My Gordon makes me laugh so much, she is just a pup, and howls when I play the violin!  Must be saying something about my standard of playing (which OK, is not brilliant I admit).  She points her nose at the roof and shouts at the top of her voice.  Does anybody elses dog do nutty things like this? 
Susie

well my danes have emailed (dane adoption) due to cruelty to the ears from my daughters new karaoke machine
Howled? they could have won a competition if they hear Madness's "Our house" one more time

my friend's cocker spaniel howls every time the ice cream van comes down the road.....which is almost every day of the year! He's soooo funny to watch!!

I used to have a Munsterlander that howled every time the fire engines went out. As we lived across the road from the fire station that was often

My boxer pup howls and 'woo-woos' me everytime I get out my stainless steel mixing bowl and beaters as these are the items I use to make my super creamy mashed potato - he loves mashed potato and he seems to think that if he sits there howling and woo wooing I'll give him some ..... well ok it works :D

:d  we used to ave a Rough Colloe who howled at the ice cream van too (Sorry babout any typing errors today, one funger down due to a dog taking my finger instead ofa ball)!

My cocker spaniel used to sit at the top of the stairs howling away like a one-dog Opera! It was so hilarious to watch that we never stopped him!

Nips doesn't howl but I did have to cover the turkey that was sitting, minding its own business on the kitchen table, with foil on Christmas night because he kept giving it such a talking to all the while it was up there, nekkid and taking liberties with his table.

Well, I don't quite know how to put this...but the Yorkies sorta SCREAM when I sing!!! Now I aint that bad...last March I sang in the Albert Hall with Cliff and Michael Ball, at a concert for the Caron Keating cancer charity...and I STAY on key!!! LOL That's my story and I'm sticking to it!! Thank goodness we don't have any neighbours!! LOL

The Newfies just go and hide!!

I used to embarrass my kids by bursting into song in the Town!!! I did it to wind them up and it worked!! Now you know how to get them back huh??? :D :D :D

Love Dawn XX

my cocker spaniel howls when we play and she gets over excited,i howl first and she joins in and we get louder and louder.its a wonderful duet,x factor here we come!

I have an array of musical instrument all of which my munsterlander reacts differently to. Piano - she is non-vocal with but will lie across the pedals to stop you from playing. Alto sax - she used to be scared of and run away and bark at a distance now she goes to sleep in her bed. Harmonica, kazoo, panpipes and all types of recorder - she will get very vocal and will actually jump up and try and bite them off you - perhaps she wants to have a go...nahh

Sue

Gabi shakes her head and cries to go out and sit in the yard every time I play the piano. She will not come in untill I've finished. My playing is not that bad honest. We also had a GSD years ago who used to howl every time the ice cream man was in the road. Mind you there was a good reason for this. When she was a pup the kids would always run up to us asking for ice creams and of course she would always get the last of the cone off my 4 youngsters. Years went bye and kids flew the nest but she was still waiting for her ice cream.

Hi Susie

I know just how you feel. I have two Gordons, Maddie who is 3 and Elle is is 9 months. Gordons are a very vocal breed and my two have enough vocals for our house and then some :D Maddie my oldest girl does the Gordon woo woo woo at every given opportunity. Elle the youngest is really starting to get the hang of it now and when she is really excited she does it too. I do feel sorry for my neighbours sometimes :D  It's lovely to hear from a fellow Gordon owner. What age is your Girl and what is she called?

Hi - I've got two gordons as well as an Irish and English.  I too can vouch that they are a very vocal breed - hardly get a peep from the English or Irish but the two gordons they make up for it for sure.  And the gordon woo woo - Max has this down to a tee - Hamish still learning but getting there!

They definitely chat to me when they think I'm not giving them enough attention or is all a bit too exciting!!

Max is 20 m, Hamish is 5m.  My English boy Charlie is 11 months and Sacha (my Irish) is nearly 11 years.

Rachel

Hi Rachel

I have two Irish Girls as well and I also find that they are much quieter. However when my oldest girl feels that she isn't getting enough attention she does a sort of woo woo thing lol. My youngest Irish loves the sound of her own voice when we are out for walks and barks continuously from the moment she gets off the lead until she gets put back on. I have tried everything to stop it and we are slowly getting there. I just love the Setter personality, and tell people it helps to be crazy especially if you own Gordons. Maddie is almost 3, Elle is 9 months. Keevy my oldest Irish is 4.5 and Brianna her daughter is 2.

Hi Everybody (especially Alli and Rachel)
Great to hear that most people have mad dogs, makes life much more fun, doesn't it.  Hey, it's great to speak to other Setter owners.  We had people visiting over Christmas who requested a tune on the violin - they hadn't bargained for the Gordon accompaniment.  They just fell about laughing!  Alli, my gordon is has just turned 10 months old and she is called Rowan - we live in Aberdeenshire.  I have a feeling I spoke to you on the phone in the spring time when we were looking for advice on buying a GS pup.  Anyway, she is just brilliant and is a very much a family member - in fact, I think she thinks she's human!  Are all Gordons vocal then?  Rowan is always muttering away to herself, she growls like mad when she is really pleased about something which is a bit daunting to visitors who don't know her, but when they see the huge waggy tail they kind of understand that the growling is friendly, actually it's more of a gurgling in her throat than a growl.  Anyway, I must not keep on, I could talk about Gordons and Setters in general till the cows come home.
Thanks to everybody who replied - it was enlightning!  Speak to you soon Alli and Rachel.
Susie

My Mums dog used to howl at the music to the 6 o'clock news.

Yesterday we started calling Sox 'Rodney' for a laugh (we had clearly Overdosed on OFAH over the festive season!) but he obviously didnt take too kindly to it. Every time we even took an intake of breath to begin saying it he started howling.

HA HA!!  You should start busking maybe!!  Gordons are most definitely vocal!  I have to say they Gordns are now my favorite but I love all Setters as they are such great fun and I love their temperament.  Charlie the English is the cheekiest and he is the one who gets a toy when we come home and wiggles his bottom whilst grumbling a hello with toy in mouth!

But the gordons jump all over me and woo woo.  Sacha (my Irish) is far to regal but will await it to be a bit quieter before coming to say hello.

Alli - your Irish that loves to bark on the whole walk - my girl has done this from a young age and still does - she jumps out the back of the car and starts instantly!!  and will not stop - occassionally if I give her a treat it keeps her quiet for a few steps then off she goes again!!!  thought it was just a Sacha thing but maybe something in the Irish!!

10m is a lovely age - but also can be a naughty age they find their feet totally and become braver to be inquisitive on walks.

Susie I know what you mean about talking for ever about Gordons and setters - with you on that one!

Take care and keep having fun!!

Rachel
10 months is definately a tricky age, you're right about the walks, I've put Rowan on a long lead at the moment and only let her off when we are in a safe, enclosed place.  Hopefully we can get over this recall hitch as I'm looking forward to some really long off-lead walks once she's fully grown.  I think all setters are beautiful and characterful - all the irish ones I know have huge personalities, some regal like you say, some extremely full of themselves!  I grew up with Irish setters, so it's a blast from the past having a Gordon now - loving it though!

Our Gordon used to do exactly the same thing when someone played the mouth organ or when the theme for antiques roadshow came on.  If he was outside in the garden, he would run into the house to where the sound was, stand there and do that strange howling noise that gordons do - some dogs sing, but gordons seem to do a cross between a moo and a sing!