Howling during instrument practice!

• Howling during instrument practice! Kiera Carlson Posted : 11/18/2006 1:19:11 PM My oldest DD plays violin, and both girls play piano. Our puppy Rudy cries and howls when they practice. It's pitifully sad to listen to! The violin practice can be moved upstairs to DD's room, but the piano can't - LOL! Having never owned a dog, I don't know if this is hurting his ears and is truly harmful, or if he's just "singing along" ?!?! Should we put him outside when they play? Our house is quite small, and there really is NO place in the house for him to go during piano practice. Advice?? TIA! Ruby LIKE 11 REPLIES 322 VIEWS LAST POST JEANO Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• agilebasenji Posted : 11/18/2006 1:45:12 PM I would guess he's just singing along.  Does he not carry a tune well?  I guess you could always try a kong stuffed with something yummy to keep him occupied during this time. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• erl Posted : 11/18/2006 2:17:08 PM It could also be that the instruments are out of tune.  I play the violin (haven't much since I quit the class) but when I was working on playing in fifth position, my beagle would howl along.  It was so cute and then I'd start to purposely play out of tune to listen to her sing.  It wasn't her normal howl, but really soft and sweet sounding.   Or of course you have a musical dog to go with your musical family! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Debbie R Posted : 11/18/2006 3:38:26 PM If he's crying too, then it probably is hurting his ears. I would put him in a quiet spot 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• greg petry Posted : 11/18/2006 7:43:10 PM I don't think he likes it, because our dogs wouldn't like the musical instruments either. So i agree with debv53. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• micksmom Posted : 11/18/2006 9:51:17 PM ORIGINAL: debv53 If he's crying too, then it probably is hurting his ears. I would put him in a quiet spot   Could be, but not necesarily (sp?).  We thought that was why Mick howled when our youngest son played his sax.  Then one day Mick was sleeping in our room, and our son went outside on the deck to practice.  Mick came from the opposite end of the house to sit by the sliding doors and "sing" along. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• gayle Posted : 11/18/2006 9:53:25 PM unless he is running or hiding from the sound it probably isnt physically hurting him. dogs have a natural instinct to "reply" to certain tones, i think thats what it is anyway. this was discussed a month or so ago and there was alot of good info in that post, i will try to find it and post a link.   ETA: here it is...  [linkhttp://forum.dog.com/asp/tm.asp?m=141576&mpage=1&key=flute𢰽]http://forum.dog.com/asp/tm.asp?m=141576&mpage=1&key=flute𢰽[/link] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Kiera Carlson Posted : 11/18/2006 9:57:29 PM Gaylemarie - I would really appreciate a link to that info - thanks! He *does* run toward the sound --- he's pretty much barricaded into the kitchen, nook, mudroom, laundry room, and foyer; but he'll run to the edge of the den where the girls are playing and bark and howl away! I really need to know, though, if it's bad for his little ears. I'd hate to think we were hurting him! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Xebby Posted : 11/18/2006 10:00:36 PM Before I played the bari sax I played clarinet. I must have only been 10 yrs old or so but the family dog at the time would howl as I practeced my clarinet. I was just learning so I sounded horrable and squeeked a lot. Once I changed over to the more bass sounding bari sax my dog stoped howling. Guess it was just the high pitch sound of the clarinet, never really understood why he did it but we all thought it was kinda funny, like he was singing along with me. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• swamper Posted : 11/18/2006 10:01:02 PM My Mom's dog LOVES to sing along with the harmonica/clarinet/saxophone.  If he sees you even touch one of the instruments he'll sit pretty and ask you to play so he can howl along.  Sure looks to me like he's having a good time. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• lisa baker Posted : 11/18/2006 10:07:31 PM Zoey comes running when Madison gets out her saxaphone to sing along.  [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jeano Posted : 11/19/2006 3:04:45 AM As a violin teacher I can honestly say that they will follow you around because the love it! Sofia loves to sit in the middle of us when my band practices. She doesn't sing along (Stevie did, though) but she thinks the bagpipes are soooo interrrresting! They aren't the highland pipes, btw, they are fireside and shuttle pipes, INDOOR pipes. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login