Before you start, try to take away what is causing the dog's barking. It’s not always possible to remove all the causes of barking, but removing those causes can make training much easier. Start by waiting for your dog to start barking or ring the doorbell to get him to bark.
Give a command word when the dog starts barking, repeating it several times until your dog barks again. When the dog barks, praise them and give them a treat. This may seem to be a bit useless at first, but if you want to train your dog to stop barking on command, it is much easier to start out by training your dog to bark when on command.
Continue training you dog with your command word. Over time, try to give you dog less of a reward when they respond to you correctly. After a certain point your dog should begin barking when you give the command. Your dog may have even started barking less frequently as a result as well.
Give the command word to cause your dog to bark and then blow your dog whistle to interrupt your dog's barking. The loud noise will startle your dog and stop them. People can't hear the high frequency sound of a dog whistle so you don’t have to worry about disturbing anyone with it’s sound.
Praise your dog and give him a treat when he's quiet. If your dog continues barking, blow the whistle again to startle him to stop his barking. When they listen, give them a treat and use a dog toy to make your dog focus on something else. When they are silent, give your dog a treat and praise them.
Blow the whistle each time your dog starts barking and be consistent. Make sure to always use the whistle to correct your dog's barking. Over time, your dog will associate his barking with the unpleasant sound of the whistle and will choose to be quiet and be praised instead.
Continue training the dog with the whistle. As the dog becomes more used to the whistle and begins to be quiet, start to give you dog less of a reward like before with the command word to bark. Keep repeating both the command word and whistle training to keep your dog trained and don't forget to reward your dog once in a while when they respond correctly to either the command word or the whistle.
Once you done all of these steps, you should have a well trained dog. Every dog is different and some may take more time to train, but the results you get are worth the time you spend.
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The whistle operates on a similar concept as training whistles used for dogs. It is meant to make a noise at a frequency outside of the range of human hearing, but at a pitch such that dogs are able to hear the sound and respond to it.You can also visit about dog barking.
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