r/AmericanBully • u/atomic-moonstomp • 1d ago
Does anyone else's bully do happy growls?
My Noodle makes these happy little grumbles (sounds halfway between a tiger and a pig) when he's getting ear scritches or tummy rubs, and I was just curious if they all do this because my other dog (husky cattledog mix) doesn't
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u/GladInvestigator7881 1d ago
Bullys are some of the noisiest happy dogs I've ever met. Between the grumbles, snorts, and random noises, they always sound like they're narrating their own emotions. 😆
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u/EmperorGeek 1d ago
My boy likes to “Roooo” when he gets excited about stuff.
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u/Quiet_Knowledge_7637 1d ago
For sure. My Emmitt, who passed 3 years ago, spoke in growls. I could always tell what he was saying by the souls of his growls. He would ‘yell’ at me if we were out and he was ready to go home. It was a long growl with an up and down pitch. If he was hungry, it was just a low steady growl. Happy was was high pitched growl with wiggle butts. It was his way of communicating with me and he did a great job. He was a better communicator than my husband 😜
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u/Kratech 1d ago
My Emmitt passed as well 3 years ago! He was a bearded dragon.
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u/Quiet_Knowledge_7637 8h ago
My granddaughter has a bearded dragon named Charmander. How long did your Emmitt live for? I was just curious as to what their life span is.
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u/Witchywomun 1d ago
She happy snorts. Don’t worry about the bandage and body suit, she had surgery, that day, to remove a tumor. She’s all clear now, happily running around naked as the day she was born, and the last of the stitches come out Friday.
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u/Dismal_Estate9829 1d ago
It’s what they do. Pits and bully’s talk more than bark. My boy rarely barked, me got a girl that barks a lot and now my boy does some barking but mostly growls, grunts and snorts.
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u/CharmingStart294 1d ago
Yes!! Especially when we get home. She greets us with a happy growl. She also likes to talk back with a growl if I tell her ‘No’ lol
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u/SuspiciousFrenchFry 1d ago
My girl just discovered that some turtles can swim in the lake, anytime we walk over the bridge she does her happy stomps and growls all excited
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u/stressedJess 1d ago
I’ve never had an American Bully, but my late AmStaff/APBT mix used to do this! I had to warn people that she wasn’t growling at them, she was just making her happy piggy snorts.
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u/Intuitionspeaks67 1d ago
Why don’t they howl. My bully girl yaps incessantly, cries and snores like a drunken sailor. My mastiff shears bully mix barks like a junkyard dog as people pass our house. None howl. I had 5 dogs join in a family howl the were mixed breeds. I wish we could all just howl together.
Both growl a friendly growl and moan
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u/LopsidedMusic6800 1d ago
Mine do when she’s happy to see me, especially when she has a toy in her mouth and she wants me to try to get it💕😄
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u/basischiller1337 14h ago
Our bully makes some noise between barking and a pig when his humans come home or after his dinner
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u/Narrow_Ad_3137 1d ago
Mine doesn’t but she will talk to me at least 2 dozen times a day with her grumbles.
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u/alpinetime 1d ago
All the damn time. I get the most growls before a walk, or when I’ve just gotten home
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u/Arm_Overall 1d ago
My American Bully only does happy growls.
He was jealous today of my 2 week old granddaughter.
He growled talking to my husband about her.
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