I will never forget my first experience with a Yorkie howler..we were in bed asleep upstairs, and I heard a sound that sounded just like my neighbor's cat. We had an electronic garage door opener and I was so sure we had locked the cat in the garage. I stormed downstairs uttering bleeps and hit the button, raised the door, yelled "SHOO!SHOO!" and put the door back down. Stomped back upstairs, get back into bed and by gawsh, I heard that darned cat again. So, I repeat the previous exercise in futility, sure I had chased the little bugger out, only to hear it for a third time. Okay, I am dense!! Yes, it took 3 times before I decided I would stand at the bottom of the stairs to pinpoint the origin.
Well, Yorkies 1; Mom 0! It was a 3 lb male Yorkie in the Xpen in the kitchen. He has passed the howling trait on to every generation of puppies after him in his line.
I had another male who had a specific bark pattern. That boy passed the pattern around and everyone of my dogs have the same pattern and they are unrelated.. |