What our pets alooklike

[FirebirdNC]

Two of my extremely spoiled Dachshunds (Link and Pixie). I have a third that I was recently a foster fail for, but I took this before she joined us.

[Kimra]

I will asume that is your beautifully painted toenail.

[FirebirdNC]

Yes that is my painted toenail haha. They love to sleep either on or squished up to me. The female (Black/Tan) mostly to steal body warmth, the male (Red/Boar) because he can't bear to not be with someone at all times. He is very sweet but pretty needy as well.

[Kimra]

This here is my sisters dog, but I'm minding him all the time anyway. I had to dress him up for Gishwhes reasons. He was not a fan.

[Edminster]

Yessssssssss

I saw it on tumblr, and I'm glad to see it again. Phenomenal work on the weird dino-head thing!

[Lethal Interjection]

Question for you dog owners (past and present):

Did/does your dog howl? How often and under what circumstances?

I ask because both of our family dogs have howled under various circumstances (I'll elaborate later if I remember), but I can't say I've ever heard of this being a regular thing with other dogs. (With the exception of those with huskies, as that breed is known more for howling than barking.)

[DonRetrasado]

I don't remember any of my dogs ever howling. It's possible they did, but it must have been rare.

Fun fact: only dogs bark! It's an entirely domesticated trait, as dogs need a way to communicate with humans. It doesn't count as language, though.

Did you know that domesticated foxes exist? It didn't take long to domesticate them, either; Soviet scientists only started to domesticate foxes in the '50s.

[Kaharz]

Our corgi never howled, although he would try when he heard another dog doing it, but would quickly revert to barking. It is probably breed specific. Basenjis, one of the oldest breeds, don't bark and instead do a weird yodel supposedly due to an oddly shaped larynx.

[Sahan]

[Apocalyptus]

[Kimra]

None of the dogs I know have ever howled. My mums barks at the moon, randomly and only when it's full (I think she thinks it's a car or an airplane or hot air ballon).

I think howling is a trait they learn off each other more often than not, so if one of yours did it the other probably copied. But I'm no dog expert.

Ed: Thanks, that dino head thing took many hours, and it fits a human head. I have made everyone entering my house try it on these last few days.

[Lethal Interjection]

Thanks guys. You are confirming my general hypothesis. I shall now post it in a larger sample size (Facebook) and see if it continues to be the rarity that I assumed it would.

[Lethal Interjection]

[Liriodendron_fagotti]

They are my Silmarils.

[FirebirdNC]

I have 3 Dachshunds and one will start to bark then the other two join in then they try to out do each other until it escalates into a full out howl. Two straight out howl and one does more of a howl bark. If they are domesticating Foxes I would like to put my order in now for a Canadian Marbled Fox.