Good Growling

[paulapoo]

Otis and Oliver sit in the front room window. If Otis see's something he thinks I need to come check out, (kitty, mailman, neighbor, leaf) he comes to whatever room I'm in and "tells" me about it. This consists of growls and whines. It's just about the cutest thing I've ever seen and of course, I really get him goin by asking him what it is, is it a kitty?

[lkyorkies]

My Max talks to me all of the time I swear he says I love Mom...for any of you that saw the show with Opera's dogs where she had them talking that is simular to what Max sounds like...lol
Lucy just barks and whines...lol
But, they are both very excited during play time or when we come home from work.

[Tinkerbelle1]

Originally Posted by sdasaro

Hi y'as,
Roufianna now 10 mos. and about 6.25 lbs. will play growl when having a tug of war. She will also turn into a pit bull when she sees another dog that she can't get close enough to play with. She actually turns into a different dog. Its scary! I tell her no and pick her up but she is in fight mode and persists until we move away from the animal or it from us. Is this normal?

Welcome to YT.

I can relate my Tinkerbelle is the same way, she becomes a totally different dog when she sees another dog when we are out walking. She thinks she is a rotweiller.

She does play growl as well.

j

[PrincessPoo612]

Yumi growls in excitement and when she wants to play....basically to get my attention. The growl is real low and subtle...very cute though

[MIZBROWN]

Meka growls when we play... Thats about it though. I think thats just your pups way of communicating....

[sassypup]

Zoe playfully growls when we're playing or when we're trying to take the ball from her...I think it's the most cutest growl ever....totallly different than the kinda growl she gives when a stranger approaches our house.

[sryope68]

Xena growls when we play fetch. I'll throw the ball and she'll chase after it growling the whole way. Sometimes at night she gets this burst of energy and she'll run in circles around the house growling the whole time, it's so cute!

[ketters12]

Tobey growls when we play and sometimes will bark too, but his tail is wagging ferociously the whole time! I try to discourage the growling and barking if it gets excessive, mostly because I just don't think it sounds very respectful- I kinda take the attitude of "don't bark at me, I am your mommy!" so sometimes if he gets too crazy and carried away, I will turn away from him and he gets the message immediately because he will usually run in front of me and do a "down" as if he is saying "okay mom, I will be good now. Look! I did a down! I am a polite pup again!"

[Archie's Mom]

Mine only growls when he is being a little stinker and trying to get my attention to play with him if I am engaged in some other non-Archie-involved activity. I call it his "sassing" because he also does it sometimes when I have scolded him and he still wants to be bad -- BUT -- he does this growl with a twinkle in his eye, like a teasing thing. He is not aggressive with his growl.