Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog View Post
My small dogs get on the furniture, sleep in bed with us, and are generally quite spoiled. However, none of them are snappy, aggressive or yappy. It's just like with human kids ... you can love and spoil them, and still teach them and provide discipline.
Agreed - 100%. That's the life of my Myndi and Sparky. Neither have ever been snappy even for one second, and neither could be considered yappy either. They both will bark to alert us of anything outside that shouldn't be in their yard, and Myndi can be quite a talker (much different than yapping) with my son (those 2 carry on a real conversation everyday when he gets home from work), but she never just yaps just for the heck of it.

That article was an interesting read too - thanks for the link. It just goes to show you, that if you have a yapper and/or snapper, then it's most likely the human's fault!