Good grief! I'm going to have to eat my words here. Westies do howl! They have to be coaxed with glissandos and it took awhile between wreckless leaps, slurpy dog kisses and laughter, but young MacDuff finally proved his worth, threw back his head and sang with my daughter this evening. He's a little tentative and not very loud, but I do believe there may be some soul there after all.