Dog howls when baby cries

[birdie.lee]

Our first baby, a 4lb maltese, howls every time our baby cries.  The pup is 10 years old and has been partially deaf since birth.  Certain pitches have always bothered him and caused him distress and unfortunately our baby's cry is one of them.  Nothing seems to help other than banish the pup to the other room, and I feel terrible about it.  It's been 4 weeks so he is obviously not getting used to it.

Please help!

[tinuviel_k]

I wish I could help! My dog howls at fire truck sirens, recordings of pipe organ music, when I play my alto recorder, at the tea kettle whistle, and when our phone plays the Russian dance theme from the Nutcracker Suite. it can get pretty annoying.

[birdie.lee]

We decided to treat our pup with kindness, acknowledging that he is trying to alert us about the baby and so he won't freak out so much.

tinuviel_k, sorry your pup has the same problem.  It's cute and funny at first but then the howling is just annoying. 

[juniper1]

If you dog is howling in response to the baby it isn't because the sounds is hurting him or bothering him. Howling is an instinctual response in dogs derived from wild wolves calling to each other across vast distances.

The baby's cries must be at a pitch the dog can hear and they are triggering this response. Your dog is simple communicating with the baby, that's all.

[dovemama]

Ours does too. You are far more sympathetic then me. It drives me bonkers! My kiddo is 18mths and my 7 year old Chi still whines and yelps whenever the baby does!