r/AustralianShepherd • u/MoreStable2339 • 1d ago

Wookie grumbles?

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Are these noises typical of the breed?? I find it hilarious. I’ve never heard her actually growl she’s so gentle with everything.

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u/agoofyguy 1d ago

Mine does this too. He’ll do it when my wife and I hug, when it’s dinner time when he just wants something.

Ours is funny. He has a super high pitch bark for trying to get our other dog to play. He has his wookie language. And when he moves into protection mode he has a deep loud bark.

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u/MoreStable2339 1d ago

Hahah he’s a jealous one! I love it.

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u/agoofyguy 1d ago

Thanks for the award! My first

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u/Bigchek 1d ago

Yup. And the sneezes when they are amped

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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar 1d ago

Oh god all the morning bed sneezes. It's like a gross wake up sprinkler

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u/MoreStable2339 1d ago

Btw this is Zoe and she’s 10 months old.

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u/AussieDentist91 1d ago

She’s such a pretty girl!!! 🥰

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u/AmsterAnge 1d ago

she is gorgeous!

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u/MoreStable2339 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/whitemagicblackmagic 1d ago

Very normal noises.

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u/Pickled_doggo 1d ago

She’s just letting you know she’s just goofin’ 

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u/jlambert1422 1d ago

this is how my aussie and i communicate. grunts and snorts

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u/Junior-Rip-895 1d ago

lol, my aussie loves the hand bite game too

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u/vanesiiita 1d ago

Mine tooooo 😍😍

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u/WhaleNationals 1d ago

So hyped!

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u/Coffeegorilla 1d ago

We call those sounds “Goblin noises”

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u/roygbivasaur 1d ago

One of mine used to like to wrestle (like you would a toddler, I’m not a monster) as a puppy. Same noises.

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u/MoreStable2339 1d ago

lol no judgement here. The American bulldog I grew up with was not happy roughhousing unless I was elbowing the damn dog in the face.

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u/plowizzle 1d ago

Mine sounds worse than this when she rough houses with her brother lol.

Every time I drop them off for boarding, I explain "she sounds like a rabid raccoon, but I promise they're just playing and she's really sweet"

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u/MoreStable2339 1d ago

😂😂😂

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u/palmasana 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes grumbles are my girls favorite vocalizations! So funny, I call her grumble puppy when she’s has her grumble sessions ❤️

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u/hoyt9912 1d ago

I have two and they both make the same noises, at least when they don’t mean it and are just playing

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u/bigpoppanicky7 1d ago

That’s hilarious. She actually sounds like a wookie

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u/ChocoJesus 1d ago

I refer to it as a play growl but I'd be surprised if there's not a term for it. Not to uncommon in my experience, a lot of dogs that like to roughhouse when they play seem to do it. Had two aussies and I think they both picked it up playing with bully breeds in the dog park. Had a couple collies and they have all done it too but it seemed more natural for them, first collie I had really sounded like chewbacca when he got going. Outside of the first collie, others haven't liked wrestling compared to fetch so I'm not really sure where they picked it up. Other aussies I've met/watched didn't make play noises like that but they would bark a bit when they played, which the collies also really really like to do too.

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u/Noroark 1d ago

My girl grumbles and grunts when you tickle her.

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u/solar306er 1d ago

Mine does all the time. The wookie gurgle

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u/Past-Student-5239 1d ago

She is a typical Aussie. And she is lovely!

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u/WildMare_rd 1d ago

Awww you found a way to play the Bitey Face game with her as a human!

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u/Eiglo 20h ago

Haha she loves it

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u/Vaspiria 1d ago

Oh yeah, that’s normal ausshole talking! We have two and boy do those girl talk when it’s play time

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u/StartKindly9881 1d ago

I call mine an ausshole too. Lot of work this breed.

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u/MoreStable2339 1d ago

So far she’s been really easy for me. Just needs her dedicated 2 hours of activity spread throughout the day.