A dog is inclined to bark when it sees other animals, strangers or even visitors to your home. Many think that it is the natural instinct of a dog to bark to protect its keeper or the home where it belongs. The dog will stop barking only when the cause is out of range of his sight.
The habit of barking can be quite annoying not only to you but to your neighbors around, specially if the barking is more frequent at night. You need to do some dog training and curb the barking habit of your dog.
You can obedience train your dog with some simple phrases like "it's okay", "no", "stop barking", "quiet" and then reward it. This will certainly not be an easy task happening overnight. You need to pursue the training for some time until it gets accustomed to certain sights and not react with a bark. If you happen to have a cottage with a yard then it's a good idea to fence it so your dog cannot see outside and react to sights that bring on the barking. The only thing that will now call on the barking will be the people who visit you.
You can teach your dog to curb its barking when you have visitors as well, with the same training as in the case of strangers or animals. Once your dog is used to seeing your visitors more regularly it will naturally stop barking. Your hired domestic help will be an occasional caller. If your dog takes time to get used to the hired help's visit and continues to bark then one way would be to lock your dog into a room where your hired help does not need to enter.
In the case of a friend visiting, you need your dog to get used to the person by allowing the two to become friends. With frequent visits from your friend your dog will become accustomed to seeing your friend around and gradually stop barking.
When you have relatives visiting and staying over, you will need to train your dog to understand that it is safe with the people around. It will not be possible for you to lock your dog up in any of the rooms. On such occasions you will need to have your dog hang around with you and get used to your houseguests. The dog is barking out of fear for itself or for you as well. Once it realizes that the people around are harmless, it will naturally relax. However, remember to reward your dog during these times as well.
Train your dog to curb its barking habit only when the visitor is known to you or if the hour of barking can be annoying to others around. The dog's bark is an alert warning signal when someone is approaching your door and should preferably be rewarded
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