This troper's pomeranian probably counts. He's really a very sweet dog, but he doesn't always act like it. He loves people and gets excited when someone new comes over, but the problem is that he barks nonstop because he wants to get them to pay attention to him. Of course, they see a crazed pomeranian barking so much that his feet actually leave the ground with every yelp, and they want nothing to do with him. He also barks like crazy when one of us puts on shoes, a jacket, etc. (because he knows we're about to leave the house without him), which lead to a hilarious moment last week when he barked himself out and instead went, "PEEP!"

For the record, this troper tries to train him the way she's seen it done on It's Me Or the Dog, but it's hard to train a dog when everyone else in the house just keeps spoiling him rotten.

My ailing grandmother's weekend caregiver has a tiny toy poodle named Muffin, and occasionally the caregiver brings the dog to work. Sure, little Muffin gets along with my grandmother, but it barks LOUDLY at every little thing that walks through the front door; and occasionally it will either suddenly bark at people who have been standing in the room for several minutes, or it will randomly attack my grandmother's dog. And, natch, it's one of those pampered little dogs complete with the painted toenails, and it's ''as cute as a bell''.

Very much averted with my sister's dog. It's a dachshund-terrier mix, and despite having taken care of it for as much as a week at a time, I have yet to hear it bark '''at all.''' Makes me wonder if the dog isn't mute, actually.

Ugh. My stepmother's dogs are exactly like this, right down to the ridiculous pampering.

This troper's neighbor owns one of these, a miniature dachshund named Polly. Played straight in that she's incredibly cute, averted in that she's not spoiled at all, just a bit of a CloudCuckooLander who loves absolutely everyone.

This troper has a papillon who likes to scream at "intruders". Not bark, scream. ''Arf, arf, arf'' turns into ''BAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!'' when he gets upset. Unfortunately, his definition of "intruder" includes any person or dog that happens to visit or walk through the yard (or outside the fence in his view), as well as any objects which have been recently moved, such as a sleeping bag left in the floor or a hat on the bed (he has no objections when the hat is on this troper's head, though). If a visitor should try to lean down to pet him, he'll run away to a safe distance before resuming barking (if taken on a trip, he ceases the barking and tends to just cower in this troper's arms and hope no one wants to pet him. Good luck with that one). He's small, CuteButCacophonic, and knows his commands in Japanese. His name is Hiro.

One of this troper's friends has several Pomeranian/Chihuahua mixes, who despite being the definition of yappy are generally very sweet. It's also quite the sight to see the pack of them on the prowl.

There was also one time I was with a high school friend when all of the sudden a pack of Yorkies being walked came out of nowhere and swarmed him, and considering said friend is about six feet tall it was quite hilarious.

My mother has a Papillon/Poodle mix who is quite yappy, but is otherwise an absolute sweetheart. He is always happy and loves everyone and everyone loves him, including people who hate dogs and other dogs who are usually hostile.

This troper knew someone who had a sweet (but no less yappy) pekapoo. Anyone who has ever owned or personally seen a pekapoo knows first hand that CutenessProximity is always in full force. Sadly, he had to be put down after some roughhousing with an exponentially larger dog literally broke its back. Surgery could have been preformed to mend the broken spine, but it would have cost three thousand dollars and so was beyond the owner's reach.

Subversion: This troper's family owns two Chihuahuas and a Lhaspo Apso, we do not pamper them (Except for the time the Chihuahuas wore coats during the winter.), all three dogs love to wrestle, the Lhaspo Aspo barks whenever a stranger comes to the door and one of the Chihuahuas barks alot.

Subversion: My (Rainbow's) Pomeranian Luna is extremely sweet and well-behaved most of the time. She does get barky sometimes, but my Elkhound is the noisier one of my two dogs. Usually, though, she's fairly calm though she has a very playful side and she's not at all prissy. She used to wear clothes, but it was because it was winter and she was balding. Some of her being well-behaved is because I make sure to not spoil her and I don't let her beg from me so she will even let me eat over her if she's sitting on my lap while I'm eating! She's been known to impress people who expect Poms to be this trope and then they see how sweet and gentle she is. Most notably she's convinced my mother that Pomeranians can have diverse personalities and aren't all representatives of the MisterMuffykins trope.

My grandmother had one of these: a Chihuahua/Beagle mutt named Annie. She had a VERY shrill little bark and unfortunately for our eardrums, her favorite thing in the world was barking furiously at other dogs, cats, humans, her reflection, squirrels, trees, birds, passing cars, stuffed animals and the vacuum cleaner. Needless to say, she was very pampered and rarely ate dog food, because my grandma insisted on cooking for her.

This troper knows two exceptions in Chihuahuas who are the friendliest, happiest dogs one could ever meet - though quite hyper, seen running circles around, and clearly getting on the nerves of, an elderly Bassett.

''Yip yip yip!!!''