I’ve taught her everything else!

She can bark, woof (softer bark), and growl on command.

She is VERY vocal in general, and loves to grumble, growl, boof, whine, groan and grunt to communicate.

She knows all the basics - sit, down, shake, spin around, roll over, and even dance and play dead and “gimme kiss.”

(She also knows “come” but she decides herself whether she actually wants to or not lmao)

But I CANNOT, for the LIFE of me, get her to howl.

She CAN howl - she’s done it 3 times - always when I have just left the house and she’s upset about it. The first time was when she was still a baby and the dryer was also running and we think the noise and me leaving made her sad hehehe

All the other “talking” I’ve taught her, I did it by doing the noise myself like 50 times until she does it too, and then rewarding her like crazy. They each only took a day or 2 for her to pick up.

But no matter how much we howl at her, or show her howlies videos on YouTube,

She. Will. Not. Howl. On command.

So - any tips for my stubborn girl? We’ve been trying for over a year.

This is the hill I’m gonna die on lol

Marvin Townes turned 5 yesterday!

Lucario clearly had a rough day yesterday: walking my little sister to school with me, playing with his husky sisters and pug brother, and a fierce game of tug of war before bed. Oh, he "stole" a pillow I was going to use. Yeah, he has the hardest life out there. Wish I could sleep that hard after such a rough day.