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    In this article, we will answer you why do dogs howl at night and three major reasons for it.

Dogs howling at night brings shake in your spine. 

It is because of your memory which has collected negative or bad information about a dog howling or crying at night. 

Movies, friction stories or by the spread of mouth. we have seen or heard a lot of bad things happen when dog howl or cry.

In India people believe that dog knows before a person dies, so they howl or cry at night.

Similarly, different countries have different belief systems.

They are misconceptions about a dog howling, but today we will break it for you.

Let’s dive in

 Why do dogs howl at night (cry)

 

As dogs evolved from wolves they inherit few traits from them.

Howling is used as communication between the dogs, which are far from it.

Sound reception in humans is lower than dogs, we may not hear other dog howling with human ears but dogs can.

Dogs howl to communicate or to find their way home.

They are a few more reasons behind howling.

As all, we know dogs cannot talk, the only way to express their feelings and emotions through sounds. 

• To Protect its Area

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Dogs set their boundaries and live in their area. I think you might often see dog pissing in a few areas it is like marking their boundary 

When other dogs enter into its territory it howls to warn other dogs and alarm its pack.

• When a dog is injured

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When a dog is injured or painful they howl because they cannot tolerate the pain.

In this case check your dog properly search for injuries, if you don’t find any injuries and continuous to howl it might be suffering from internal pains.

Take the dog to the nearest vet, so that he can prescribe some medication to it.

Loneliness

 When you separate the dog from the pack and bring it home, it feels lonely and may howl in the night.

Leaving your pet a long time alone makes it feel depressed.

These are the reasons beyond dog howling. They don’t howl because of any supernatural things. Next time when dogs howl or cry in the night don’t feel afraid.

They are communicating in their own way. Stopover thing because no one has proved that dogs can see ghosts or some other things. 

Now you know why do dogs howl at night. So don’t get worried when dogs at night.