Lilah will bark when someone arrives home (a guest or a resident) and it can get excessive but for the most part is curbed when I express that I am displeased with her behavior. My oldest daughter makes a big deal out if us coming home and I continually remind her that that encourages an insane dog and she guiltily ceases. Lilah barks at the cats but I don't really want them in the house so as frustrating as that can be- particularly if they sneak in and lurk around in the middle of the night, I know she knows I don't want them in and feels that se is supporting me and fulfilling her duty, which is great. At night she will growl a bit, sometimes bark usually not Too much and I trust that she knows there is something happening, we live rurally. Lately though she is hyper sensitive at night and for good reason! We have had Wiley raccoons theiving our livestock and packs of coyotes howling very nearby. She has seen my guy jump up in the night and run out to protect our stock and she is on high alert. So that said, I feel that lilah barks appropriately for the most part at this point. Oh! And se is getting over a short lives phase of barking at everyone she saw anywher we went, that was annoying and I realized that I need to up our socialization experiences. She went on a business trip with me to an animal supply trade show and that seemed to do the trick
I am concerned though, I would really like to get a second yorkie and I am afraid that lilah will become a serious barker which I feel is offensive to others. As a mother of five young children it is way too easy to let another noise add to the background but I am hyper aware of our public presence and my children are (for the most part) very reserved in town but they feed off of eAchother and if one is having an off at it will effect the whole crew, I worry that a pair of yorkie could become offensive all too easily. Especially if I am away and they are feeding off of eAchother without direct correction which of course is not the primary mode of existence but does happen. Comparisons of multi yorkiefamilies vs single yorkie families? Anyone have a quiet guy until he had a friend or a happy one until his lifelong buddy joined the picture? Please share