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Welcome to YT. Yorkies are high energy dogs, as puppies they love to run and play wild, they have a lot of energy to burn off. As Jkpal has asked, did you research the yorkie breed before buying him.

I had a pack of 3 (now all passed) and we camped for 20 years with no problems. Yes, yorkies are very verbal one of the reasons I absolutely LOVE the breed, they let you know what they want and when the want it. Yorkies need a lot of attention, yorkies need to be near / with their humans when ever the are home. Barking comes with all dogs, excessive barking can be controlled with training.

Perhaps taking him to obedience school will help you. They train YOU how to train the dog, you may be using the wrong training techniques with this baby.

Yorkies are terriers they have short concentration span, teaching commands should be no more then 5 to 7 minutes sessions, longer then that the dog loses focus, interest, gets bored. So short but frequent training is a must with any terrier breed. Lots of praise and his fav. treat when he gets a command right. Train only ONE command at a time, when he has that command down pat then move on to a new command.

No scolding, no voice raising should be used if he is not getting commands as fast as you may feel he should be. Yorkies are very smart dogs if trained properly.

As for indoor activity during winter months, playing fetch indoors is good, some members use a laser beam that the dog will chase after. Yorkies are very active dogs for a good portion of their lives, depending on the individual dog some will get calmer sooner then others. I have had 4 yorkie females that slowed down at 10 years old. I have a 6 yo boy that I adopted when he was 2 1/2 yo, he is the calmest yorkie I have ever had, even at 2 1/2 yo which to me is still a puppy he was very calm.

Lots of patience, praise and treat rewards is needed. I highly recommend obedience school, they will give you the tools to properly train this lil guy of yours.