"DUDog Owners:" I live in the "happy Pleasantville Suburbs. But Dog in

[KoKo]

the "cul-de-sac" near us, every night comes out and does a "barking scenario." Some nights our "Up-Scale Freep Neighbors" have their dogs (out of the house or garage) and there's a dialog going between "cul-de-sac" dog and ours in the neighborhood. But......some nights only "cul-de-sac" dog does his ritual of "communication" with his fellow "pack friends."
Tonight is one of those nights when he is alone.

My cats know they can go with me all the time. Dogs get put in Kennels. They are a much better assessment of what's going on than our feline friends, IMHO....because they "go with the flow from us."


Do DU Dog Owners understand what their doggies are saying to them? And, do their dogs go out at "dusk" and communicate with other dogs? Like "Town Cryers" giving the gossip......like the "National Enquirer" giving the dirt and gossip? Have any of you Dog owners noticed a pattern here?

[Padraig18]

1. My dog talks to me

But I haven't figured out whethere it's "Dad, there's a squirrel outside in OUR yard!" or "Hey, my dish is empty!" yet... :P

[KoKo]

2. OK, I edited this "long post" down. Still want to know why do doggies

go out about 7:00p.m. and start yapping about their day?

[hlthe2b]

3. Well, I guess 7PM is Happy Hour...

There is a joint doggie/people Happy Hour at one of the major Denver Parks each evening-- just one large circle of dog and people alike. Shhhhh, (sometimes the leashes go off-- don't tell the Dog COPS)

[KoKo]

5. You have a good point there! In the 11 Years in my Neighborhood, that's

Happy Hour, for our "Pleasantville Dogs." Problem is....cul-de-sac's friends are all in the Kennel Tonight...He's all alone...yapping away....and I'm listening from my porch. My cats are taking "nappies." Dog stuff in neighborhood seems to bore them. They don't care. It's dog business. Their business is food and "brushies." And, for treats a fake mouse they can bat and chase. :-(

[Scurrilous]

4. My dog goes off every day..,

..at around 5:00 PM. I think it has something to do w/ people coming home fom work, dogs getting let outside or taken for their walk, and dogs all seeing each other again for the first time that day and wanting to communicate w/ each other.

[Robb]

6. I've got weirdos

...at least in the husky world. They're silent almost all the time -- except my girl doggy bow-wow-wow's to say hello to people sometimes.

One rather amazing dog-noise moment for me: about six months ago I was living up at my aunt-in-law's house for two weeks, house and dog sitting at the same time. All told there were six Siberians living together for that period. No need for cable, it was 24-7 doggy TV. Like a wolf pack documentary going on all the time. :)

Anyhow, they were mostly quiet as a "pack", except for one morning I came downstairs and the four that lived there were in the aunt-in-law's bedroom, sort of sitting there. My dogs had followed me down, and sat as well. All the dogs were looking around, at each other, at nothing -- but not, for once, at me (like most dogs, they were usually pretty attentive, because you never know when a treat or meal might come. Hope springs eternal in the heart of a dog).

Suddenly the sun broke the horizon and sunlight streamed into the room. All together they started howling -- not an annoying howl, but a building crescendo sort of thing. Mournful and joyous at the same time, all the dogs (including my silent ones) raising their heads together, the sound echoing off the walls and resonating in the floorboards. Greeting the sun? Looking for the aunt-in-law? I still don't know. But I felt blessed to have witnessed it, strange as that might sound.

They all stopped at the same time. The group broke up, and they went about their morning business.

The nutshell, and a kind of answer to your question, is I strongly suspect there is a lot we'll never be privy to.

[KoKo]

7. Thanks for that incredible post! Well....they are pack animals whereas

cats are solitary (my viewpoint, being so used to cats for so long).

I think your observation is incredible. That even though they don't always socialize with each other that you see....when the "morning light came" they reacted as a Group going back to some "primal" urge of togetherness.

I guess we can "humanize alot" out of our house pets but sometimes the "Call of the Wild" is too strong.

I wonder if it relates to us Humans, as well.... There's much to think about in your post. Thanks for the doggy viewpoint.

[KoKo]

8. Kick for "Doggie Communication."

Doggie :kick:

[kodi]

9. absolutely and vice versa

i can recognize from each of my 6 dogs a distinct bark that is their call for me. it sounds like no other bark each emits.

i think it is their name for me.

they seem to have an "alert" call to each other that varies in sound and texture according to what is being communicated to the others; either that a car, a human, another dog, a cat, a horse or squirrel has been sighted.......as to snakes, they just start barking like hell.

usually kodi, the 10 year old kuvasz barks around midnight regardless of the weather, she wants outside at that hour, letting the world know she is guarding the premises. and the others join in.

[kayleybeth]

10. Who knows what doggies are thinking

in their little doggie brains. One of my dogs barks at other doggies on television. He also barks at that ugly critter in the Lamisil commercial... you know the commercial where the fungus critter lifts up some guy's toenail and climbs under it. Ick. Anyway, my dog barks and jumps at the T.V. set every time that commercial comes on. I can understand why he barks at other dogs on the t.v., but a cartoon fungus critter? Who knows.


The one on the far left is the one I'm talking about