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[quote=Anonymous]Greyhounds do make a lot of different vocalizations. The longer we have ours, the more different sounds he makes. PP is right, pay attention to your dog’s body language. After we’d had ours for 7 months or so, he started making a low very threatening sound when he’d lay on the sofa next to me in the evenings, especially if I was giving him an ear scratch. His body language was completely relaxed, he looked drowsy, and wasn’t even looking at me, so I think it was sort of a purr-growl of contentment — but it is a very disconcerting sound.

If your dog doesn’t seem aggressive or threatening, he may just be complaining. Our greyhound doesn’t bark at people or other dogs or even at the sound of the doorbell, but he has two different barks: a high pitched one when he’s complaining (“I don’t want to be in my crate” or “Don’t leave me home alone!”) and a really deep, threatening one (used when he’s scared by fireworks or all the neighbors’ dogs are barking at some unknown threat). With one bark he sounds very small and with the other, he sounds like a German Shepherd. Three weeks isn’t very long to get to know your dog. Also, he hasn’t gotten super comfortable yet. You’ll see new behaviors as you both get more comfortable with each other.

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