# Singing Dogs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 1999, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570 "1999-08-15T02:49:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![topolino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@topolino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/topolino)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/1 "1999-08-15T02:49:00Z")

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I had a dog who used to sing/howl only to piano music. Why do they “sing”? Why would mine only sing to certain music (she’d sing when we played the piano or if I put Chopin on the stereo)?

My apologies if this has been asked before. I did a search but not successfully.

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**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/2 "1999-08-15T02:51:00Z")

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My little Sophie only sings when she can hear an emergency vehicle. She looks around at the people laughing at her with a look of ‘I can’t help it. It has a mind of it’s own’. It’s really funny, and oh so cute. But I don’t know why she has to do it.

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**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/3 "1999-08-15T03:45:00Z")

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[Check this](http://petnet.detnews.com/drfox/dogs/wild.htm).

Ray

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**Author:** ![topolino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@topolino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/topolino)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/4 "1999-08-15T04:31:00Z")

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So my dog thought the piano was another dog?

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**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/5 "1999-08-16T03:29:00Z")

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I used to have a dog that would sing when the theme from M_A_S\*H would come up on the TV.

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MaryAnn  
Sometimes life is so great you just gotta muss up your hair and quack like a duck!

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**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/6 "1999-08-16T14:42:00Z")

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Nanobyte’s link has the clear concise answer.

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**Author:** ![topolino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@topolino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/topolino)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/7 "1999-08-16T18:51:00Z")

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Yes, his link answers Babar’s question.

It says:  
“Like you, many people believe that dogs howl in response to fire-truck and police sirens because it hurts their ears.”

I want to know if that is implying that the dogs also think pianos and the theme from MASH are also other dogs.

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**Author:** ![Lou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea666f/32.png) [@Lou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lou)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-dogs/2570/8 "1999-08-16T18:52:00Z")

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I have cats and they chirp at birds all the time…