My suggestions are simple. 1.) Say NO ( you can use any cue word you have chosen we would probably cue with' Enough') When you give into demands you are just setting yourself up for repeat behavior. Giving in to barking, encourages more barking and so on.
2.) Put a squirt water bottle in the cabinet, on the counter and keep one close by until you resolve the demand issue. Give the cue word "Enough" if she stops praise, if not one quick blast from the spray bottle with the same firm cue word.
3.) You can block the room off with a gate, but I think this really does not solve but accommodates the unwanted behavior. And most Yorkies are too smart they will bark or whine at the gate. The idea is to change the Yorkies unwanted behavior not keep them away from the cabinet. Check out the Yorkie Talk sticky under training titled Enough Barking. It teaches how to modify and change demanding behavior.
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