[LucyGoosey]

My beautiful 3-year-old Yorkie/Silky mix Lucy is generally well-behaved. She’s even a therapy dog for visiting patients in hospitals (Facebook @LucyTheHappinessDog).

My main issue with her lately, especially since we live in an apartment, is her loud, spontaneous bark when she suspects something. It can be any time of day and she’ll wake from a dead sleep, pop up off the ground, and charge the front door barking and howling. It only lasts a minute or so, but it’s still VERY loud and no mount of calling her name or trying to calm her helps. Sometimes it’s preceded by a few seconds of suspicious ‘gruffing’ as I call it. I’m sure you Yorkie owners know what I mean.

So is there a fix other than a bark collar? Is this just their nature and nothing to be done? Curious of others’ thoughts and experiences. Thanks!