Possible Clues:

• Start to pay back by way of barking
• Like some noisy little dogs
• Like a noisy Chihuahua
• Chihuahua-like
• Noisy, as a small dog
• Tail of husky walking on air, commonly barking
• Like some small dogs
• Like a little dog, perhaps, content to change lead?
• Barking annoyingly axes screening programme
• Like many lap dogs