Dog howl hardly will seem someone the unusual phenomenon, even in the city quite often it is necessary to hear lingering sounds. However if howl lasts long, and in the sky the full moon shines, the sound guards even sceptics.
Dethronement of the mythExperienced dog handlers in every possible way discredit myths about interrelation dog howling also full moons. It is considered that the big night star draws attention of reasonable quadrupeds as well as people, and therefore dogs just express we howl the interest and no more than that.
Any of explanations howling to the moon at dogs – no more than the theory. There are no real proofs in favor of any given argument, perhaps.
The people watching wolves, – direct relatives of dogs – claim that wolves howl use as the means of communication, and therefore quite so it is necessary to explain and dog howl. By the way, wolves only we howl inform on the birth of the new member of pack, change of the leader or his death, howl to the moon it is considered reaction to lighting change and also the notification that it is possible to hunt at its bright light (it is known that in twilight or dense fog the wolf does not come for hunting).
We howl to the moon the dog expresses also grief, this opinion is spoken well by the fact that only homeless dogs and those which endure separation from the owner "are filled in" in a full moon. It is enough to caress a dog, and she will cease to howl.
Popular beliefsHowever, national popular beliefs too from scratch are not born. Observations of animals, their behavior and comparison of it to the events which took place later become signs. So, for example, in the people it is considered that if the dog howls, having lowered a muzzle down, is to the dead man. And if on the contrary - up, then it to the fire. By the way, howl "on the dead man" it is quite explainable in terms of science: at the person before death the body smell changes, and the dog with the unique sense of smell feels it. Natural death means, of course. If the dog is inactive during the day, rides on the ground or, on the contrary, long not movably lies, refuses food, and with nightfall leaves the house and howls, most likely, she prepares for own death. There are such breeds which instinctively try to leave native walls for couple of days before death for this reason clever owners almost never look for the left dogs.
Animals – amazing indicators of change of the environment. For example, before an earthquake the pets begin to behave unusually, trying to report to the owners about the coming trouble.
It is unknown, all these mystical explanations are how truthful, to check them very hard. However, as practice shows, and popular beliefs have the right for existence.