In our household our vocal range is quite extensive. We chatter away in one way or another whether or not we have an audience. Our Mistress is thankful that only one of us really howls. However, it does raise the question why is it only one of us who howls? It\u2019s Shadow of course and we\u2019ve always blamed it on one of the children teaching her, but I suspect she would have done it anyway at some time or another. I just don\u2019t understand why she is the only one of us that really does it on a regular basis. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever exactly howled. Not in a baying Baskerville sort of a way. Oh I\u2019ve cried when I\u2019ve been really upset, but that\u2019s a more pitiful noise and is only in extreme circumstances. Ari occasionally joins in with his mum and gives rise to a bit of a chorus, but Shadow is the only one who can be found howling for a whole range of reasons. Children playing at the barn next door \u2013 howl. Dog walking past the house \u2013 howl. Postman delivering to our house \u2013 howl. Tescos delivery \u2013 howl. Almost anyone coming down the drive who is not family \u2013 howl. Anyone coming down the drive who is family \u2013 howl. It is almost impossible to get to our front door without setting her off. If we lived in a town or on a real road with houses opposite and passing traffic she\u2019d probably do it all day. I just don\u2019t understand why. Why can\u2019t she settle for a normal little woof like the rest of us, or even rooo like many Entlebuchers? She could single pawed scare people late at night for miles around. I\u2019m thinking of asking if she can be put in a soundproofed room so I don\u2019t have to listen to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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