Dog Howls when i play trombone

ttf_Emisaumell · Post by **ttf_Emisaumell** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:06 pm

He howls like a MF when I play. Even a single note and not too loud. Is he okay? It gets annoying and sounds like im killing him

ttf_robcat2075 · Post by **ttf_robcat2075** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:17 pm

My cat would make distressed noises when I practiced.

I told him the door is open he can leave any time he wants.

He may just be singing along but perhaps you could try putting him in another room while you practice.

ttf_Emisaumell · Post by **ttf_Emisaumell** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:18 pm

Hes outside! I can even be in the kitchen (about 50 feet away and bunch of walls between) and he would still howl

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:30 pm

Never had one howl, but a couple have chased my slide as I play

Maybe he thinks you are another dog and it's time to start a howl fest.

Or maybe you sound like a wounded moose and he thinks there's prey nearby

ttf_Rockymountaintrombone · Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:31 pm

Get used to it. I'm on my 3rd dog (plus family dogs while growing up).

All of my dogs have howled to some degree when I practice. My last one would also howl to recordings, and seemed to know the difference between trombone and other brass instruments. Once, while I was listening to a CD of the Hindemith Brass Sonatas, he sat quietly through all of the sonatas, and ran to the stereo and howled at the top of his lungs as soon as the Trombone Sonata started.

My current dog is a big girl - Pyrenees/Golden cross, and she makes a hell of a racket when I play. She likes warm-ups and Bordogni's well enough, but anything with some articulation or high range gets a big reaction. For your own piece of mind, try to practice as far away from your dog as you can manage within your house. I've never figured out if they are singing along, ears are hurting, or if they are frightened by the sound. No matter what, they are always happy to see you when you put the trombone down!

Good luck!

Jim Scott

ttf_Doug Elliott · Post by **ttf_Doug Elliott** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:48 pm

Quote from: Rockymountaintrombone on Mar 29, 2017, 04:31PMthey are always happy to see you when you put the trombone down!
Jim Scott
Sounds like a variation of an old joke...
I'm sure you know it.

ttf_Pre59 · Post by **ttf_Pre59** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:42 am

My dog doesn't react to any of my playing at all, not even when I'm fiddling about with a Melodica, which being a free-reed instrument is right up there with the accordion for getting dogs going..

ttf_JESimmons · Post by **ttf_JESimmons** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:10 am

My grandfather played hillbilly banjo, and his white German shepherd would sit beside him and yodel. They had a great time. My grandmother, a conservatory trained classical pianist, would have to leave home.

ttf_bonenick · Post by **ttf_bonenick** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:55 am

Quote from: BGuttman on Mar 29, 2017, 04:30PM Or maybe you sound like a wounded moose and he thinks there's prey nearby

OMG. You are killing me

Sure I am glad I don't have any hunting dogs around

ttf_JimArcher · Post by **ttf_JimArcher** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:50 am

Our Boxer howls right along with my wife on her button box (a diatonic accordion) and, she's done the same thing with my trombone(s), the euphonium, and once the violin. Haven't figured out if she likes the "noise" or is just annoyed...

ttf_MikeBMiller · Post by **ttf_MikeBMiller** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:51 pm

My dogs don't mind lying on the floor when I practice, but the cats leave the room pretty quickly. I guess they have better musical taste than the dogs.

ttf_Roebird37 · Post by **ttf_Roebird37** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:26 am

My dog started doing this in the last year even though I've had him for 6 years and he never made a peep before that.

I was initially worried that I was hurting his delicate and sensitive ears - you know, the ones that can hear a food wrapper 3 miles away but don't hear you calling him back in from the field.

However, the door is open, and he will come running from elsewhere in the house to join in, so I can only assume he's enjoying it in his own way.

ttf_bonenick · Post by **ttf_bonenick** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:35 am

Quote from: Roebird37 on Apr 02, 2017, 07:26AMMy dog started doing this in the last year even though I've had him for 6 years and he never made a peep before that.
He finally reached maturity. Hardly a surprise

ttf_oslide · Post by **ttf_oslide** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:44 am

Quote from: Roebird37 on Apr 02, 2017, 07:26AM--- snip ---
However, the door is open, and he will come running from elsewhere in the house to join in, so I can only assume he's enjoying it in his own way.

Does he hold pitch? If yes, there are some musical styles where drones play an essential part. - Don't forget to give him a reward afterwards.

ttf_johnstad · Post by **ttf_johnstad** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:00 am

I had a Siberian Husky that would sit underneath my chair and would start howling when I would play the ride.

It was a fun and became a regular thing for both of us.

ttf_schlitzbeer · Post by **ttf_schlitzbeer** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 10:42 am

I've got a sheprador that hates young children, and Harleys. I make sure she has wet food before I start playing, or I walk her soon afterwords. I'm fortunate that this one hasn't started burying my accessories in the backyard.

ttf_timothy42b · Post by **ttf_timothy42b** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:27 am

Quote from: Doug Elliott on Mar 29, 2017, 05:48PMSounds like a variation of an old joke...
I'm sure you know it.

Bass solo.

ttf_dougm · Post by **ttf_dougm** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:58 am

One of our dogs will not make a sound until I play a high C. They she howls, head straight up in the air looking at the ceiling. She will then keep howling down to an A, and stop howling at high Ab. No idea why.

Doug

ttf_Lou Natunze · Post by **ttf_Lou Natunze** » Wed May 03, 2017 7:09 pm

Quote from: Emisaumell on Mar 29, 2017, 04:06PMHe howls like a MF when I play. Even a single note and not too loud. Is he okay? It gets annoying and sounds like im killing him

Is his behavior at all influenced by your choice of mouthpiece ?

Those "heavy-weight" mouthpieces are suppose to cut down on those annoying
upper-partials.

Would a dog agree with the above statement ?

Can your dog confirm that you have chosen the best Mouthpiece ?

Can your dog confirm that you've found the best Embouchure ?

What's your dog's ( Doug ) Elliot Code ?

"Enquiring Minds want to Know"

ttf_Graham Martin · Post by **ttf_Graham Martin** » Wed May 03, 2017 7:42 pm

Quote from: MikeBMiller on Mar 30, 2017, 12:51PMMy dogs don't mind lying on the floor when I practice, but the cats leave the room pretty quickly. I guess they have better musical taste than the dogs.

My dog always seemed to enjoy my practicing and always went to sleep about halfway through a session. I even think she thought that I could not play unless she was in the room because, if she was elsewhere, she used to come in as soon as she heard me start to play.

Now things are very different as her hearing has got worse with old age (she is now 15!). It now seems to hurt her ears and she leaves the room as soon as she sees me getting ready to play. Or maybe my playing has declined too much for her.

She now leaves the room and retires to the back room of the house until I have finished playing. Shame, because I enjoy her company whatever I am doing.

ttf_EdGrissom · Post by **ttf_EdGrissom** » Thu May 04, 2017 4:19 am

I have a miniature dachshund that will howl along when I play in certain keys. Usually The Eb scale will set him off. I have a warmup routine I go through every day and he will sit patiently while I go through long tones and slurs, but when I start little scale patterns he perks up. As soon as I hit Eb in the cycle he cuts loose. He will sing along for about a minute and then goes away. If I don't play the scale pattern he won't howl. Crazy.

ttf_bonenick · Post by **ttf_bonenick** » Thu May 04, 2017 4:22 am

He is an eefer

I bet he'll love to hear you on alto

ttf_Emisaumell · Post by **ttf_Emisaumell** » Wed May 10, 2017 1:46 pm

Ha! My dog seems to have a disliking to bigger trombones

ttf_Pre59 · Post by **ttf_Pre59** » Wed May 10, 2017 3:13 pm

Quote from: Emisaumell on May 10, 2017, 01:46PMHa! My dog seems to have a disliking to bigger trombones

..because they have a deeper Bach?

ttf_timothy42b · Post by **ttf_timothy42b** » Thu May 11, 2017 7:20 am

Quote from: Pre59 on May 10, 2017, 03:13PM..because they have a deeper Bach?

I Connt help but think yours is the King of responses so far.

ttf_Pre59 · Post by **ttf_Pre59** » Thu May 11, 2017 8:23 am

Quote from: Emisaumell on May 10, 2017, 01:46PMHa! My dog seems to have a disliking to bigger trombones

I hope that we never feel it's Rath then..

ttf_timothy42b · Post by **ttf_timothy42b** » Thu May 11, 2017 10:27 am

Quote from: Pre59 on May 11, 2017, 08:23AMI hope that we never feel it's Rath then..

Here's Holton we haven't triggered something...........Shire as shooting this will go downhill fast.

ttf_Pre59 · Post by **ttf_Pre59** » Thu May 11, 2017 11:55 am

Quote from: timothy42b on May 11, 2017, 10:27AMHere's Holton we haven't triggered something...........Shire as shooting this will go downhill fast.

Yes, like the Rath of Conn.

ttf_bonenick · Post by **ttf_bonenick** » Sat May 13, 2017 4:26 am

Quote from: Emisaumell on May 10, 2017, 01:46PMHa! My dog seems to have a disliking to bigger trombones

Maybe he hears something you don't (low vibrations?)...

ttf_bonenick · Post by **ttf_bonenick** » Sat May 13, 2017 4:26 am

Quote from: Emisaumell on May 10, 2017, 01:46PMHa! My dog seems to have a disliking to bigger trombones

Maybe he hears something you don't (low vibrations?)...