Redheaded Jill

There is something eerie about a howling dog. I can’t tell if it’s sorrow, or a signal, or a cry for help. Lately my dog has been sitting on the porch in the early mornings and howling. It is both comforting and scary. I love hearing noises that I can attribute to my animals because it’s like… I know exactly what that is! That is a safe sound. But the howling… it sounds so sad. He’s part hound so I imagine it’s just… a hound thing?

It also makes me think of the show Bluey, and how the girls howl when they’re crying on the show. In that case it’s both pitiful and adorable.