With a westie, I would be more concerned with yapping and scrabbling sounds. I am not a huge fan of terriers with their spunky high energy barky ways and all (but I know some people are huge fans and glad for it). My aunt raised scotties and I hated her dogs.
In fact, when I got my first puppy of the herding breed I am in love with - at puppy class the common refrain was "X breed are not like golden retrievers or terriers"