When you are dealing with something that an animal is afraid of, the best approach is to find his "comfort" distance from the thing that scares him. A busy street makes this a bit more difficult, as you have to find a way to give him that "distance". If you have a car, maybe transporting him to a less busy area might make a good start. Perhaps a side street, where he is comfortably away from busy traffic. You could then walk toward the busy street, pausing as soon as you see some sign of anxiety, and retracing your steps just little until he is in his "comfort zone" again. Gradually…...with the use of bribery and rewards......ask him to approach closer to the scary stuff. Liberally reward him for being there, then retreat. The idea is to not force, let him decide when he is ready. If he feels he can retreat at any time, he will have more confidence. This approach may take awhile, but is less likely to create a permanent aversion. (it works well with spooky horses).
What noises does yours make?
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Kaycee does the occasional howl that only lasts for about five seconds,but thats only when i take the kids to school and even then it's only once in a blue moon. She does cry out when her dad is playing a tad too rough. Wow, i must have the quietest B out there.
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EL D is pretty quiet. He does the Ah-roo when he yawns and he has a weird awww/baroo/yap/yike when the phone rings. Never gotten a full blown barooooooo out of him.
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Tasmanian Devil. That's the only sound Jazzy makes, but it's never been directed at a human, only Gypsy and Keoki.
Keoki occasionally gives a baroo, but not to frequently. There's no particular occasion, but he's usually talking to the kids.
He tries the Tasmanian Devil when he's annoyed at the other dogs or when I drag his fanny out of bed, but sadly, he has the wimpiest growl I've ever heard. I think if other dogs ever heard him, they'd laugh. Poor guy. -
Our girl's very quiet too, except for her yawning creaks in the morning and the occasional barroo if we've been away from home too long.
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Mornings, several harumph yawns, followed of course by a good shake.
Company, huge baroos, especially for girls!!
When he doesn't want to do something but will do it anyway - a very directed yawning haaarrrumphhh
cage - if I don't get him out in time, or I am outside mowing or any other time he knows I am there - a screaming dying 2 year old child sound that would make anyone think he was being tortured in the most awful way.
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Cody is pretty quiet, Shasta does bark…mostly at Cody when he is bothering her or has her chew.
She also barks when folks as me if these are the "barkless" dogs...
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I know it sounds like a baby crying, but it's indeed Nike. Maybe telling Mia he wants the blue bed?!? -
Jack has been starting to make more and more noise, probably because everytime he does, I praise him lavishly and talk to him about it. The other day he thought I was taking too long to take him out while I was talking to my mom on he phone, so he streeeeetched and oooooouuuuaaaaawwwww-ed really loud, and my mom was really startled, she was like "What's wrong with my grand dog- is he okay?"
Yeah, he's fine, he is just voicing his displeasure with his mommy.
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She-Ra has different types of Baroos. When I come in at night from work, I get the enthusiastic one that kind of devolves into something that sounds like Hamburglar from the old McDonald's ads:
"RoooOOOOOOOooooooo-robba-robba-robba!"
If I'm ignoring her when I'm getting changed and she wants attention, I get just a full-on baroo:
"RoooooOOoooOOOOOOOOooOoOOooooooooo"
When my in-laws come to visit, all bets are off. She loves "Grampa-daddy". She hits all kinds of octaves when he comes to visit.
When it's walkie-time and the wife and I are lazy about getting ready, she whines a lot. This also happens if we're eating on the other side of the kiddie gate to the kitchen and not sharing.
Then there's the low growl. Like the threat of a baroo but it never materializes. Usually this happens when I'm petting her after coming in from work…after a full-on baroo.
Then there's those high-pitched noises that come out of the other end that usually mean it's time for me and the wife to clear out of the room for a minute or two.
**All but the Hambugerler noise discribes Jack to a T! BUT he does this new "purr" if you will ONLY when he is sleeping with Aiden!! Oh and a very high pitched Squeek after every yawn! lol
I miss him…He sings when we start to play wrestle with him and throw the rope around...he gets SO excited. When my husband "pounces" at Jack he gets a short burst of energy like he was plesently caught of guard by it and he Barroooo roooo ROOO rooooo's Every time!!!
THATS when I really love me some Jacker!!!! hehee**
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Seren Jane doesn't make too many sounds, only occassionaly when we've picked her up from the groomer does she sound a bit like a baby. Not her favorite thing. Now she does make a low growling sound if you acciently roll on her at night or try to move her over in the bed, real grumpy then.
She does seem to enjoy listening to the sounds of other basenji's that I've found on the Internet.
