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I'm amazed at the range of vocalizations from huskies

eyelidlessness 4y ago
My chihuahua-pit mix has such a range I often describe it as “singing the songs of her people”. Anyway, what qualifies as speech is very subjective and generally anthropomorphic. I understand what my pup is saying almost all of the time, which wouldn’t qualify it as talking by most standards but it’s plain as day to me.
- Swizec 4y ago
  Ya, humans are really good at pattern recognition. I can understand what my parrot (who can’t speak) is communicating. But did I learn my parrot’s patterns or is he intending to communicate with me? Hard to say. If he is intending to communicate, did he just learn what works through operant conditioning? Hard to say. If it is just operant conditioning (for both of us) and a pinch of antropomorphizing from me, does that even matter when the end result is that we are successfully communicating? Hard to say. Whatever it is, it works. We can’t have a philosophical discussion, but he can usually get what he needs from me and I can usually understand what he wants and get him to change course of action when needed or get him to perform tricks on command.
- aaronbrethorst 4y ago
  Haha, meanwhile my chihuahua-pit mix only communicates by trembling, booping, performative sneezing, huffing (as opposed to a woof), sometimes grumbling, and yelling at the mailman. Mostly trembles.
  - pxc 4y ago
    My first beloved Chihuahua was similarly very expressive, but almost never barked. Lots of trembling, sneezing, some cute vocalizations while sneezing, growling, grumbling, stamping her feet, pointing with her eyes, but no barking... unless other dogs she affiliated with were barking. I was so amused, I always used to praise her for it. I'd say > That's right, baby! Good job!! That was a good, family bark!!! Chihuahuas are wildly underrated dogs. :)
  - eyelidlessness 4y ago
    My gorl doesn’t get the chihuahua shivers, but she definitely does some big sneezes and huffs. She also does a big performative snorty sigh when she settles into a snuggle. And she has the loudest sing-songy yawns I have ever imagined, sometimes while dismounting the couch with her front paws and letting them slide across the floor before she can bother with even moving her hind paws.
    - aaronbrethorst 4y ago
      Sounds very sweet :) Here’s a picture of my little beast: https://instagram.com/p/CYuvs6rPLZP/ https://instagram.com/p/CYuvs6rPLZP/
  - engineer_22 4y ago
    "Mostly trembles" LOL
  - andirk 4y ago
    Sounds like they got a more pitbull with the singing and the howling, and you got more of the chihuahua with the shaking and huffing.
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  We had a greyhound that was completely silent (besides the odd sigh), her communication was completely nonverbal - pawing at the door at best.
mrfinn 4y ago
Came to say that. I've seen videos of huskies actually talking, in a much lesser capacity than parrots, but talking nonetheless.
- andirk 4y ago
  That video where the husky literally says "Woof!" "Woof!"
  - mrfinn 4y ago
    https://www.tiktok.com/@maxthehussky/video/7150613306527517957 https://www.tiktok.com/@maxthehussky/video/71506133065275179... You are welcome.
    - glandium 4y ago
      Remove the text and the man's voice and I doubt you can actually understand what it says.
      - mrfinn 4y ago
        "Al-va-ro" and specially "Ma-no-lo" are perfectly clear to my ears (I'm spanish).
        glandium 4y ago
        You're biased because you already know what it's supposed to be saying. The brain really likes to make us hear the sound it knows it's supposed to hear.
brundolf 4y ago
Samoyeds are maybe even more amazing, look them up if you haven't

My chihuahua-pit mix has such a range I often describe it as “singing the songs of her people”. Anyway, what qualifies as speech is very subjective and generally anthropomorphic. I understand what my pup is saying almost all of the time, which wouldn’t qualify it as talking by most standards but it’s plain as day to me.

Swizec 4y ago
Ya, humans are really good at pattern recognition. I can understand what my parrot (who can’t speak) is communicating. But did I learn my parrot’s patterns or is he intending to communicate with me? Hard to say. If he is intending to communicate, did he just learn what works through operant conditioning? Hard to say. If it is just operant conditioning (for both of us) and a pinch of antropomorphizing from me, does that even matter when the end result is that we are successfully communicating? Hard to say. Whatever it is, it works. We can’t have a philosophical discussion, but he can usually get what he needs from me and I can usually understand what he wants and get him to change course of action when needed or get him to perform tricks on command.
aaronbrethorst 4y ago
Haha, meanwhile my chihuahua-pit mix only communicates by trembling, booping, performative sneezing, huffing (as opposed to a woof), sometimes grumbling, and yelling at the mailman. Mostly trembles.
- pxc 4y ago
  My first beloved Chihuahua was similarly very expressive, but almost never barked. Lots of trembling, sneezing, some cute vocalizations while sneezing, growling, grumbling, stamping her feet, pointing with her eyes, but no barking... unless other dogs she affiliated with were barking. I was so amused, I always used to praise her for it. I'd say > That's right, baby! Good job!! That was a good, family bark!!! Chihuahuas are wildly underrated dogs. :)
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  My gorl doesn’t get the chihuahua shivers, but she definitely does some big sneezes and huffs. She also does a big performative snorty sigh when she settles into a snuggle. And she has the loudest sing-songy yawns I have ever imagined, sometimes while dismounting the couch with her front paws and letting them slide across the floor before she can bother with even moving her hind paws.
  - aaronbrethorst 4y ago
    Sounds very sweet :) Here’s a picture of my little beast: https://instagram.com/p/CYuvs6rPLZP/ https://instagram.com/p/CYuvs6rPLZP/
- engineer_22 4y ago
  "Mostly trembles" LOL
- andirk 4y ago
  Sounds like they got a more pitbull with the singing and the howling, and you got more of the chihuahua with the shaking and huffing.
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
We had a greyhound that was completely silent (besides the odd sigh), her communication was completely nonverbal - pawing at the door at best.

mrfinn 4y ago

Came to say that. I've seen videos of huskies actually talking, in a much lesser capacity than parrots, but talking nonetheless.

andirk 4y ago
That video where the husky literally says "Woof!" "Woof!"
- mrfinn 4y ago
  https://www.tiktok.com/@maxthehussky/video/7150613306527517957 https://www.tiktok.com/@maxthehussky/video/71506133065275179... You are welcome.
  - glandium 4y ago
    Remove the text and the man's voice and I doubt you can actually understand what it says.
    - mrfinn 4y ago
      "Al-va-ro" and specially "Ma-no-lo" are perfectly clear to my ears (I'm spanish).
      - glandium 4y ago
        You're biased because you already know what it's supposed to be saying. The brain really likes to make us hear the sound it knows it's supposed to hear.

brundolf 4y ago

Samoyeds are maybe even more amazing, look them up if you haven't