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November 6, 2007

Who's the bigger baby?

I'm not sure who's babysitting who here, or what they're so upset about.
But the moral is clear -- sadness, like joy, can be contagious, even across species lines.

Posted by John Woestendiek at 7:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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OK, that was funny. It didn't take the baby human long to realize that the dog's howl was very entertaining, and that she could get the dog to start up again if she'd start crying.

I don't think dogs necessarily howl because they're sad. They like to chime in just to be sociable. I had always thought that sirens "hurt dogs' ears," but I'm told this is not so. They just can't resist joining in on the music. One of the best choral events we ever heard was at this past spring's Beaglefest. Fire engines passed by on a nearby road, and 200 or so Beagles raised their heads and voices in a mighty group AROOOOO that lasted about ten minutes. Impressive!

Posted by: Anne | November 6, 2007 6:22 PM

I seriously just laughed out loud at that! And what was even funnier was watching my dog cock her head back and forth desperately trying to figure out where the poor sad doggie was.

Posted by: Julie | November 6, 2007 7:37 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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