Button events sometimes triggered, sometimes not - wpf

I have a window that looks like this:
<vk:VirtualKeyboard x:Class="Hurst.VirtualKeyboard.QwertyVirtualKeyboard"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
xmlns:vk="clr-namespace:Hurst.VirtualKeyboard"
xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:Hurst.VirtualKeyboard.ViewModels"
DataContext="{DynamicResource keyboardViewModel}"
Height="400" Width="1280" d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="710"
x:Name="VK"
>
<vk:VirtualKeyboard.Resources>
<ObjectDataProvider x:Key="keyboardViewModel" ObjectType="{x:Type vm:KeyboardViewModel}" />
</vk:VirtualKeyboard.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="43"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="*"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button Grid.Row="0" Foreground="White" Margin="0 3 20 0" Background="#006AB6" BorderThickness="0" Command="{Binding CloseKeyboardCommand}" FontSize="25" Content="Close" VerticalContentAlignment="Center"/>
<Border Grid.Row="1" BorderBrush="#006AB6" BorderThickness="5">
some content here
</Border>
</Grid>
QwertyVirtualKeyboard is a class that extends the VirtualKeyboard class, which extends the Window class.
The problem I am facing is this: When I click on the Close button, sometimes the Close command is triggered and sometimes not. The same things happens with hover - sometimes hover is triggered, and sometimes not. I've noticed that when the mouse is over the bottom side of the button, hover and click work as they should, but when I move the mouse to the upper part of the button they dont. What am I missing here?

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xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
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I have a dialog containing 2 TextBlocks, a Progress Bar and a cancel Button.
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xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
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Not sure why, or where it gets height value from? If I set Windows Height = “Auto” I get the same thing. All the heights for the RowDefinitions are set to “Auto”, which I take to mean ‘set row height to be row child height’.
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xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
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I have the following code:
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
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</ToolBar>
</ToolBarTray>
</Grid>
</Window>
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToolBarTray Width="Auto" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<ToolBar Height="38" >
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Click
</Button>
</ToolBar>
</ToolBarTray>
<RichTextBox Grid.Row="1"/>
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</Window>

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I have a user control and within it I have two controls: 1) a search criteria control (custom user control) and 2) a Telerik RadGridView.
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The only way this works properly is to set the Height property of the grid to an absolute value but then the grid doesn't size with the window.
I've tried everything that I can think of: When in the grid I set the row def size to 200*, I put the grid in a wrap panel, I put it in a dockpanel, set the VerticalAlignment to stretch, changed the dock panel to stack panel.
Shell:
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
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<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="200*"/>
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<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
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<ItemsControl cal:RegionManager.RegionName="SwitchboardRegion" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" />
<ItemsControl cal:RegionManager.RegionName="MainRegion" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" />
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User Control:
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
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xmlns:wtsControls="clr-namespace:WTS.CGCApplicationInterface.UserControls;assembly=WTSCGCApplicationInterface.Infrastructure"
mc:Ignorable="d"
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<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="200*" />
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I wish I could get points for answering my own question. I do realize that this could be taken advantage of. That said, in my shell, I changed the ItemsControl region to a ContentControl and it works perfectly.

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