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Yip yip aroo.... The New Guinea Singing Dog

This evening I happened on a BBC Radio 4 programme about the New Guinea Singing Dog. They sound fantastic. And it's impossible not to join in - even sober-voiced experts were demonstrating the various calls and howls. It didn't take long before I was howling along. I was hoping Jake would trot through and join in, but he resolutely ignored the call of the wild. Sounds that do get him moving? The fridge door opening ... eggs being cracked ... the sound of the lid coming off the box of gravy bones ...

Anyway, aroo-ing apart, there's lots of interesting info in the programme about Singers and what Singers might reveal about how domestic dogs developed. The programme lasts 30 mins and is available on the BBC's Listen Again facility, I think for a week after initial broadcast (7 January 2008).

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2 Responses to “Yip yip aroo.... The New Guinea Singing Dog”

  1. # Blogger Bentley & Niko

    Mom has to help us download a plugin then we want to sing along! Hah! We also tagged you at our blog to list 7 weird things about yourself, hopefully you haven't done this one already!  

  2. # Blogger Johann The Dog

    They are something aren't they!!!! Woofs, Johann  

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Jake is a black & tan lurcher, adopted from Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home in August 2004. He now lives the life of Riley in a leafy suburb of Edinburgh. His interests include agility, running like the wind, enticing other dogs to chase him, fellow sighthounds Molly & Steve, squirrels, swans, plush swans, swans on telly, Portobello beach, the Edinburgh hills, sofas, & snoozing. 

Jake wears Earth Dog hemp collars from Mango Mutt. His collar tag (compliant with KC agility regs) is from the excellent Indigo Collar Tags.



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