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Originally Posted by Suzetteb523  Well, it is good to know that they can be trained not to bark so much. When my friend said that to me, all I could think about was that dog my neighbor's daughter had when she lived next door for a couple of months. I could not stand that dog (sorry). I don't know what kind of dog it was. A mixture of some sort. But it was small (like a chihuahua mix) and when she would see me she would go nuts. Like she was going to bite my heels. She wouldn't get too close but it was insane. I would hear her barking long after I had opened my door, went inside and closed it behind me. I don't want a dog like that. |
If you read Yorkietalk much, you will understand there are plenty of Yorkies who are just like that. Some people write in and say they have tried everything, but still have such a problem. They usually have not been consistent with their training, and give up. We had a problem with Joey, and our house overlooks a park, and he would bark at other dogs in the park, people riding bikes, ducks, birds, just about anything. I used the penny's in the can method, and kept cans in every room so that I could find one as soon as he started to bark. It took some time, but now I can most of the time raise my finger to my lips in a sh-shing fashion and he'll stop barking. This doesn't work with repairmen or the cable guy, and I'm sure they think he's a yappy little dog. If he were a big dog, I think they'd leave him alone, but they always want to touch him.