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Scotties have a wide vocal repertoire. We bark, growl, and whine depending on what we see or what we want but we also howl. Howling is our evolutionary gift from our brothers, the wolves. It’s our way of communicating, our audible text message. We howl when we hear certain sounds outside to let our location be known. We howl when we see our parents in the yard and didn’t take us with them. Calibrated to travel distance, our howls have a variety of pitches which identify who we are. We like to harmonize when we howl; Mom calls it vocal bonding. If I am starting to howl, Sister runs from another room to join in. ~ Indy and Lucy
The Adventures of Indy and Lucy 
I don’t say a whole bunch, so when I do, Mama listens pretty carefully. If we are in the kitchen, which has a tile floor, she asks that we move to another room. Most of the time, she “hears” me.
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Sometimes actions speak louder than words, dear Skyler, as you well know.
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SUDDEN……The sudden stop and nose-touch. What was that about? I pretty well know what brings on howling but what determines the length of the “song”?
Ms. Judy
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When we determine we’ve howled long enough, we stop. Then we have to check that it’s us. We never howl for real long. If we see what we hear then it turns to a bark.
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Thank you, Indy and Lucy for this educational message. My Scottie, Maggie, was not a barker and she did not mind the squirrels that played in the Olive tree outside our front door.
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Mom wishes we didn’t bark quite so much. 😊😇
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Aw yes, the echo effect. Guinness joined in as well. I did notice the short and fast tail wags, that it part of it too…Aroooooooooooo
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Don’t you love it?
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Each one has their own way to getting their points across. It is scary when you understand what they are saying.
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Mom is pretty good at speaking dog.
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Mom’s are good at speaking all languages and listening to them too.
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