Why do my dogs always howl every midnight?

Hello edev and welcome to myLot! Usually dogs howl as a response to a noise that they hear. We could not hear the same sound and then we think they howl for nothing. If your dogs howl almost every midnight, it means that something happens every night, at midnight. There could be a far away alarm or a sirene they hear or even another far away dog who howls for boredom and your dogs respond to him. If you and your neighbors become upset by the howling, you should try to bring the dogs inside for the night. You can exercise them more in the evening, so that they will be too tired to howl and they will be happy to have a nice night rest (you know the saying "a tired dog is a happy dog"). You can also feed them the main meal late in the evening (if they are adult dogs, you can give them all the food for a day in one single meal, late in the evening). Dogs with full stomach tend to be more sleepy, and maybe they will no longer feel like howling.

My mum said chinese believe that dogs howl because they saw a ghost. They are too scared sometimes they cry too. So when you hear dogs howl next time, be careful!

Hi edev, i think its because they are hearing some sounds may be you may not notice them, or as you disturbed in your sleep, you might be least bothered about any small sounds or kind of or even are your dogs male and female, if so might to attract other dogs they even howl like that.

Being bored can be a reason for dogs to howl.My dog used to howl when i leave him alone outside the house.He doesn't howl when he is inside the house with us.The other reason why they howl is when they hear other dog/s howl and they join the chorus.Some dogs may howl when they are in heat,may be to get the attention of other dog. My dog also gets mad when he sees sellers going through our way but he has never howled but barks at them.

howling? you don't mean barking, but howling? isn't it a rare thing for dogs to howl? people say that dogs can predict if something bad happens and that is when they howl. also, if they see ghosts lol i don't have a clue about why else they would do that every night?

You should start watching them before midnight(before they start howling) and see what are they looking at before they howl. When you see that, you'll probably know what's the problem, if you don't, call the dog whisperer XD

Dogs perceive sounds that we can not hear. sounds can be produced by a siren or other dogs. Because it is possible that the howl. you can not do much. best bet is to hope that it works to stop the noise source.