Do your yorkies bark at you for things?

[Martin0327]

Ace seems to tell me so much. Almost demanding.....He barks at me to pick him up and put him in the bed, he bark at me when when he wants me to open the door to his room (where is food/water is), he barks at me when I am sitting and he wants to be in my lap so he can sleep, he barks at me when he need to go outside(this one is great). He does alot a barking at me so I have to figure out what he wants but its not usually hard. I dont mind at all. I think its cute. Is this normal or is he spoiled or what?

[tatertot15]

Totally normal. My Bandit does the same thing. I really think it's cute when he's in the kitchen and he stands in the door way and stares at me while i'm watching tv and he'll bark a couple times and when I say what he runs to his food bowl and scratches it to let me know he's out. I let it run out just so I can see that lol. But yeah if my arm is on my lap and in his way he'll bark at me, if he wants me to play with him he'll bark. he does it for most everything lol but I love it.

[KJLive]

Sophie barks for her needs also. Pretty much all the same ones you mentioned. But she did do something new this past weekend. I asked her if she wanted to go for a walk. Which usually she'd dance and twirl and snort and if I didn't get to the door soon enough....a bark or two. However, this particular time she ran over to the door and grabbed her harness! She didn't bring it to me, but she grabbed it, dropped it and snorted and danced about. It was AWESOME!

[chachi]

It is normal. Both of mine bark to communicate things. My Chachi also whimpers when he wants to go somewhere or when he sees his Daddy pull up at home after work. My Jewels can drive me nuts sometimes barking wanting up in my lap.

[Martin0327]

Originally Posted by tatertot15

Totally normal. My Bandit does the same thing. I really think it's cute when he's in the kitchen and he stands in the door way and stares at me while i'm watching tv and he'll bark a couple times and when I say what he runs to his food bowl and scratches it to let me know he's out. I let it run out just so I can see that lol. But yeah if my arm is on my lap and in his way he'll bark at me, if he wants me to play with him he'll bark. he does it for most everything lol but I love it.

OMG...I didnt think about the playing one....last night I was watching TV and I couldnt figure out what he wanted (which is rare), then when we went to bed instead of scratching and making himself comfy, he was being so playful with us. After about 20 mins or so he finally settled down and went to sleep but now im thinking maybe that is why he was barking....cause he wanted to play.

[Jemma]

Well hmmmm, let's see. Jemma does not bark when she has to go out. She will bark when she went poo on her pad. If I don't get up to see it, she brings it to me. Disgusting. I started to give her pineapple 2 days ago. Sometime she will come and doing her growling talk and I have no idea what she wants. I know one thing. Last night she was a pain in my azz because it was past our bedtime and she just wouldn't stop with that growling talk. I was truly loving this game I was playing on my PC and had to stop because of Jemma, grrrrr, that wasn't nice. So we went to bed and she just kept staring at me waiting for her tummy rub, which she didn't get.
This morning, I swear it was spite, she woke me super early and turned over for her belly rub. Like saying here, you forgot to do this and I'm not waiting anymore. She got her belly rub and we then went back to sleep. My life has gone to the dogs.

Carol and Jemma

[Martin0327]

Wel I hope this is a sign that he is happy here and trusts us. He was 11 weeks whe i brought him home. We are going on two months with him (i swear I thought it was almost three) so I hope it means he feels at home now.

[Martin0327]

Originally Posted by Jemma

Well hmmmm, let's see. Jemma does not bark when she has to go out. She will bark when she went poo on her pad. If I don't get up to see it, she brings it to me. Disgusting. I started to give her pineapple 2 days ago. Sometime she will come and doing her growling talk and I have no idea what she wants. I know one thing. Last night she was a pain in my azz because it was past our bedtime and she just wouldn't stop with that growling talk. I was truly loving this game I was playing on my PC and had to stop because of Jemma, grrrrr, that wasn't nice. So we went to bed and she just kept staring at me waiting for her tummy rub, which she didn't get.
This morning, I swear it was spite, she woke me super early and turned over for her belly rub. Like saying here, you forgot to do this and I'm not waiting anymore. She got her belly rub and we then went back to sleep. My life has gone to the dogs. Carol and Jemma

It seems kinda cute too me. Well maybe not the poo part but the lets go to bed and the belly rub...ha hahaha ha

[Martin0327]

Originally Posted by Martin0327

Wel I hope this is a sign that he is happy here and trusts us. He was 11 weeks whe i brought him home. We are going on two months with him (i swear I thought it was almost three) so I hope it means he feels at home now.

Yes i was right....it is going on three months in the beginning of June. I cant count this morning.

[bettyeanne]

That's funny! Our Toto is not a "barker" like some I have seen that bark endlessly. She seems to have her own little internal clock and if, God forbid, her humans get a tad off schedule, she first sits like a little Prarie Dog and stares at us. If that doesn't work, she has the softest little bark that she does and, naturally, sometimes we pretend to not see/hear her, she barks twice. That better get her what she wants or she runs to each of us, jumps up in our lap and stands on our chest and forces us to make eye contact! She also tries to "make" me go to bed at 9PM every single night!! Yes, I usually give her her way and I lie there and watch TV while she snuggles and snores! She is a neverending source of entertainment for us!

[yorkie mad]

Lol yes she does communication too. Its soo cute she will kinda wine at us and stare when shes asking to come up on the setee and a soft growl when she drops her teddy infront of us to throw. the only bark she does is when I havn't noticed she is waiting by the patio doors to go to the garden. Yes it is cute.

[CouversMom]

Couver tells me when he needs to go outside by growling with one bark at the end. Then I ask him "outside?" and he barks two more times to tell me "yes! yes, mommy!"

[bjh]

Boy, do my babies talk to me. Who says dogs can't talk. My Dixie and Shorty will bark to be picked up. If one of the other dogs has a chew that Dixie wants she has a different kind of bark. She will look at me, bark and then look back at the other dog. She wants me to take it away from them so she can have it. I tell her she just has to be patient but she will keep it up until she gets something to chew on too.

When I have a litter of pups I keep them in the spare bedroom. After the pups are a few days old the moms will want to start coming into the living room for short visits. They will bark when they want to come into the living room and they will bark when they want to go back to be with their pups. They have me trained really well.

Bebe is my worse sassy girl at bedtime. They all get a treat around 9:30 at night and Bebe still has not learned to tell time very good, she starts barking at me around 9:00 every night. She has no respect that I might be in the middle of watching a movie or typing on the computer.

Also, Dixie is 12 years old and she has got where she does not like going down the steps to the bed at night so she does a little woof sound when she wants down to get a drink or go pee. In the mornings she does the Dixie dance and barks and barks for her morning banana pieces.

Little Man, age 10, is the only one I have that has never barked. I think I have only heard him bark two or three times his whole life. Instead of barking he does a cute little whimper. When my husband comes home at night all the other dogs will be barking and Little Man will be whimpering. Also at dinner time and treat time he does his little whimpering.

Now, if I could only get my husband to understand what they want when they are barking. My dh loves all our babies but most of the time he totally does not understand what they are wanting. I keep telling him he needs to get 'in tune' with their needs.

[bjh]

Originally Posted by bettyeanne

That's funny! Our Toto is not a "barker" like some I have seen that bark endlessly. She seems to have her own little internal clock and if, God forbid, her humans get a tad off schedule, she first sits like a little Prarie Dog and stares at us. If that doesn't work, she has the softest little bark that she does and, naturally, sometimes we pretend to not see/hear her, she barks twice. That better get her what she wants or she runs to each of us, jumps up in our lap and stands on our chest and forces us to make eye contact! She also tries to "make" me go to bed at 9PM every single night!! Yes, I usually give her her way and I lie there and watch TV while she snuggles and snores! She is a neverending source of entertainment for us!

She sounds like one spoiled little girl. I had to chuckle about the sitting like a Prairie dog because we our Abbie will do that but in our lap when we are watching tv. She will get in our lap and sit up like a prairie dog and just sit there and stare at us. She does it just for attention and it always works.

[Martin0327]

Originally Posted by bjh

Now, if I could only get my husband to understand what they want when they are barking. My dh loves all our babies but most of the time he totally does not understand what they are wanting. I keep telling him he needs to get 'in tune' with their needs.

Totally true for me too!