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Our Germans Shepherds, when I was a kid, always did this when they heard a siren. First time it happened, in the middle of the night, it scared the heck out of me. I was sure it was a ghost.
PS They say German Shepherds have just a smidgen of wolf in their makeup, from early in their breed history.
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My wife and I rescued a German Shepherd years ago, then watched some show about wolves. Never realized they would howl until she threw her head up and went to it. Years later she's taught the retriever/lab/setter mutt to howl.
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My German Shorthair howls at kitchen timers, sirens, smoke alarms, telephones... Maybe it's a German thing.
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No it's not just a German shepherd thing, we once had a cockapoo that did that very thing.
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Trains, coyotes, other dogs, sirens, seen all sort of dogs howl at all of these. From chihuahua to great pyrenees.
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My neighbor's german shepard howls at trains blowing their horn at the intersection down the road. Every time.
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My drunk neighbor howls also........and he's not a German.
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You should hear about twenty five dogs in the kennel when the ambulance or fire truck goes by. And not a German Shepherd in the bunch.
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Every time that it thundered when my uncle's German Shepard was outside, a new screen door was required.
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The doorbell sets mine off, every time.
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I have a pug that can howl with the best of them
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The Atlanta PD has retired all their German Shepherd canines and trained a bunch of Bluetick coon hounds in their place- - - - - - -they finally figured out it wasn't the Germans who were causing all the trouble! Jerry
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Ex in-laws had a chihuahua that would set to howling when we said “Sing, Coco, sing!”
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All 4 of our last dogs, little guys all, were set off by UPS vans. If the UPS van turned onto our street 2 blocks away they would run to the front door and bark furiously until he went on down the street. FedEx trucks, mail vans, garbage trucks etc they would sleep right through.
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I know a Springer Spaniel will howl at sirens...
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English pointers howled at trains and sirens too!
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Have had 3 GSD. None of them did that.
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I just played your video. It woke my GSD up and she started howling with the video. I have never heard her howl before. We live in the country so there are no real noises to get her to howl.
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