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Good Growling I was reading the threads about growling, which led me to ask this question: Does anyone have a dog that growls but is obviously not upset, afraid, or nasty? Kalina growls. When I come home from work she goes nuts from the time she first hears my car coming down the street until I am in the house. She is so happy to see me, but she growls. She growls the entire time I am petting and kissing and hugging her. She doesn't bite. She's non-aggressive (In fact, I would say she is very passive) but she is growling the entire time she is wagging her tail and kissing me and having spasms of happiness. She also growls when we play together, but she never bites or acts ferocious. Does anyone else have a dog like this? She's 5 months old and a growling/kissing fool. |
Izzy growlies too when we are playing around and always when she wants me to pick her up!! I think is sounds so super cute.;) But it's a soft growlie!!! |
Dogs do growl in a friendly manner, there is a definate difference between play/excitment growling and agressive growling. |
Chachi does that when his Daddy comes home everyday |
Miko does the same thing :) He's the most docile furbaby ever, but he loves to growl friendly when I get home too :) |
Penny growls when we're playing. |
edgar snorts... but i know that our lab has a certain growl when they are chasing each other around the living room... |
Growling 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? |
Sure!! Luna will "tell" me everything she needs with that little growl!! She will come and do it, and as I ask her Really?? and what else?? did your brother make you all that?? and she will keep "talking" like that... Sometimes, when she is hungry she will tell me, and she will raise the tone if I don't listen, until she may finish barking to tell me she is not joking, she is hungry, or thirsty... And some people thinks dogs only would need to talk to be like people... Well, my dog, talks!!!:D |
Milli is the most "Talkative" dog I've ever met...she is always growling, barking, and talking...it's strange, I know it's because she's trying to communicate something-that she wants something, or that she feels a certain way. She's so vocal-she growls, purrs, barks, whines, and kind of chatters-and she is a very friendly dog. She's never been the least big aggressive toward anyone-the only "mean" growl was at another dog that got to close to me, and it was more of a warning-short and well said by Milli! :D |
My Aira growls when she's excited or playing. She likes to follow us around the house and when we are walking down the stairs she growls at every step. She loves tug-of-war games and growls during these but has never bitten our hands while playing these games even if they are right by her mouth. I would also say Aira is a submissive / passive dog. |
Chip growls all the time! When he and daddy play he growls like a pyscho and play bites daddy's hand! Chip will run up to us with his toys growling and prancing, then when we go to grab for it, he growls and runs away. |
When I was raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind inc, they referred to it as play growling. Annie does this when she is excited. It is so odvious(sp) that is not aggresive. Its a here I am, here I am, Iam so excited & then she does this HAAAAAAA noise it is a total crack up. Truthfully I would much rather have this than the dogs that go nuts with the barking. |
Coby only barks and snorts. But Reggie, our Shi Tzu talks, which sounds like a growl. Usually, he's asking to go outside, for a treat, or for a pat on the head. It's different from his play growling. It's more like talking although it sounds like a growl. Sounds like that's what you have too. |
Play Growl !! Bogey growls when he is playing with you & a pull toy. He also growls when he gets an empty 12 can box of coke. He knows when he sees it, he's gonna get to play with it & will bark & growl while carrying it around for 30 min.:animal36 |
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? |
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. |
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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:) |
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 :) |
Meka growls when we play... Thats about it though. I think thats just your pups way of communicating.... |
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. |
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! |
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!" :p |
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. |
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