I thought this would be impossible but I saw a TV show where they tackled a barker. They would use noise or some stimulus to trigger the bark, the dog would be set off but eventually would stop. They rewarded the dog when he stopped barking and eventually he could be exposed to the stimulus and would not bark. Of course this got a reward. It took lots of reward treats to get to this point. But you should give it a try.
Now, what did the trainer do?
The tips we got through training were expose him to the noise when it happened, expose him to noises in general when he started to bark. Same concept I suppose. It never did anything but make our dog foam at the mouth to get to the trash truck. LOL. Thanks for the advice. Maybe we will try something else in terms of stimulus and see what happens after that.
Reward is best paired with the desired behavior within a few seconds.
Tricky when one is waiting for a sufficient pause in the barking to reward the quiet vs the barking.
I think it works best when one shouts a stern
!!!!NO!!!!
immediately to the barking.
THEN after a few seconds or so of quiet, rewards the dog for the quiet.