Re: [Harp-L] Howling Dog Phenomenon

[Fernando Toral <ftoral@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

captron100@xxxxxxx escribió:
> B Boggs wrote:
>
> I am curious about what dog experts would say about dogs howling to harmonica (a "skilled" player).
> Sometimes they stay when they could go, so, even if they sound mournful, are they actually digging 
> it?
> ?
>
> The internet should be able to reveal info on this.  But I once saw on a tv documentary that dogs
> howl due to a primeval urge; their ears are not being hurt by harp or music in general.  Dogs 
> that are more closely associated with lower hybridization (closer to wolves than Yorkshire Terriers,
> for example), like huskies are more prone to howl.
> ron - FL Keys
>   
This could be true. Years ago I had three dogs, one of them a female 
siberian husky. She was the only one who howled every time I played the 
harp, no matter which key I picked.

Fernando Toral
Buenos Aires, Argentina