She sounds just like Hannah, except Hannah stops barking when I tell her to. Now my maltese Bentley on the other hand is the barker, anytime he hears ANYTHING he wil start yapping. If I say "I hear something"...yap yap yap, he will start that barking. But we are working on that. I feel for you and your family, I know it can get on your nerves. Like you said, I am glad that I have Bentley instead of someone that wouldn't have the patience to deal with his barking...I am afraid that if someone else had him he might be abused....