How to control a barking dog *pics*

[Crayons09]

I'm not sure if anyone remembers me? I have Sadie and Megs two German shepherds. Well I moved out and got my own dog. Ole is an 8 month old basset hound. He is everything i wanted in a dog except his barking. I knew when getting a basset hound I would have to deal with barking. My only problem he panics when he is left alone and will bark and howl when he is left alone. I can't have that with living in an apartment. It has come to the point where if I want to go anywhere I have to drop him off at my parents. My parents are fine with this but it has become a pain to drive him over to their place every time I have to go anywhere. My question is are there any barking aids that could be used when I'm gone? I don't want to use a shock collar on him.
Also a post wouldn't be a post without pictures
Here are Sadie and Megs (Sadie is on the left and is now 5 years old, megs is on the right and is 2 now)

My beautiful Sadie girl

Meggits

And now for my little Ole. The day i got him

a little older

ole and megs

Sleepy Basset

Well thanks for looking! Hopefully there are some good ideas on how to quite my basset down when I'm gone

[Karen]

Do a search for "separation anxiety" - there are plenty of threads on this here. Is he crate trained? You can train him out of this behavior, and you should start ASAP! Training is better than an anti-bark collar in my opinion, the collar can just exacerbate the problem in some cases.

[Crayons09]

He is not crate trained.Although I tried. He panics even more when left in a crate. I've tried everything to try and make the crate some place enjoyable for him. But he still acts like its a torturing device that I'm putting him in. At my parents he only barks a bit when left alone then will go lay down and sleep. But at my place he doesn't have another dog so he will bark and howl for hours.

[happylabs]

Oh my I LOVE Bassetts. So adorable! I don't know what to do about the barking. He looks so sweet.

[Husky_mom]

he doesn't have another dog so he will bark and howl for hours.

perhaps your solution is right here.. .. a second dog..

that or try those barking supressor collars.. not sure of names or if they do work.. but I´ve seen a few devices for that matter... some that spray stuff.. not shocking ones..

OR.. try doing it in free time.. leave for 10 seconds and reward if he´s good and quiet.. then do it a few more times.. then leave for 20.. and so on and on.. until he gets the idea you ARE coming back..

glad to see you back and of course the pics are adorable!!!!

[Taz_Zoee]

I believe they sell devices that give off a sound only dogs can hear and it stops them from barking. No shocking and it's not even a collar. I know I am probably going to get Bark Off. That might even work for you. You turn it on and it gives off a sound, like I just said. Only I'd be using it only when necessary when Zoee won't listen to us tell her to stop barking.

[Catlady711]

This is the only device I can think of to accomplish what you're wanting without use of a shock collar.

Indoor Solutions

Basically a pet trainer that specializes in behaviour problems sounds like the best bet and will probably work better in the long term. The device may only work for a short term solution.