When Tiki was younger she also barked at EVERYTHING!

Some books advice you to ignore the dog when he barks and then praise him when he’s quiet.. That never worked with Tiki. She just continued barking until the neighbours started complaining.

So what I started to do instead was; if there was something outside which upset her (a cat, a person, bird etc.) I went over to the window, letting her know that I had noticed the “intruder” but then carried on as normal.. I does kind of make sense. She was sounding an alarm and I (as alpha) came to make sure it wasn’t anything serious so she could relax again..

I also used distractions.. Asking her to do some tricks and then she got a nice treat as reward. (It’s important to ask the dog to do something before he gets the treat, otherwise he will probably think he’s getting treats for barking and that would only make it worse)