<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings ,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        We had a German Sheperd that did the same thing. We live in the city, and our Shep howls to fire and police sirens. He also howls if a room full of people howl. I dont think it is a reflection on your tuning that the Shep doesnt howl when you tune as opposed to people singing or howling. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>     I really think that because this species of dog is so closely related to the wolf, and wolves are pack animals, that they howl as a result of being with a group of people (to them, its a pack, I guess)  that sing (or howl, as we discovered one time) Sheps are extremely intellegent and loyal. Thats why they are used in search and rescue and police work. (Can you tell its my favorite breed of dog?) They are pack animals by nature.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>JUlia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>REading, PA</DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/2/2006 1:36:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, remoody@midstatesd.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I had never heard a dog sing as much or on cue.  Yet  for her first 3 years she never responded to the sound of a piano or a piano being tuned.  I don’t know what that says about me as a tuner other than I don’t hum or sing when I tune.  The only other thing she howled at was coyotes, but that is another story. </SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>