# My dog purrs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914 "2011-07-05T17:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/1 "2011-07-05T17:34:38Z")
Winston, my beagle mix, has watched by cat Boris get long pet jobs accompanied by loud cat purring. Now when he jumps in my lap, he has a low growl that sounds like a purr. Nordberg, the other beagle has not followed suit. Dogs are not supposed to purr. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/2 "2011-07-05T17:38:16Z")
I’m only posting this to screw with everyone who is thinking “I bet the very first response will be a link to that barking cat”. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/3 "2011-07-05T18:20:42Z")
I had a dog that purred, too. He was a chow/shepherd mix. (I also had a different dog named Winston! He was awesome.) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/4 "2011-07-05T18:24:45Z")
Mice purr, too. Not audibly, but if you’re petting them you can feel the vibrations. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/5 "2011-07-05T20:46:26Z")
My dog has a low moan she gives out when I’m rubbing her belly _just right_ - and I’m always afraid what people on the other end of the phone are hearing and what they are thinking… ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/6 "2011-07-05T20:56:20Z")
This is the terrible byproduct of miscegenation! Dogs and cats living together…real wrath of God stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/7 "2011-07-14T22:55:30Z")
My wonderful dog Lady who died earlier this year would purr like a kitten. She would just be lying there, purring contentedly. If you scratched her the purring would intensify. I really, really, really miss that dog…:(! She was my best friend. But yeah, she purred up a storm. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/8 "2011-07-14T23:04:17Z")
You sure he didn’t swallow a vibrator? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/9 "2011-07-15T00:19:35Z")
Winston started it after watching my cat purr loudly. He did not come up with it himself. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/10 "2011-07-15T00:42:41Z")
Somewhere in the depths of youtube there is a video of a purring sqirrel - the squirrel was raised by a cat/with kittens something like that and learned how to purr. Bunnies purr sort of - they do this tooth grinding thing when they are in the zone. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-purrs/587914/11 "2011-07-15T02:29:48Z")
So, I’m trying to purr, but I don’t get it. I have purr without breathing and somewhat while inhaling, but I cannot exhale and purr.