# What's the deal with Cody the screaming dog? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359 "2016-09-19T17:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/1 "2016-09-19T17:10:37Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pKC6d19AB-U/hqdefault.jpg "Cody The Screaming Dog | Dog | AFV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKC6d19AB-U) My first guess is that he (or she) is basically barking, but for some reason keeping his or her mouth open during the whole barking jag. My second is that he or she has seen some things. Some bad things. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/2 "2016-09-19T17:34:50Z")
I’d say he is howling. Sure is doing a good imitation of Wilhelm though. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/3 "2016-09-19T17:48:06Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I’d say he is howling. Sure is doing a good imitation of Wilhelm though. Yeah, I’d agree. An atypical “howl”. There’s a another youtube video out there of a husky doing the same thing. You can see that they’re adopting the same mouth open attitude as any other dog when howling. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/4 "2016-09-19T17:48:15Z")
Man I’m glad I don’t have to wake up to that in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/5 "2016-09-19T18:07:03Z")
This sound is not entirely uncommon. A lot of dogs do this and it’s a calling card of some breeds, such as the Nova Scotia tolling retriever. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/6 "2016-09-19T18:12:53Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > This sound is not entirely uncommon. A lot of dogs do this and it’s a calling card of some breeds, such as the Nova Scotia tolling retriever. Not to be confused with the _trolling_ retriever, which exclusively howls classic Rick Astley tunes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/7 "2016-09-19T18:14:05Z")
That sounds disturbingly human. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/8 "2016-09-19T21:03:14Z")
I have an ongoing battle with asshole neighbor’s dogs - he wants lots of barking. I don’t. So I have a wall of ultrasonic bark stopping devices - a clever microphone circuit to detect a bark and transducers to produce 120 db of unpleasant noise. I awoke one morning to 3 dogs doing this high-pitched howl to be able to make noise without triggering the devices. I have a manual remote control for these things. I haven’t had any of them try it since then. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/9 "2016-09-19T21:50:13Z")
Glad I have cats. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/10 "2016-09-20T00:26:40Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Glad I have cats. I’ve heard audio of housecats mating. One of the most savage, horrific sounds I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/11 "2016-09-20T01:32:32Z")
While I just find that annoying (and the people have clearly encouraged/trained Cody to exaggerate the howling he does), I find the goats hilarious: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/12 "2016-09-20T01:37:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’ve heard audio of housecats mating. One of the most savage, horrific sounds I’ve ever heard. As a child, I spent the night on the second story porch at my Grandmother’s house. A cat in heat jumped to the window ledge, threw a shadow from the moon onto my bed and made horrendous noises. I thought Satan had come to drag me to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/13 "2016-09-20T08:01:03Z")
Small dogs often have weird barks and howls. My little doglet has an alert-bark that sounds like a rooster - and if she’s crying/howling for food, it often sounds like a cat miaowing. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/14 "2016-09-20T16:34:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’ve heard audio of housecats mating. One of the most savage, horrific sounds I’ve ever heard. “_…people think it’s the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain’t so; it’s the sickening grammar they use._” - Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/15 "2016-09-20T19:17:57Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > Yeah, I’d agree. An atypical “howl”. There’s a another youtube video out there of a husky doing the same thing. You can see that they’re adopting the same mouth open attitude as any other dog when howling. Huskies are known for their vocalizations that sound rather human-like. If you go to a dog sledding event, it sounds like a crowd of people babbling nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cody-the-screaming-dog/766359/16 "2016-09-20T19:33:45Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > “_…people think it’s the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain’t so; it’s the sickening grammar they use._” …and Davy Crockett rides around and says it’s cool for cats…