Morning everyone,
I just want to say thanks in advanced for any info on this. Ok. My youngest daughter was in the hospital for two days preventing me from being home with Finn my 14 month old pup. While I was gone my mother was here with my oldest and Finn. She kept to his schedule with 3 extra potty breaks and a walk I haven't yet found time to add in yet. I am working on it.

It is after 2 am and I am getting worried. He started howling while in his crate at about 11pm last night. He did it twice, I came out and firmly told him No. He was quiet. I went back to bed a to be waken up at 2 am to him doing this low mournful howl. I came back out and told him no again.

The neighbors dog is in heat, same dog I gave mentioned before in past posts, and Finn is all about it not being fixed. My husband and indisnt know if we should considering if my breeder wanted to use him as stud.

Well I wrote him tonight since I found out he plans to breed Finns sister from the same litter, that he is getting fixed. But I don't know what to do about this howling. It's got to stop. My neighbors complain about this I will have to give him up because I rent. He has never done this before.

Any advice?

No advice but I will share that my neutered dog randomly howls at night. When I get up and go look at him, he's laying down just as if he's sleeping but he's howling his dang head off. Very odd

If he is kenneled outside then perhaps crate him indoors - he still might howl but won't be able to annoy the neighbours.

Finn is crated indoors in the kitchen. This gives him a look down the hallway by the human bedrooms so he knows he's not alone. He can see us right away when he wakes up. Notes: at 3'am I shut the patio door. I was reading on a different thread on here the because he is unfixed he is howling because of the female in heat downstairs.

A cold shower?
A ton of exercise away from the place where he can smell the dog in heat, get him exhausted.

 Quote: Betty Landercasp

A cold shower?
A ton of exercise away from the place where he can smell the dog in heat, get him exhausted.

Above will do wonders and has worked well for me even when I had an intact male and cycling female in the house at the same time. Things you could try a sheet over the crate, turn radio on, a fan for background noise, the 'enough' command, chamomile in water, DAP (aromatherapy type) spray, collar, or plug-in. Can't think of anything else but to add to be careful not to create an attention seeking cycle which I have done previously and is not fun.

I had a gal that would howl every night 2am for maybe 1-2 min, then back to sleep. Always attributed it to the water cleaner thing cycling. She has since passed and I still miss that sound.