Poll: Does your Yorkie bark to get your attention?
 

(Oh, shoot! I screwed up in trying to make a poll! Maybe just reply!)

Eddie barks when he wants to alert me of something. Maybe he wants to go outside. Or he's hungry. Or his water bowl is empty.

Jillie, however, is silent on those occasions. Oh, she's all Yorkie when it comes to barking at the neighbor dog or the mailman. But for some reason she doesn't bark to alert me of anything.

I'm wondering what your dogs do. Are they like Jillie or Eddie?

Alfie ad Lottie both bark if anyone is approaching the house, and also at the postman. But if Lottie wants anything she just comes out and scratches her little paw at you until she gets what she wants it's adorable so she does get her own way , a lot lol. Alfie just comes up and does the stare, unless he wants out then he just scratches bathe door.

Interesting. Sounds like Jillie. She won't vocalize to let me know she wants to go outside, but she will scratch at the door and stare at me. If she wants anything else, she follows me around.

Eddie makes me go to him! He'll bark if he wants to get up on the couch where Jillie will just stand at the base and stare.

My two past girls were 6 years apart, Schnae the older one would whine at treat time, paw at cabinet dog, carry on until she got her treat, Matese would be silent she would let her sister do all the work, she knew she would reap the benefits of Schnae's hard work. Matese never whined for anything, I thought she didn't know how to whine lol. When Schnae passed away Matese was mourning her loss for 7 months, I would give her treats when I remembered which was not every day. Then it began lol, the whining for treats, Matese was relentless till she got what she wanted, It took her 7 months to figure out if she didn't nag, she didn't get lol. They both barked at just usual things. Now Cody on the other hand, barks, whines sounds like a whale or porpoise if he wants to eat, play, treat, go potty, he is extremely vocal, more the any of my passed girls. I start off with do you have to make pee-pee, no, water, no, treat yes, I never know what he wants lol. I LOVE that he lets me know he wants something, just sometimes nerve wracking trying to find what it is that he wants lol. He barks at sounds only he can hear, and noises I can hear, but not is an excessive barker.

They are just all so cute, each has their different little ways to get exactly what they want. Lol

Mine all have their own way of communicating with me, what they want. Up on furniture/my lap, Lexee grunts repeatidly until I notice she wants up. Most of the others will paw at my legs until I lift them up/put them down. Spinning in circles and barking to go outside.....standing in the entry to the kitchen and snorting/grunting/barking signals food wanted. Ty whines to signal someone has been swimming in the water bowl in the kitchen.....I love all the different ways they "talk" to me....!!!

They sure do

He barks and or whines. If his bowl is empty for food or water he does a whine. If he knows he gets to go with me in the car, he barks for me to hurry up

Oh, these answers all make me smile! To hear of the similarities and differences makes me appreciate these silly dogs all the more! Yorkiemom1, to hear of Lexie's grunts reminds me that Jillie does use sounds to alert me! It's a squeamish grunt when she needs my help at the doggie steps or wants to get up when I want to sleep in. Annoyingly cute!

It depends on what she's saying. If someone is here in the driveway, she'll bark. If there are dogs on tv, she'll bark. If she wants to be petted, she'll paw me. If she wants a treat after pottying on her pads, she'll kick her back legs back (like she would outside on grass), and if i dont respond with a treat right away, she'll walk closer to me, and kick her legs back again looking right at me....it's her sign language!

Squeakish grunt!

Lol, Jillie is doing the back leg kick right now because she can't reach her toy!

Clearly, they all "talk" very well!

I guess we have been the pupils in the Yorkie sign language course, lol some of us are better trained than others .

LOL, obviously! They're toying with us!

Tibbe Yorkietalks all day - chortling, chirping, woo-wooing, barking, snippy growling(SO cute!) and generally making all types of throat sounds of one kind or another when he wants attention - which is usually 58 minutes out of every 60. First, he throws behaviors - does some of his obedience tricks to get my attention - which usually works every time. Next he presents me with one of his toys or chewies in my hand or lap. But if somehow I do manage to ignore that and he thinks I've ignored him far too long(especially when I'm on YT), he gets righteously hurt, will get down on the floor in front of me and bark earnestly, turning his little head up and to one side, one eye fixated on mine, muzzle pointed upward slightly and letting rip with the barks! Still, he's such a good boy that if I still don't give in to his wants, tell him "Quiet", he gives it up completely, shoots me a cold look over his retreating back and goes down the hall, gets up on the bed with his back to the door and sulks all alone. He knows that gets to me more than anything, knowing he's down in the other part of the house by himself feeling lonely.

He demands his time and will take no excuses before the manipulation tactics start - or else I'm given a very cold shoulder - or butt - at that's what I see first when I walk into the bedroom to make up with him.

I know my three each get their needs 'voiced' differently.

Jasmine will paw me gently when she wants her pink blankey, make pig noises when her food bowl is empty and bark at the den door when she wants out.

Prissy hangs her head low and looks her saddest when she wants to be loved on. She is the quietest of the three unless the other two causes trouble then she will put everything in order very quickly.

Maggie Mae spins like a Tasmanian devil when she wants out to potty, jumps onto my chest when she wants love, when she is talking to her fur-sisters she has to kick her back legs a lot bc she thinks she is in charge....her fur-sisters just thinks she is nuts. Another thing about her that I think is funny........she has never conquered the 'sit' command, but I can shout "Bang" and she will instantly play dead. She is a ham!

They each have such different personalities....I just love watching them, so much fun!!

My babies are opposites. My boy barks for attention and when he hears any noises and my girl is 5 1/2 months and I can honestly say that I don't remember ever hearing her bark only whine to go out from time to time.

Teddy barks at EVERYTHING all day until he wants to pee or poop then he just stares at me with big eyes, like @@, and gives me 0.5 seconds to get to the door before he promptly deposits on the floor.


Go figure:rolleyes:

Loving these stories! I'm glad we've finally busted these master manipulators!

Oh yes . .Galen comunicates. He makes little whiny noises when he wants to see me and he is in his xpen. When DBF comes home. He barks. Also I have no idea why. He barks like a crazy dog when we are getting really to go somewhere with him. . Drives me nuts

General: Max and Teddy perform sits and then stare. They will tap us with their paws first if we are not watching.

Max will also present a toy to me and lead me. Sometimes he resorts to talking. He cracks me up when he says "woof" softly like a human. Other times, he sounds like Astro on the Jetsons.

Generally, I would say Teddy is like Jillie and lets his sibling do the talking. We imagine Teddy saying in his head, "Yeah, Spike. Yeah, Spike," like the cartoon.

For alerts, like the phone ringing or bad guys, both boys will bark their heads off.

Your babies sound adorable. Teddy does the same as Prissy when he wants loving and cuddling. He hangs his head, ears down, and looks so sad until we pick him up. Such an actor!

I am laughing that Maggie Mae is a master of Bang, but not the easier sit. These little ones and their personalities are so much fun.

Teek does not bark. He was at my house for 5 days and I was taking bets with my kids on if he even knew how to bark. On the 5th day though someone came to the door and he let out a single, very quiet bark. We all stared at each other in disbelief! He has been here 6 weeks now (he is 9 years old) and he barely barks. I love it though, to have a quiet dog like that.

When we wants something you know he wants something. He will come up to me and paw the back of my leg to get my attention. He will come in the room and start at me until I get up and follow him. Usually it is to go to our other's dog dish and paw at it to tell me it is empty. I keep telling them that his setter brother only gets fed twice a day because he is a gluten, but Teek doesn't think it is fair that his bowl is always full and that Gatlin's bowl is not.

He will scratch at the door to go out, but he will only scratch at it once and walk away so you have to pay attention. He is a good dog though.

Aw, he sounds so sweet. Dogs don't usually bark at any new home until they begin to "own" it in their own minds, feel it's their territory to protect.

Max is the barker...Sasha is the strong silent type, rarely barks...unless it is 3AM and she hears an imaginary sound then she stands in the middle of the room and barks for 30 minutes....Max likes to get my attention by jumping on me when I am in the recliner, walking onto my chest, sits down with his nose 3 inches from mine and just stares at me without blinking or moving a muscle...

Our English Setter is not like that. If he is IN any kind of building he has to bark at anyone coming in to protect it! Doesn't matter if we are standing in someone's garage talking to them for a second, that is suddenly his "territory" to protect. He is a bit of a goof ball too. Now I have 2 goof ball boys living with me!

Miah is the ring leader and the only vocal pup of the three. She sounds the alarm (BARKS) like a lunatic when she needs to go outside to go potty or she hears the mail truck coming around the corner !!


Its the most annoying thing ever. Thank goodness for two non-barker pups. They only bark at the mail man and when someone knocks at the door.

Sophie barks when someone comes to the door, when there are other dogs being walked or deer and/or turkeys in front of the house. Also, daily, without fail, at 10:00 am on the dot if she hasn't had her Kong treat yet :rolleyes:. Sophie absolutely knows how to tell time ;)

Gucci has been barking more lately when he wants something. It's usually, almost always, when his mama isn't here. Today, it was to be let down off of the couch.. Bark, growl, bark, growl... It was so cute, I was slow to respond and even had a little chat with him before letting him down. There we were barking and growling at each other from across the room.

A few days ago, he just looked right at me and barked non stop, I got some special food for him, he kept barking, I tried a few more foods/treats, still nothing, he kept barking. I thought he was going senile... then after about a half hour of barking, I found that his water bowl was empty..... duh! LOL In the past, he had always tapped on his bowl if it went dry unexpectedly so this is a bit new for him and I.