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The two dogs were just howling in harmony with a train whistle. Halo has always been a howler, and Pogi must admire the sound, because he joins in. They do the long mournful howls as well as the little yip-yips.
One of the little dogs next door has the urge to howl, and will sometimes start in. He often watches my dogs through a crack in the fence. They're the only three that do it in the neighborhood, and at night they sound like coyotes.
On walks, Pogi is still consumed with hunting, and the moment he's off the leash, he starts. Halo will sometimes poke his nose into a hole, but really doesn't hunt. Halo is concerned with marking the entire course of the walk, and sprays little splashes of urine hundreds of times along the way, over and over, every day. He also guards me, looking back constantly if he's ahead. While Pogi is off hunting, Halo is usually sitting next to me.
I find it interesting that domestic dogs are really just a sub-species of the grey wolf. They evolved in the middle east, and according to genetic evidence, it happened a very long time ago. All human societies have them, and being day-time social hunters and omnivores, they mesh so well with us.
One of the little dogs next door has the urge to howl, and will sometimes start in. He often watches my dogs through a crack in the fence. They're the only three that do it in the neighborhood, and at night they sound like coyotes.
On walks, Pogi is still consumed with hunting, and the moment he's off the leash, he starts. Halo will sometimes poke his nose into a hole, but really doesn't hunt. Halo is concerned with marking the entire course of the walk, and sprays little splashes of urine hundreds of times along the way, over and over, every day. He also guards me, looking back constantly if he's ahead. While Pogi is off hunting, Halo is usually sitting next to me.
I find it interesting that domestic dogs are really just a sub-species of the grey wolf. They evolved in the middle east, and according to genetic evidence, it happened a very long time ago. All human societies have them, and being day-time social hunters and omnivores, they mesh so well with us.
