Hey, sympathy is good too.

I did speak to the behaviorist a little while ago. He said Lefty is howling because he misses *me*, not because he wants just any company at all (I'd brought up getting another dog). He suggested I start leaving Lefty with a couple of stuffed Kongs instead of giving him his breakfast in his dish, not to make a fuss coming or leaving, and to get the booklet "I'll Be Home Soon" by Patricia B. McConnell.

Maybe howling isn't the big deal I was making it out to be. I'd just never heard him do it before and he sounds so pitiful and forlorn!

Micki76, I really like that treat-dropping trick. I'm going to have to try it, though I'll have to be sneaky, because Lefty is a bit of a shadow dog!