the barking arg!!!What can I do??

I also love to bark but while I see it as beautiful music, Mom sees it is horrific noise. The nerve. I heard somewhere that the way to teach your dog to not bark is to teach them to bark. Sounds weird, I know. But I think the first thing you need to do is find out what is causing your dog to bark. Some dogs bark for attention, other bark at things they fear (i.e. thunderstorms or loud noises.) I barked due to seperation anxiety. My mom trained me on how to 'speak.' And with that, I was taught positive reinforcement with barking when told. It worked really well. But rememeber that we dogs bark for a reason and it actually could come in handy when it comes to danger! Best of luck and I hope this helped a bit.

Andy - you must have heard that on America's Greatest Dog! That's my new favorite show... And beagles have beautiful voices...we should bark! But for those with bad voices, I think maybe that will work!

We shriek. Wanna trade?

Mom's glad that we don't bark all the time...just when we see something out the window or when the doorbell rings, or we hear something kind of weird. But we all get quiet again. Good luck! We're not sure how to handle that, but Andy's idea sounds good.