Keep Your Growl to Yourself – Conversations with the Pack

Posted on by H.J. Hill

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Grrrrr!

Me: No. No. No. What’s going on?

Sweetie: Can’t I growl if I feel like it?

Me: Not without a reason. A growl is a tough noise you share with the world. Why are you growling? Doodlebug isn’t.

Doodlebug: Nope. I’m a pleasant fellow.

Sweetie: Lady Human, don’t you ever feel growly?

Me: Sure. But once you let a growl loose, you can’t take it back. So first, you have to ask yourself, “Why am I throwing a growl around?”

MoonCat: Cats don’t growl like bulldogs, but a hiss can go a long way.

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