I have discovered that I had not yet experienced all of my dogs full potential---at least as far as howling goes. I had heard him howl before, when he first arrived and my husband went out and he was expressing his separation anxiety. However, that was just an introduction. Last night I made a humongous vegetable lasagna with a white sauce (I like to freeze it). Some of the sauce had boiled over and I knew I had to clean the oven before turning it on again. Naturally, I totally forgot about it. I was roasting some vegies for tomorrow night (I'm up all night and that's when I cook ). I turned on the oven to preheat to 400----when I opened the oven I got blasted with a huge cloud of smoke and the smoke alarm went off----and so did Bear. I must say, his range of howling far surpasses my smoke alarm---truly amazing! Front and back doors are wide open to air the place out and he is calm and my husband and I can't hear a thing.