How to Train Your Yorkie Not to Bark

A Yorkie is a wonderful companion and a perfectis only allowed when asked by his owner. Once he
example of man's best friend since they providehas gotten the speak command down clean, you can
entertainment, love, and devotion to their owner. Thestart to teach the quiet command to let him know it is
only problem is that some Yorkies turn out to be quitetime to stop. It is important to reward your Yorkie each
full of energy, and their constant barking can betime he follows the command, since it will make him
stressful to their owners and neighbors. There aremore willing to do it when he is given a treat or extra
many effective ways to train your Yorkie not to bark,love for listening.
but it takes time and dedication to break yourUsing a toy or something to grab your Yorkies
companion of this horrible habit.attention is another way to get him to stop barking,
A Yorkie will bark for a number of different reasons,such as a squeak toy or even a can full of pennies.
ranging from needing to go outside to a loud noise thatYou will want to grab your Yorkies attention away
scares them. You can cut down on how much yourfrom the stimulant he is barking about, and let him
Yorkie barks by making sure he is taken out on regularknow there is no need to be barking. The item used
walks, so he has plenty of time to do his business andfor distracting should only need to be used once in
get rid of excess energy. Keeping your home full oforder to grab the dog's attention, but it should not be
toys will also help to limit his barking since manyloud or distracting enough to startle the dog into
Yorkies will bark when they are feeling bored. Theanother barking fit. In order to let your Yorkie know he
toys will help to keep him occupied most of the time,did a good job by forgetting the reason he was
and it wont hurt to give him some extra attention if hebarking, you should praise him and give him love for no
starts to bark.longer barking.
Yorkies also tend to bark when they hear an unfamiliarEven though the Yorkie breed is well known for very
noise or something startles them, or even if they hearvocal pets, there are very effective ways to train your
someone walking outside their home. This is a habitYorkie not to bark. It is normal for any dog to park to
that needs to be broken, or else you will have to listenshow excitement, but it can turn into a problem if it
to your Yorkie barking non-stop. There are manybecomes excessive. By taking your Yorkies attention
ways to train your Yorkie to stop barking, and theyaway from whatever he is barking at, and teaching
must be done consistently in order to get improvement.him when and when not to speak, you can easily train
One way to train your Yorkie to stop barking is byyour Yorkie not to bark and live a quiet and peaceful
teaching him to speak. By teaching him the commandlife with your companion.
to speak, you are also teaching the lesson that barking