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Title: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: rbargholz on May 18, 2011, 07:37:46 am
where did all you growlers/barkers/howlers learn to do so?
trying to replicate an authentic dog bark  (:
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: IceDag on May 18, 2011, 08:07:34 am
I've had 35 dogs over the course of my lifetime, I've always instinctively known how to bark/growl
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Lycusthevampyrum on May 18, 2011, 05:37:13 pm
I can give a few tips, for one, move all of your saliva to the back of your mouth near your throught, and then kindof mutter a 'grrr'
Thats, sortof it... It's kindof hard to explain because it's mostly instint for me, I howl at the moon alot xP
Maybe try listining to YouTube videos of your specific species growls/barks/howls, pay close attention to the pitch/tone and the shape of their mouths, and as usual, PRACTICE often, the more you bark the better you sound!
Hope this helps  ;)
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Stigandr on May 23, 2011, 01:59:16 pm
The only growling I can do is the dethmetal style kind, that just can from messing around and trying to immitate others. Other than that I'll just say the actual word "grr" or whatever sound I happen to want to say.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Alsek on May 24, 2011, 05:41:36 am
I,  "rawr," at people on occasion,  but it's usually a very indifferent or even confused,  "rawr," rather than an actual rawring sound.

I've been meaning to learn to howl for a while.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Fenny the Fox on May 24, 2011, 11:27:47 am
Not sure how I learned to. Imitation? Yeah, mostly imitation.
I don't growl, really. But I do find it fun to bark and howl at dogs.

Though my mom and sister like to bother me about making an almost purring sound sometimes. But, family is weird and find those sorts of things silly and like it. (My dad grumbles and growls when his food is really good...and swears he doesn't.  :o)
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Storm Fox on May 24, 2011, 02:38:44 pm
To growl,
Simply move the back of your tongue, to gently touch the back, or upper back of your throat,
And exhale as if you were going to speak in a deep voice.
The sound should occur naturally while exhaling with no strenuous effort. :)

As far as howling or barking goes, sorry, you’ll just have to practice vocally. (:
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Murkrow on May 25, 2011, 12:04:27 am
I just make random animal noises alot. *shrugs* I also listen to growls & screams of video game & tv characters (like Hunter from L4D & Momo from Avatar:TLA) & try to replicate the noises. Quite fun to do actually. ^^
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: ChristopherLion on May 25, 2011, 01:52:38 am
Sometimes I practice roaring in my car to and from work when im not singing to the radio.  Scared my self with a good loud one the other day.  :D
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: rbargholz on May 26, 2011, 02:58:21 am
i've gotten a prettt good growl going, just no tone, it's flaat
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: andreastar on May 28, 2011, 10:49:27 pm
I used to howl along with my dog as a silly entertaining thing for family. Other than that I've always yipped and puled when stepped on or when I hurt myself.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Ragnorrock_13 on June 08, 2011, 08:30:46 pm
I was never fairly good at glaring, so I naturally learned to imitate sounds. My personal favorite is the, "don't you dare touch my sandwich" growl. I tighten my through and basically cause a vibration through my lungs to my jaws. It's a base and lasts for usually around 2 seconds.

(I also meow at my cats from time to time)

Freak...
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Eddy on June 10, 2011, 08:41:30 am
As you might expect, I'd growl when insulted or frustrated (heavily!). For example, there was a time when I got into a sheer rage over my gramophone not working properly. So much so I ended up growling and snarling (yes, I did sound very much like a wolf doing that!).
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: rbargholz on June 16, 2011, 08:12:38 pm
hahahha, I THINK I'VE MASTERED IT
got really close to openly letting rip at a 'basher at school, *shows space between forefinger and thumb* THIS CLOSE!

The Durpamander~
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: ChristopherLion on June 16, 2011, 09:33:22 pm
Tried praticing today in car. Its funny how even by your self, you can feel silly at times. I hate that so much!

Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Mylo on June 17, 2011, 03:43:15 am
Yeah, I tried growling at home...you're right Chris, it does feel silly even by yourself.
But it's still fun! :D
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: PupLilith17 on June 17, 2011, 11:33:05 am
i learn every sound my pets make
so i know how to
growl bark whine hiss meow purr yip chirp whisle and a bunch others i cant exactly spell
 :D
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Loc on June 21, 2011, 01:34:08 pm
I had a cat for most of my life, so I copied her meows, growls and hisses. Still do them occasionally.
I could never quite copy her chirping meow though.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Ragnorrock_13 on June 22, 2011, 01:14:12 am
(I am not sure if this post is OK here, but it seems like the best place)

I just had my first roar. It was deep throat roar like a combination of a dragon and a hiss from an avatar smurf. I got a phone call right when I had finally finished my house work, and all I wanted was to start blogging. That is when the phone rang. I went over and picked it up and guess what. IT WAS A MACHINE!!!

I got so pissed that I first growled several times to warn it to shut up (as if that would work), then I just lost it and roared into the speaker phone. It was exhilarating. it was fun, but it needs practice.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: PaniktheWolf on August 31, 2011, 10:39:50 pm
There really isn't alot of people who can LEARN to growl. I'm pretty sure it all came naturally. I didn't know I could bark,growl,snarl, and ho til the seventh grade. I for one was a dog lover. So I images my dog one day while my family was messing with our dog Benjii Boy by trying to bark. When I did it everyone stopped and looked at me.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Bane_enaK on September 01, 2011, 06:05:19 pm
There really isn't alot of people who can LEARN to growl

I'm inclined to disagree, at least from my own personal experience. I never knew how to growl until I started listening to wolves growling and other people showing/telling you how to growl. Only recently have I gotten more used to it, but it still needs work. I practice on my stepdad's cat occasionally as a kind of mark of progress, and it serves to scare him now (: Plus I've tried growling at other dogs that have started growling at me, and after a bit of a canine standoff, they yield.

As for howling/barking/etc, I'm not sure if I can help. I'm still trying to correct my howls...And as a naturally shy (read: practically silent) person, barking doesn't work so well because I just have trouble summoning up the vocal strength for it  :( A similar predicament occurs when I try metal growling/screaming.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: wags on September 05, 2011, 08:26:01 pm
I can howl and growl, but not bark. My voice is really soft and girly, even for a girl. Barking doesn't sound right with me. x______x;;
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: EmmaCornell on November 12, 2011, 10:33:08 am
I never "learned" how to bark, meow, howl, or hiss. I just somehow knew how to do it by instinct :)
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: DreamerHusky on November 17, 2011, 04:09:04 pm
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Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Wereaibo on November 19, 2011, 09:16:38 am
I've been growling, snarling, barking and howling for years now.  I practice a lot but I'm not sure how realistic I sound. When I howl sometimes our miniature pinscher joins in.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: MoonlightSerenity on April 13, 2012, 05:54:19 pm
I can whimper and do a deep throaty growl (the growl hurts though :( ) I've been told I've got a good baaah and moo. I sometimes yelp as well. But I've been around animals a lot so I guess I just picked it up from there.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: WhiteStorm on April 14, 2012, 02:11:03 am
I've always growled/snarled when I got really p... uh, angry. To me it's just a natural thing, nothing to do with furry. It was swearing instead that I had to learn... though sometimes I'll still growl, or swear in a growling voice.

Barking on the other hand I did learn as a child. I used to use it to mess with dogs, and I could imitate a few different size ranges of dog at the time. Confused the hell out of them lol. Haven't done it in over half my life now and no idea if I still could. Not sure about howling... there's nowhere here to try it without people thinking I've gone mad (er).
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Wolfcoon on April 14, 2012, 02:04:49 pm
My barks sound like various different canines. (:  I can howl pretty good because when ever I'm happy I stomp my foot and howl to the sky! :D When I'm mad I growl and snarl. it's just instinct. Also when ever I'm mad, like seriously mad, I do that thing bulls do, I release all the air from my nose( Like when cartoon bulls release the steam from their noses when there mad) I whimper really good cause I always do it. :P Oh and I yelp!
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Hashira on April 15, 2012, 08:24:09 am
I can howl pretty well (I think) but I is kitty so I try to meow and it's getting better (:  I've always been able to make sounds and voices, but I wanna purr! How does one purr?
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Wolfcoon on April 15, 2012, 10:01:05 am
I can howl pretty well (I think) but I is kitty so I try to meow and it's getting better (:  I've always been able to make sounds and voices, but I wanna purr! How does one purr?

Well for me( even though I'm a Wolf) I put my tongue on the roof of my mouth and let it vibrate. Then you just kinda make a purring like noise. That's what works for me and it sounds pretty realistic! :D   
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Kael on April 15, 2012, 01:03:18 pm
I can howl pretty well (I think) but I is kitty so I try to meow and it's getting better (:  I've always been able to make sounds and voices, but I wanna purr! How does one purr?

Well for me( even though I'm a Wolf) I put my tongue on the roof of my mouth and let it vibrate. Then you just kinda make a purring like noise. That's what works for me and it sounds pretty realistic! :D   

this

meowing is a forte of mine, and im attempting roars... tends to fail, unless i do dragon roar, cant roar like lion... guess panthers never need to roar...
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: DarkDemon on April 21, 2012, 05:53:00 pm
I can howl really really well! And I can do growls too. But, I'm still working on my barks. I can do amazing kitty moews and that funny churr sound the mommys make when they talk to babies, plus I can chirp like kittens and make my evil cat think I have a kitten. She's not so evil when she is preggers, I don't get it... I can rawr pretty well, I just can't put an name to the animal I'm imitating...
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: momtofurry on June 25, 2012, 12:50:28 am
I actually purr pretty good. Purring is my favorite!  :)
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Hashira on June 25, 2012, 01:11:15 pm
I actually purr pretty good. Purring is my favorite!  :)

How do you purr? I'm still struggling to get it down :P
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Leeseetsa on June 25, 2012, 03:39:55 pm
For some odd reason, I can only purr when I'm laying on my back. :o Might have somethig to do with gravity... I dunno.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Nagi on June 25, 2012, 06:26:41 pm
I can meow quite well, my mom thinks im one of the cats sometimes when i meow(only difference is that im louder). I can growl well to(makes my dog flinch). Still learning to bark and howl, i did a good realistic bark about a week ago out the window got the dogs barking out side :goldthpt:

Id say just watch, listen, and observe the animal and keep practicing
its easy for me cause iv been mimicking them since i could talk, mainly cat stuff though since the dog i grew up with barked and growled very rarely
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: momtofurry on June 25, 2012, 09:19:28 pm
I actually purr pretty good. Purring is my favorite!  :)

How do you purr? I'm still struggling to get it down :P

Well, I think I cheat. I use my tongue.  :P
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: ArticShadow on June 25, 2012, 10:40:49 pm
I kinda mimmeked my bark from other dogs and wolves, but it could use some work. With a growl that could use a little work, but my sharp and suden growl is perfect. :D I kinda lerned how to growl myself. (:
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Flyntz on June 26, 2012, 12:02:09 am
I've been trying to "yip" for a while, but no matter what I do  it usually comes up with a weird quirky noise  :P
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: ArticShadow on June 26, 2012, 11:32:44 am
I've been trying to "yip" for a while, but no matter what I do  it usually comes up with a weird quirky noise  :P

Same here. :P
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Leeseetsa on June 26, 2012, 05:20:24 pm
I have purfected my sleepy "mmrrrrrrrrrrrow"! :D
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: EmmaCornell on June 28, 2012, 03:00:09 pm
I once actually watched a How-To video on howling, just to get an idea of how other people do it. Since then, I've been known for making people go pale from fright after they hear me howl :D According to my friends I've perfected my howl (:
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Blackrose13 on July 15, 2012, 10:20:03 am
In my neighborhood, I have gotten weird looks because I will bark at other peoples dogs. My whole family does animal noises though. I am wolf, but my hiss is pretty good, but I cant howl well, and my bark sounds generic.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: WhiteStorm on July 15, 2012, 11:47:50 pm
I've taken to imitating the cat's meowing sometimes now. I'm not really sure how convincing it is, but the cat often responds (it doesn't meow to speech) so I'm guessing it's at least pidgin-catspeak. Now if only I knew what either of us was trying to communicate...
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Amy on August 26, 2012, 02:10:13 pm
Noticing the "etc" in there, so I'll put some input on meowing.


To meow properly, for me, it's all in the amount of space in your mouth. When you meow, you don't necessarily work with the word "meow", it's like a squeak or "maaarrww" that changes pitch. If anyone ever tries to meow and you can't, make sure you have less space in your mouth and try to get your throat to put out a high squeak; sometimes my own voice cracks, and I have a multitude of character voices and sound effects under my belt, so it's not easy sometimes even for someone more experienced in sound effects!
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Earth Rio on October 26, 2012, 04:27:58 pm
I do a passable growl, yelp, and guinea pig whimper. To growl, it's like closing off your throat and then forcing the growl. I only yelp when I'm shocked, so I'm not entirely sure how I do that. As for the guinea pig whimper, I keep my mouth shut and attempt to squeak at the back of my throat in a high-pitched tone, sometimes changing pitch and length as I do. I also sometimes meow, but now very well.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: charcoal on October 28, 2012, 09:18:31 am
i growl when provoked
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: werecat2012 on October 28, 2012, 12:03:23 pm
Brief summary of something I read on a "how to growl" webpage...

1. Learn to sing before attempting something like a growl.

2. Involve the diaphragm when singing and growling, instead of putting all of the stress on your vocal chords.

3. Practice a few times before attempting a really awesome growl.

4. Drink plenty of warm water.

In my case, I don't have the deep, bassy voice for an impressive, scary sounding growl. So my attempt turns out sounding more like a small to medium feline.

My cat has this high pitched meow that I can imitate perfectly.  He then "talks" back to me. Usually, when he meows, he's wanting some more of his canned food. :)
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Nike Bluepaw on December 04, 2012, 05:12:06 pm
I've tried making yipping noises like a fox, but it sounds kinda silly, so I usually settle for the words "yip" or "grrr".
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Shim on December 05, 2012, 04:22:08 am
I haven't done much in the way of howling, but Ziel and I did some howling at MFF during the midnight howl. We all went outside and howled at the moon (except there wasn't a moon that night x_x) :D
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Jake on December 14, 2012, 09:57:45 pm
I could never growl or bark very well.
I used to be able to yip and whimper though.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Dj sky jr on December 14, 2012, 10:02:53 pm
 i love to growl. i mess with pip all the time. :)
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: HaniaThePariah on December 23, 2012, 12:39:44 am
I can growl, but I can't say, emulate a Jaguar's roar, though I wish I could do so.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Candykisses on December 23, 2012, 08:07:23 pm
I do growl/hiss/bark/snarl. You name it, everytime I playfight with my cousin a yip when I get hurt.. but I always end up winning.
Yeah, I kinda learnt on my own, but barking was because of my dogs.
Yipping was my dogs (so was whining), hissing my cats, Growl and howl was on my own.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: AikaCoonCat on January 24, 2013, 09:48:44 pm
I am a cat, and I meow. very well~
I learned from my cats over the years, can sound like a kitten to a full grown tom cat yowl. lol which is funny seeing I am female :P
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Holly Wolf on May 07, 2013, 06:03:26 pm
I have a tendency to growl when I'm angry, and I love scaring my sister away by barking.


When I'm around my cat or other cats sometimes I'll mew or hiss.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Fledgling on May 07, 2013, 08:13:19 pm
I think I just learned it from imitating other animals. I can bark and howl pretty well, growl, hiss, shriek, snarl, meow and pidgeon-coo very well, and I can sort of do a crow caw, but it doesn't sound very good yet. I want to be better at bird sounds. They're hard because birds have a different vocal tract than mammals.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Keo on May 07, 2013, 08:23:56 pm
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Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Revant on May 07, 2013, 09:09:21 pm
When I was far younger, I'd make a lot of canid noises.
I'd growl/snarl (I actually used to have the nickname growler once...), whine, bark (usually negatively), whimper, murmurr (it's a low sound that might be confused for a short low purr, it's done when content, I call it that because it's the cross between a murr and a murmur), yip/yelp, chirp and I'd sometimes howl (mostly in greeting, but I had urges to do it more, it's like when I felt the need of attention while out I'd feel like doing it more, it's like releasing tension, like a sigh for me).

This behavior came suppressed, one reason for this is bullying and living with my parents who'd think such as weird behavior.
I only make really low sounds now under my breath or when playing with my parents' dog. With my voice changing over time, I have been finding it harder to actually make some of these sounds.

I can make sounds like other animals, such as cats, but it's mostly to just get their attention, like when to say that their dinner's ready.

That... is EXACTLY my story!!! My parents accepted it completely though. I remember the bullies... they barked at me... they didn't even do it correctly...
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Keo on May 07, 2013, 10:27:24 pm
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Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Dunnydude29 on May 07, 2013, 11:00:02 pm
I have to consider myself blessed that I've never been bullied, and that I'm one of the "cool guys" But I wish popularity didn't exist, because then everyone would get accepted, bullying wouldn't happen, and everyone would get along with each other. I've always done some sort of sound, not really animal like, sort of like a nervous tick. But I'm lucky I wasn't made fun of because of that.
Keo, I know what you must have gone through was hard, but don't let being shy and your past stop you from being furry. If others don't accept you just because you make a quiet animal sound, then something is wrong with them.
As we all get older, then people won't stop us from doing what we want; I've already asked for a collar, but my parents think that would be absurd. But I bet that if I ask in a year, they'll say yes. ;)
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Revant on May 08, 2013, 01:11:27 pm
That... is EXACTLY my story!!! My parents accepted it completely though. I remember the bullies... they barked at me... they didn't even do it correctly...

My parents were very busy when I was far far younger, my mom was a child minder so for the most part she probably didn't notice it much as more than playing.
When I moved houses, though, it was a 100 mile or so move, I lost a lot of my friends and became far more quiet and bewildered (my parents took me to a psych test and I was diagnosed with autism/asperges when really I was just shy and getting bullied by the new crowd who weren't familiar with my ways). Eventually the bullying got so bad, I took a trip down a few flights of stairs (that hurt, yes), many other incidents also happened. Eventually I was home-schooled and became a game/internet-loving recluse (and I really dislike being alone). Not too far back, I discovered furrydom and also discovered therians/otherkin. I have visions of past life experiences as non-humans, and I have for a long time - and the behavior I am inclined to is linked to this. I can somewhat demonstrate sounds and non-vocal behavior online and that makes me feel happy, and that by the help of furries/therian/otherkin. I am, however, somewhat too scared to become "vocal" and from human form it does seem a little... odd to me, still, I mean from the outside it seems really quite weird I guess in terms of the social norm.

I'm not sure if I remember the bullies barking at me, they probably did in scorn, my memory is a bit patchy there. I was just, attacked, I would have a group come up to me calling me names and they'd pull me about, not really hurting me, I would whimper, whine and I'd even sometimes big up and growl a bit but they'd just laugh. I'd stick around teachers and some kids, they'd be like, "why are you following me, don't be so close" but I was just trying to find security, and at this point I also developed agoraphobia (which in the last 4 or so years has become severer to the point I can't even go out, especially alone - though, I have always had casadastraphobia, it seems, by now I have it everywhere). I had to stick to a small group of people, I remember being with two other people, who were tbh, slightly weirder/nerdy to the rest (since everyone else found me weird, they seemed more of a fitting group, but even they thought my behavior was weird so most of the time I was just quiet). In class I'd sit at a table and growl at irritations, bite my sleeves and eat my pencils. I also had an affinity to pant fast sometimes after bursts of exercise, only that with underlying asthma lead to some bad experiences. One favorite thing kids would do to me in the classroom was stick in pins in me. I'd sometimes get irritated by them and snarl while trying to fight tooth and claw like but whenever I did (I don't think I ever even caused any damage), I'd get detention - and I always the one getting that, I just want to be left alone and accepted. The abuse was verbal and physical, and everyone looked at me like I was a freak. Thereafter, and after taking a downstairs tumble, especially, I was (as said before) home-schooled, I luckily only had about 4-5 years (until 12 years of age). I'm pretty sure I'd have died by now or something if I went to high school with that same crowd forever attacking me... Though, I felt like I missed out so much of my puphood in this life. Also, I wish I found furries at a younger age, now I want to be a furry artist and I only just started drawing just recently which is my biggest nuisance, and I hope to find people like me as I find I have been more and more - I'm quite interested in live playing even in a RP setting, although I'm really just RPing out my more animal ways when I do, as I'm sure plenty others enjoy doing. I want to even go to cons/meets, may be eventually fursuit even (there isn't anything closer to represent your more animal self in the flesh, right?), but my dilemma is phobias and family, confidence and I don't even feel like I want to associate my human life with furry and that, not that I hate my image (I'd same I'm average with some physical/medical problems) or that but I don't feel like people would expect me or stereotypical furry (silly, I know, furries are very diverse; but also, what if my bullies recognise me and continue to haunt me? And I don't want my family throwing me out or hating/mocking me... I have all kinds of fears there, some may be just irrational, but... idk). I see some fursuiters and furries/therian/otherkin in general who enjoy making non-human sounds, especially, though, often very well. But for now anything verbal or non-verbal in terms of non-humanness is suppressed - and it makes me depressed.

Sorry if this is a long read, I'm just ranting on my bad memories.

Take away the first paragraph, cons, therianthropy, and some other small details and anyone knows me well could think I wrote that. Really. Comparing my story to yours... I don't even know what else I could add to make it look more like mine. I guess it's just a normal thing to feel like that and have those problems in this world we live. People can be evil, very evil sometimes.  I sent you a PM, btw.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Keo on May 08, 2013, 04:17:18 pm
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Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Fledgling on May 08, 2013, 07:20:58 pm
Keo, that sounds exactly like me when I was in school. Especially middle school. I got bullied constantly, but to be honest I was kind of asking for it :P It probably would have been smarter for me to not flaunt my animality so much during those years, but I was way too proud to hide anything like that. Good news is that people stop caring so much by college at the latest.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Dunnydude29 on May 08, 2013, 08:50:07 pm

But has your family mocked you for being therian?  I'm sure they wouldn't; after all, they're your family!

As for being bullied, keep in mind that it's full of good people who are ready to befriend you. And from the looks of it, you seem like a great guy. Being shy is a horrible thing, and I can relate. I'm so shy to the point when someone I actually know talks to me, I respond while looking at my shoes; no eye contact. But I'm lucky that in my school, we all have a close bond, because it's a very small school. So it helped get rid of my shyness a little. But still, when I'm in a new situation, I just lose it.
If for whatever reason you get thrown out, you've got a whole fandom backing you up.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Revant on May 08, 2013, 08:56:28 pm
You should not let anyone's comment on furry sadden you, no one but your creator can decide whats wrong and whats right. Only a furries will understand furries most of the time. Most furries seem to have these weird ideas since the moment they can, you are not alone.

Edit: Learned how to purr, no very realistic but its decent.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Scarlegs on May 15, 2013, 05:47:29 pm
I can only meow and make chirping sounds like a cat  :-[
I copied mine though, so maybe you could copy a dog/wolf?
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: Liamb763 on May 16, 2013, 06:32:43 pm
I've been trying to teach myself how to growl (I think furry lifestyling is interesting, probly gona get into it!), but it sounds like the zombie pigman sound from Minecraft. I think my voice is too high atm, maybe when i'm older.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: rat on May 19, 2014, 01:51:32 am
I'm struggling to learn how to squeak.
Title: Re: learning to growl, bark etc
Post by: The Rockin Hyena on May 31, 2014, 11:54:25 pm
I actually have a gift for animal sounds. I can bay really loud like a hound dog, bellow like a bull and a young calf, bray like a donkey and of course woop, laugh and whine quite loudly like a hyena. Oh, I forgot about the chicken, don't get me started on the chicken.