BUDAPEST : When Hungarian animal behaviourist Fanni Lehoczki noticed the frequent howls of her Siberian husky 'Bizsu' didn't always provoke other dogs into a wolf-like response, it prompted the question - why are certain dogs more prone to howling? Researchers at Budapest's Eotvos Lorand University where
BUDAPEST : When Hungarian animal behaviourist Fanni Lehoczki noticed the frequent howls of her Siberian husky"Bizsu" didn't always provoke other dogs into a wolf-like response, it prompted the question - why are certain dogs more prone to howling?
Lehoczki and her team examined how a dog's breed, age and sex impacted its reaction to howling, by testing 68 purebred family dogs by playing three-minute recordings of wolf howls and observing their reactions. "The main finding was that ... those breeds which are genetically closer to wolves are more prone to respond with howling, and they also show more stress signals than dogs which are less related to wolves," Lehoczki said, noting this was true only for dogs older than five years.
Older dogs of more ancient breeds responded with longer howls and showed more stress-related behaviours too, while more modern breeds seemed to react with barking.
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