Yorkies are known as yappy dogs; HOWEVER, you can train them very early on to knock it off. I started with Jackson when he was 10 weeks old. He never barked until he experienced being around my parent's dogs who are barking fools and he definitely learned from them. The good thing is, I can keep him under total control 99% of the time even if one of them is barking. When he starts, he lets out 5 or so barks and once I say "Quiet!" or "Jackson, come here!" he's pretty good at coming over to me and listening to me, even while the others are still barking. I owe that ALL to the pennies in a can trick I learned here on YT. Put some coins in an empty soda can and everytime they bark, shake it and use a word like Quiet to make them associate it with. He will still bark if someone comes in the door or the room who is a stranger, which honestly, I don't mind. But I like to be able to tell him to knock it off, this stranger is perfectly acceptable, no need for it. |