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Originally Posted by AngieC  Why would we kill you? Its your opinion and you are intitled to it?!?
Yes both my boys bark when they hear a noise outside, but I blame that on them wanting to know what is going on outside there place. I don't think its because they are just barking... just a thought, I belive that all dogs are protective of their teritory, so they bark when they hear a noise. Cause my sisters dogs bark at every little noise they hear outside and they are labs. Just a thought.  |
I didn't think people would really kill me that was said tongue in cheek, but they don't like anything negative being said about yorkies, but these things are only negative, if you view them that way, in fact, I like the fact that Joey is a barker, and will alert me if something's wrong, if I wake in the night to a noise, and Joey's not barking, I know it's nothing.
I've had lots of different dogs over the years, and I've never had one like Joey, he is different, but that's exactly why he's so perfect for me now. I also baby-sit my one son's Maltese and one son's Shih Tzu, neither one of them barks at things like Joey. His base level for barking is extremely high, and it was a challenge to teach him to learn that he must stop barking, I have taught him to stop after a few barks, but I believe that you should be "prepared" to face this. So it's not that I'm against barking, but Joey would continue on and on, extinction didn't work with him. If you get a non-barker, that's great, but it's good to understand the worst of it.