Plays with barking Alpine dog (3,7)

I believe the answer is:

toy spaniel

'dog' is the definition.
(toy spaniel is a kind of dog)

'plays with barking alpine' is the wordplay.
'plays' becomes 'toys' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'barking' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'alpine' with letters rearranged gives 'paniel'.
'toys'+'paniel'='TOY SPANIEL'

(Another definition for toy spaniel that I've seen is " small dog".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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