My 6 year old male dachshund whines loudly when I (or anyone else) make a howling sound. We adopted him about 6 months ago and just discovered this. He is generally very quiet. Why does he do this? What does it mean?
It's difficult to tell if he dislikes it. Sometimes he seems scared, other times he will run up to me and put his paws on me wagging his tail.

Could be that it reminds him of the pound, all the other dogs there were much bigger and louder. He seemed extremely timid and unhappy.