What Sounds Excite Your Yorkie?
 

Annie is only 3 1/2 months old and already she has a sound that makes her come running! I like to buy those little individual serving ice cream cartons. When she hears me scraping the bottom/sides, she comes a running. She knows she will get to lick the spoon of the last few melted drops of ice cream. I can't let her have too much -- don't want to upset her tummy or spoil her appetite for kibble (although I am not sure you could spoil this girl's appetite!) but a few drips for her to lick from the spoon can't hurt. She sure does love it! She knows her name too. She likes to go sleep on my bed when I am busy and she can't have my lap. There is a ramp in there for the dogs to get up and down. She will be sleeping up on my bed and hear me mention her name on the other side of the house -- and here she comes, flying down that hall, sure a treat must be getting handed out! I just love this little girl! What joy she has brought to our home!

When my Jack Russell hears the pool cleaner come on, she goes half crazy. She loves to go out and stalk that pool cleaner as it moves around the pool. It's tail occasionally flips up out of the water and she tries to catch it. We go through a lot of foam end pieces for that tail! This is one more reason mine can't go out alone.

Rattle a treat bag and all of mine come running. They seem to know the exact sound of those bags too! I can rattle potato chips bags, cookie or cracker bags, nothing. But rattle a treat bag and here they come!

The word OUTSIDE is also an instant excitement! They start jumping, running to the door and making circles. You would think they hadn't been outside all day the way they react. Never fails to excite them.

They know my son's name too. When he is home and I ask "Where's Dustin?" they all start looking for him and then jump all over him when they find him.

Before the hurricane took out all of our trees, we used to get squirrels in the yard. All of the dogs loved to chase those squirrels. They couldn't catch them but they never tired of trying. If we said the word "squirrel" they would all get excited and go half crazy waiting for me to open the door. I sort of miss that but since I found squirrels are a big carrier of fleas, I am glad they are gone.

Are there other specific sounds/words that your dogs know and understand? Do they get excited about any sound in particular?

Hammer loves the sound of his hidden Zhu Zhu pet! hehe, he goes nuts trying to find it!

Well, not much makes my girl bark. Let's see...if she is in the backyard and the to little kids next door come out, she will bark or if some is out for a walk in road, then she'll go nuts barking. Otherwise, she doesn't even bark if the doorbell rings, she will just run to the door and turn in circles for "hold" and I pick her up.

She does the yorkie dance when daddy comes in from the garage after work and when her big sissy comes (my daughter). She is a really calm girl...her excitement is shown by doing the spin, spin, spins.

Sometimes, I try to get her to bark and she looks at me like, oh please...you talk enough for the both of us. LOL.

Too cute:) We can't do anything in the kitchen without our gang running in to investigate - LOL! The sound of the front door opening is another kicker - they are sure it must be time to go for a walk around the neighborhood:)

Sirens. The first time Kacee and her sister were taken outside, four sirens came by their home. What luck! She used to be scared and HOWL! Now, she just howls, which I suppose indicates she may be scared. I just tell her it's all right.

The word: WALK She goes nuts. If she hears me say it, her little head flips around and she'll look me straight in my eyes.:D

Mine know the sound of the cookie jar opening. They drop what ever they are doing and come running.

Things that will get my bunch going:

The questions "Who's there?" and "Where's the squirrel?"

The sound of a treat bag and squeek of a toy brings them running.

The most amazing thing is the bark all the dogs have for back up. They all recognize that bark in each other and when it means there is something good outside to bark at. One dog could be outside and when the call goes out, all the dogs go running.

Well , this may sound crazy, but Phoebe goes nuts when she hears a honey bun wrapper!!! I have opened up several snacks in the same kind of paper , but she knows the difference.

Outside is a big one here..they all run to the door, bark like crazy and turn in circle until the door opens. Treats, is another that will cause a stampede to the kitchen. In the evening, I can say, "lets lay down" and they all run and jump on the couch and wait for me to snuggle. As far as barking..wew, we are working on this...we moved into an apartment over our office 3 years ago and own a Self Storage facility...so, we have alot of traffic. They lay in the window that overlooks the main gate. They will bark everytime a new customer comes in..funny, they know the customers vehicles that have been here awhile;)

the treat bag or my parents, or the front door. LOL.

Wyatt goes nuts when there is a dog on TV or when the M&M commercial comes on when they are running on the checkout counter away from being put in the grocery bag. He goes totally out of control and gets everyone barking in unison.

I forgot about the doorbell! Even realistic doorbells on TV. They will not leave me alone, until I go open the front door and show them no one is there. :)

My yorkie is a cheese fiend. She doesn't care when I get bread, butter, bagels, whatever out of the fridge, but if she hears the bag of cheese she bolts to the kitchen. :)

Noises that drive her nuts... cats meowing, plastic bags being crinkled, and me woofing at her. :)

Motorcycles get mine wound up. There is a greenbelt behind us, motorcycles aren't supposed to be back there but when they are my two will take the stairs two at a time. The pool cleaner makes a sucking sound when it comes out of the water, you would think they would kill it if they could get it. We go through a lot of the black things that go on the tail.

Sounds Levi loves: his name, the sounds of his ID tags jingling (meaning I have his collar and harness in my hands and we are going somewhere), the words "park," "go," "outside," and "treat."

Sounds Levi hates: the doorbell makes him go nuts every time...even when the doorbell sound is just on TV! :eek: