Earlier this week, my wife was feeling very ill and got up around 2 a.m. and then crashed on the couch in the living room instead of coming back to bed. Our GSP sleeps in the center of the living room on his dog bed. At around 3 a.m. when we were all sound asleep, our GSP lets out a howl. As I'm waking up, he belts out an even louder one that made me say What the ( was that????????. HOLY CRAP!!!!!!! This last howl was so loud and long, that I thought I was in the middle of a wolf pack....and don't forget, I was in a different room. My poor wife was only a few feet away when this all went down and I could hear her frantically tell the dog to wake up. Apparently the dog was having a dream, and belted out some howls rather than the cute little hiccup barks he typically does while dreaming. This was the first time I've ever heard him howl in the 3+ years we've had him. I guess I'll be a little better prepared the next time it happens.
