dogs that say "roo roo"
Tracy Smith
: I know Norwegian Elkhounds say "roo roo" from first hand experience
: (Gizmo, 8 month old male). From reading Lynda posts, I know Akitas
: do this, too (in addition to having nice curly tails like Elkhounds :).
: What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
: northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
: considered "northern-type").
Hi, Barbara- just wanted to say that my old Elkhound used to get up every
morning and make his "happy noise" (woo-woo-woo!), but unfortunately, the
new one doesn't :-(. So not every Elkhound does, and I sure miss my
morning seranade. And my old Elkhound, much as I love the new one.
Tracy Lorraine Smith Mom to Impi the non-wooer and Ernest (RIP) the dog with
the "good morning world woo-woo" (or was that "it's breakfast time!")
Lynda Oleksuk
>I know Norwegian Elkhounds say "roo roo" from first hand experience
>(Gizmo, 8 month old male). From reading Lynda posts, I know Akitas
>do this, too (in addition to having nice curly tails like Elkhounds :).
>What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
>northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
>considered "northern-type").
Actually, I've heard quite a few hound mixes that have beautiful voices -- I'd
call it a ROOOO ROOOO, but it's not exactly the same sounds. And they tend to
have deeper voices ... Kati (and Gypsy) speak in a conversational tone, but
hounds almost sound like they're singing.
But nearly all curly tailed dogs have some sort of roo roo in their vocabulary!
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& Edric the Wonder Mutt, Kati the world's hairiest Akita, __ /|__
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Elizabeth Adams
ashl...@rtsg.mot.com (Barbara A. Ashley) writes:
>I know Norwegian Elkhounds say "roo roo" from first hand experience
>(Gizmo, 8 month old male). From reading Lynda posts, I know Akitas
>do this, too (in addition to having nice curly tails like Elkhounds :).
>What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
>northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
>considered "northern-type").
>
>Waiting to hear net.wisdom on this important topic :).
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Well, yes indeed it is an important topic. There was a long discussion
about roo-roo and related sounds on basenji-l recently. Basenjis
have been known to "roo-roo" and "ah rah rah roo" and "ba rah rah roo"
and "ah wah wah woo" and "ah woo woo woo" and "woo woo grgrowl."
All depends on their little voices. Carter doesn't seem to make
many vowel sounds, g's and r's maybe, but basically, she's a
"ah-woo-woo-woo'er." And last time I checked with her, she
claims an African (not a northern) heritage ;)
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Barbara A. Ashley
(Gizmo, 8 month old male). From reading Lynda posts, I know Akitas
do this, too (in addition to having nice curly tails like Elkhounds :).
What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
considered "northern-type").
Waiting to hear net.wisdom on this important topic :).
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Barbara Ashley
ashl...@cig.mot.com
Tracy Smith
: Well, yes indeed it is an important topic. There was a long discussion
: about roo-roo and related sounds on basenji-l recently. Basenjis
: have been known to "roo-roo" and "ah rah rah roo" and "ba rah rah roo"
: and "ah wah wah woo" and "ah woo woo woo" and "woo woo grgrowl."
: All depends on their little voices. Carter doesn't seem to make
: many vowel sounds, g's and r's maybe, but basically, she's a
: "ah-woo-woo-woo'er." And last time I checked with her, she
: claims an African (not a northern) heritage ;)
Ah-ha! But basenji's DO have curly tails....hmmmmmm!! Maybe it's a
curly tail kind of thing :-)))))))!
Tracy Lorraine Smith MOm to curly tailed Impi and brush tailed Karoo
Kathryn Howarth
Barbara, I have a black lab/beagle cross who "roo roos" :) He doesn't
howl; he doesn't bark; he goes "a roo roo roo roo", with his head thrown
back of course!
Kathryn
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Sandi Shrager
> What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
> northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
> considered "northern-type").
>
> Waiting to hear net.wisdom on this important topic :).
Malamutes certainly do...groan, especially when they're horny and in heat...
Tanu, Seli, & Sandi
(who was roo-roo'd to sleep last night...)
sherri a rosedahl
>I know Norwegian Elkhounds say "roo roo" from first hand experience
>(Gizmo, 8 month old male). From reading Lynda posts, I know Akitas
>do this, too (in addition to having nice curly tails like Elkhounds :).
>What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
>northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
>considered "northern-type").
HI! My Bichon Frise, Puddles, says "Roo Roo" *all* of the time. Sometimes
she really gets going and it's hard to keep her quiet, but we don't mind,
because it is *so* cute! :)
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Regina M. Seaner
My little 8 lb. terrier mix (Yorkie/Chihuahua???) ALWAYS says
woo-woo-woo when he wants to go out and is excited about it.
This is the only time he uses this expression. And it's always
three woo's.
--Regina :)
gowilliams
> What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
> northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
> considered "northern-type").
Well add Canadian Eskimo dogs to the list. actually its ah-roo, ah-roo,
with head thown back. My mailman calls it the northern dialect. (sorry,
no curly tail though)
Nancy Ahern
My neighbor's Samoyed says "roo-roo". He also says "owrrrr?"
And "a-roo".
My dogs do not. (Golden Retriever and Australian Shepard). When they
"talk" the Golden "rumbles" in her throat, and the Aussie yawns with
a squeal, or whines. Their barks are standard "bark bark" and "rowf rowf",
and are rather throaty.
I had a lab that had a more extensive doggy vocabulary. I could get
"mama" and "mrf" and "rowf" as well as "roo-roo" and "owrrrr?" if I
got her all excited and talked back to her.
My second-step-mother's beagle mix said "roo roo" when you asked if she
was a "HHHUUUUUUUUUUUNGRY Pup-eeee?", only it came out as more of
an "aroo-roo".
Maybe its a baying kinda dog thing. Any hound-dog owners out there?
Ya got yer basic barkers and yer basic bayers, and I bet the bayers
say roo-roo and the barkers don't.
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Elizabeth Adams
tra...@fsl.noaa.gov (Tracy Smith) writes:
Ok, here's a genetic link I like. Curly Tail=Roo Roo
Much better than various coat colors=health problems.
Spread the world--curly tails and roo roo's, the missing link?????
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Redmond Young
(Barbara A. Ashley) wrote:
> What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
> northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
> considered "northern-type").
My Japanese Shiba-Inu male definitely goes, "Ah-roooo ... Ah-rooooo"
when he wants to be let out or to go for a walk. Of course, the
Shibas are often called mini-Akitas (though they are a separate and
distinct breed of their own).
"Northern Type", or Artic Spitz type dogs would include the Akita,
Malamute, Husky, Samoyed, Eskimo, Finnish Spitz ... even Schipperke
and Pomeranians. These spitz type dogs probably originated in
the Siberian region, and migrated east to North America (Malamutes),
to Japan (Akitas and Shibas), south to China (Chow), then SE Asia
(Telomian <sp?> and New Guinea Singing Dog) on to Australia with
the aborigines (Dingoes).
The history of the Basenji in central Africa is particularly
interesting. Basenjis bear a strong resemblance to the Shiba and
Dingo, and have the spitz type look. It's believed that the
pygmies of Africa, genetically different from other native Africans,
were actually of Asian ancestry. Many thousands of years ago they
paddled their way to Africa across the Indian ocean and brought
their hunting dogs with them ... the ancestors of the Basenji.
Red
Maria Gronberg
->(Gizmo, 8 month old male). From reading Lynda posts, I know Akitas
->do this, too (in addition to having nice curly tails like Elkhounds :).
->What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
->northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
->considered "northern-type").
I have tried to teach my Mal/Sibe-mix to bark on command. All she can
accomplish though is a deep "rooooo" :-) At least it makes people laugh, since
they expect this BIG dog to have a powerful loud bark! :-) :-)
//Maria and the roooo-roooing polar girls
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Sylvie McGee
fence. I have a Basset Hound and an English Springer Spaniel. Miss Daisy
the long low one has, of course, *always* roo-roo'ed when excited. After
a year of sharing the hoom, Mr. Murphy the Magnificent but needy has
*also* taken up the behavior! Who says an old dog can't...etc....
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Shawn Allen
that he can't get at. (Usually under the couch) He lays his chest on the
ground with his forelegs on the ground and his backend up in the air.
Staring down the ball.
He doesn't have a curley tail (no tail, actually) and he isn't a northern
type hound (although he does hail from the Northeast and is now a proud
Northwesterner.)
Now how many of your dogs snort and snore.
Rocky snores (and how). One night we were all gathered around the dining
room table well past midnight. Rock had curled up under my wifes chair and
had gone to sleep. After about an hour he started to snore and we were all
giggling but trying not to wake him up. Then he let loose a loud 'Snort'
that woke himself up, he came out from under the chair barking up a storm
trying to figure out what exactly had made that hideous noise. Needless to
say we were all on the floor laughing till it ached. I am laughing now just
at the memory of him looking all over trying to find the 'monster' that
woke him up.
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They don't pay me, I pay them.
Rebecca Daria Ross
"roo rooooo arooo"s and the other usually barks. Although, one noise can
lead to the other at any moment. They really seem like they're trying to
communicate with me :) when they're looking intently at me and "roo
rooing." "Come on--throw the ball, play with me!!" No, I'd never
anthropomorphize (sp?) either :)
Lisa Gunia
fast enough. As in "feed me *now*" <I have to open the new bag!>
or "let's go OUT!" <can I put my shoes on, first?>...
I think the sound is adorable and I must admit I sometimes tease her
just to get her to say "roo roo".
Heather Deal
Her tail is sort of curly. She doesn't bark - just roos.
Bob's doggie play-group (;-)) includes a "coon hound" (I'm sure he has a
proper name other than Monty) who bays like there's no tomorrow -
a very funny sound, somewhat akin to that of a frieght train.
Bob, on the other hand, has a somewhat curly tail and a sharp, piercing
bark. The only time he talks and roos a bit are when the phone rings
(haven't figured out this one, but it leads to us often answering the phone
unable to talk because we're laughing), and when he is trying soooo hard
to stop barking when we tell him to!
Happy holidays to all!
I'm off to do a bit of shopping for Bob. (A ~BIT~??? Snorts of laughter..)
Heather and Bob, who wishes we wouldn't encourage Monty to make that
scary noise
Laura Munro
: In article <3cnggm$c...@delphinium.cig.mot.com>, ashl...@rtsg.mot.com
Len Lescosky
the greys hear me come home from work they start running around and I hear
Emily singing the 'roo roo' song. She does it sometimes when we play.
But her tail is not curly. :)
Len
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Katherine O Withycombe
>Barbara A. Ashley (ashl...@rtsg.mot.com) wrote:
>: I know Norwegian Elkhounds say "roo roo" from first hand experience
>
My Husky/Collie "Roo roos" in greeting, or when she feels like you've pulled
one over on her. She barks ( a lot ) otherwise. I attribute her loquacious-
ness to her Collie half. (Lassie always talked a lot, didn't she?) Wolfie
whines, roo roos, barks, growls, sighs, snores, you name it. I always
encourage her to roo roo, in the hope of her someday saying "Ri Rove roo"
like the dog in the Little Caesar's commercial.
Katherine O Withycombe
>In article <3cnggm$c...@delphinium.cig.mot.com>, ashl...@rtsg.mot.com
>(Barbara A. Ashley) wrote:
>
>> What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
>
>Well add Canadian Eskimo dogs to the list. actually its ah-roo, ah-roo,
Someone figured that curly tail = roo roo, but my Mom's husky only manages
a really annoying-fingernails-on-the-chalkboard bark. She doesn't talk
very much at all. I posted earlier about my collie/huskie - so maybe
her roo roos are from the husky side? Not the collie?
Gayle Chidester
> In article 100...@stein2.u.washington.edu, Sandi Shrager <san...@u.washington.edu> () writes:
>>On 14 Dec 1994, Barbara A. Ashley wrote:
>>
>>> What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?" Is this restricted to
>>> northern-type breeds and Akitas (not sure if Akitas are actually
>>> considered "northern-type").
>>
>>
> And "a-roo".
>
> "mama" and "mrf" and "rowf" as well as "roo-roo" and "owrrrr?" if I
> got her all excited and talked back to her.
>
> My second-step-mother's beagle mix said "roo roo" when you asked if she
> was a "HHHUUUUUUUUUUUNGRY Pup-eeee?", only it came out as more of
> an "aroo-roo".
My 6yr old ACD says aroo-roo, but its more like aroow-roow-roow (sounds more
like she's saying "oww". Sometimes she says it and it looks like her tongue
is getting hung up on her teeth. ;-) Occasionally it comes out as rwf,
accompanied by a sneeze.
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>From article <1994Dec16.2...@schbbs.mot.com>, by na...@phx.sectel.mot.co
>m (Nancy Ahern):
>> In article 100...@stein2.u.washington.edu, Sandi Shrager <san...@u.washington.
>edu> () writes:
>>>On 14 Dec 1994, Barbara A. Ashley wrote:
>>>
>>>> What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?"
>>>My neighbor's Samoyed says "roo-roo". He also says "owrrrr?" And "a-roo".
>>>I had a lab that had a more extensive doggy vocabulary. I could get
>> "mama" and "mrf" and "rowf" as well as "roo-roo" and "owrrrr?" if I
>> got her all excited and talked back to her.
>>
>> My second-step-mother's beagle mix said "roo roo" when you asked if she
>> was a "HHHUUUUUUUUUUUNGRY Pup-eeee?", only it came out as more of
>> an "aroo-roo".
>
>My 6yr old ACD says aroo-roo, but its more like aroow-roow-roow (sounds more
>like she's saying "oww". Sometimes she says it and it looks like her tongue
>is getting hung up on her teeth. ;-) Occasionally it comes out as rwf,
>accompanied by a sneeze.
My Lhasa-mutt makes the funniest orangatang (sp) noises when she is playing! It
comes out kinda like haruuuh, high in tone. She has an underbite and looks like her
nose is squashed, so maybe it has to do with that! Anyone?
Deborah Sharpe-Logue
>>>>
>>>>> What other kinds of dogs say "roo roo?"
>>>>Malamutes certainly do...groan, especially when they're horny and in heat...
>>>>My neighbor's Samoyed says "roo-roo". He also says "owrrrr?" And "a-roo".
One of my Old English Sheepdogs, Panda, says "roo roo", I call her my little
roo roo dog. She's the only one that has. Her sister says "woo woo" and
"muff" and speaks in tongues. Panda also barks, but if she's startled it's "
roo roo"