second lone individuals either to seek contact with other pack members or to attract others during mating/breeding season.
Some wolves and dogs howl at the moon or the sky: no one knows why. And some howl in response to the sound of singing or the violin or the sound of the vacuum cleaner as if to imitate the sound they are hearing. But like lone wolves, domestic dogs most often howl when they are on their own, deprived of the company of humans or other dogs, especially if they are shut away. Often dogs also howl when their owners die. It is a way of expression grief and seeking companionship and comfort from the humans around them. This may stem from a long evolutionary ancestry because researchers into wolf behaviour in the face of death have observed that wolves howl in a particularly mournful way when a beloved companion has died.
2007-08-30 09:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 0⤋
Wolves howl to communicate... loneliness, sadness, joy, a kill, and howling is contagious. Once one starts, others will join in. It is the same with dogs, for they are pack animals. At times, if noises are offensive to dogs' ears (music, sirens) they will howl then, to dispel the noise.
2007-09-06 23:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by marycontrary9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wolves and dogs don’t howl at the moon, however, they do howl more when it’s lighter at night, which occurs more often when the moon is full.
2007-09-06 21:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by mike e 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My dogs have only ever howled at sirens.
Wolfs will howl to communicate with each other - its just a myth that it is at the moon.
2007-09-06 19:42:56 · answer #4 · answered by keezy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No,this is one of those myths taht hve been told so many times that people believe them>Dogs(&wolves)howl to make thier presence know to other dogs(&wolves).Also,they howl when there is danger to the pack or in the case of dogs,to thier humans,or,ifthey are in pain
2007-08-30 16:13:01 · answer #5 · answered by TL 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dogs don't howl at full moons but it has been observed by people who aren't superstitious that weird things happen when there's a full moon.
2007-08-30 15:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by Boss 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My dog barked at the moon one night, It was a full moon and the face was very visible.....I think she thought it was a face. Only happened once.
2007-09-05 10:45:20 · answer #7 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They don't howl at moons. It's just their way of communicating and letting each other or someone know where they are.
2007-09-06 20:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by SinSister 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The wolves do and some dog breeds like the Siberian Husky (I have one and she has done it sometimes) since they have some wolf instinct as well.
2007-09-06 17:32:15 · answer #9 · answered by bloodymary24 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My dogs only get their howl on when my alarm clock goes off in the morning and I don't turn it off after a minute!
They go nutso when they hear firetrucks, police cars, ambulance - you get the idea right?!
2007-09-07 02:23:01 · answer #10 · answered by eZonis34 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋