# dog tilting **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 20, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518 "2001-06-20T20:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boomvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@boomvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boomvark)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518/21 "2001-06-22T01:01:55Z")
> [@](#): > > **Jet Jaguar** : > I had almost the same idea, except I was picturing children in plate armour on the backs of dogs. Oh. Holy. Sh!t. We’ve got children around here who would actually go for that–perhaps substituting BMX helmets and football padding for the armor–and at least a couple of dogs that would be up to the support role. Jet Jaguar, if it isn’t too presumptious I’d like to steal that concept. Oh, but I’ll refrain from any further digressions in this thread. _Exit Boomvark, chuckling and mumbling_ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518/22 "2001-06-22T01:34:37Z")
Since cats do NOT do it, I think that it is a sign of stu…er, confusion. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518/23 "2001-06-22T01:56:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Since cats do NOT do it, I think that it is a sign of stu…er, confusion. > > \*\* I compare it to cats too, but for a different reason. Cats move their ears all around to hear you better, but dogs, particularly floppy ear-ed ones would need to move their heads like we do. For the record, I thought dog tilting would turn out to be a polite term for dog fighting. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518/24 "2001-06-22T10:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Since cats do NOT do it, I think that it is a sign of stu…er, confusion. > > \*\* But cats _do_ tilt their heads when they are trying to “get a fix” on a sound. Of course the cats I’m talking about were the “clinic cats” at the vet’s office I worked at. Maybe they imprinted off the dogs there or something. And they usually just swiveled their ears. Boot up the computer though, and sheesh, they’d almost cram their foreheads into their chests. (That was only 2 of the 3. The third one just liked to sleep on top of the refridgerator in the back.) -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518/25 "2001-06-22T10:59:01Z")
In his book, _Know Your Dog: An Owner’s Guide to Dog Behavior_, Bruce Fogle, D.V.M. has this- There’s a picture of a dog with the classic “head tilt” going on. (Page 41) The caption reads: “Homing In: With his head tilted so that sound reaches his ears at fractionally different intervals, this terrier perks up his ears to focus on a noise.” © 1992 Bruce Fogle No mention if each ear is tuned to a different frequencies though. But that would be cool. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518/26 "2001-06-22T14:49:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sysop \* > \*\*Um, this might sound a little weird, but I MYSELF ‘tilt’ my head at the sound of high-pitched or odd noises. Not only that, but I have the ability to move my (right) ear upwards (as I’m sure other people can) and I think that from a physiological standpoint, it straightens out the ear canal to allow better sound reception (although I don’t get any realized improvement). > > Anyone else? \*\* And you are so adorable when you do it, I just wanna rub your tummy!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tilting/69518.md?page=1)