Some dogs seem to be natural barkers while other dogs seem less inclined to stand at the fence line and continually announce their presence to the world.
If your dog belongs to the latter group then you are lucky but in that case it would also be highly unlikely that you would be reading this article.
So you have probably arrived at this site out of desperation looking for a remedy to stop the incessant barking that is irritating everyone in your household not to mention the neighbors who may have already lodged a complaint.
There are many tried and true techniques that have been suggested to stop your dog barking.
However, in order to find a solution for your particular pooch, it is important to try and identify the reasons behind his habit of barking.
Is he used to getting your attention every time he barks? The more your dog learns from you that constant barking is not acceptable and is not going to win him the attention he wants, the less likely he is going to get into the habit of barking.
Is he barking continuously when you are away? Is he simply bored by long hours spent at home while you are at work? If there is nothing to do, there is a good chance that barking at every person walking along the street will become the one and only fun activity to occupy his attention.
Dog Barking Remedies When you are home with your dog, it is important that you use a consistent re-training technique rather than just giving into his demands.
If you open the door to let him inside every time he barks, for example, then he is given instant reinforcement that barking works.
As soon as he starts barking, you need to use a consistent command, a one or two word command, and then try distracting him so that he learns to stop barking immediately following the command.
Once he has ceased barking for a period of time, you can reward him.
Eventually he will get used to what you mean by the command you are using and that a reward appears only after he stops barking.
So what can you do to have an influence over his barking when you are not at home? More often than not, a dog that barks incessantly when you are away is a bored dog or a lonely dog.
If you can provide some form of engaging entertainment in your absence, then he can occupy the hours with more interest until you return home again.
The types of distractions that you could provide while away include:

• Some kind of challenge such as hollow, rubbery, toy bones with a tidbit inside
• Toys that are rotated so that their novelty appeal is maintained
• A chewable toy on the end of a rope

It is also a good idea to downplay the act of leaving for work to that he can start to see it as just another ordinary event on just another day rather than as an act of abandonment with the chance of not seeing you again for, what might seem in his mind, a long time.
Of course there are times when you might want your dog to bark, such as letting you know when someone is approaching the door.
This situation provides the perfect chance for your "stop barking training".
In this case, you can use rewards to train him to recognise that when his is in front of the door, for example, it is okay to bark until you give him the magic "stop barking" command that he is now used to.