We all know someone who has absolutely no control over their dog, where and when they bark, and the behaviors that they exhibit.
This is never the dog's fault, as any dog's personality is almost entirely a result of the way it has been trained and the type of treatment it has been given.
Getting a dog to stop barking is easy if it is done in the right manner, and hopefully early on.
If you had a child who cried all the time, you would probably have enough commonsense to know that yelling at them to shut up just doesn't work.
In fact, it makes them cry even more.
The same is true for a dog.
Getting a dog to stop barking is not possible if your only reaction is to yell at it.
Much like people, who react better to positive reinforcement techniques, when you are getting a dog to stop barking, you have to reward the times when they are silent.
By training your dog to bark just once or twice when they sense danger, you will get the alert you need but not the irritation.
For instance, when someone knocks on the door, you don't need ten minutes' worth of barking.
You can train your dog to bark just once or twice, to let you know that someone is there, then reward them when they stop barking.
There are many ways to train a dog, and the earlier you begin doing it, the more successful you will be.
Especially when it comes to barking, the dog really does know who the boss is and the sooner you establish that, the easier it will be train them.
You can do it in a variety of ways, from using positive reinforcement techniques to various natural sprays that will help train your dog.