i really appreciate your research. i hadn't encountered the game technique and we may have to try that. while we're on a very tight budget, i think we'll have to invest in behavior modification but i'll continue to research it.
i posted on here wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue they had been able to overcome.
i'm so sorry that your yorkie is scared of strange noises. it's awful to watch them panic and not know what to do! i feel like i'm a bad mother