How Can I Stop My Dog From Barking Every Morning?

She’s a one year old miniature American Eskimo, and yes, I know they love to bark. From when she wakes up (about 6 AM) she barks constantly until about 9 or 10 AM. She barks at any slight sound and we have been trying to contain it. Today, we received a letter complaining about her barking from one of our neighbors and we our doing our best to contain it. How can we permanently stop her obnoxious barking? She only stops barking when my brother is home because she is afraid of him but he has to work every day.

Things we have tried:
Tiring her out with a walk every morning and evening
Playing with her
Puppy classes (though they did not touch on the subject)
Holding her muzzle
A firm “No”
Loud noises such as pennies in a can
Spraying water

Please help!
We are looking into an animal behaviorist or classes for her at the moment. The puppy class trainer, also a dog trainer, suggested to distract her with treats. His mindset was to reward her silence. This, however, did not work because she would just disregard these treats. I was just hoping for any other methods to help.

How Do I Stop My Dog From Barking So Much in the House?

I have a small yorkshire terrier who lives inside with us. He is like a family member. He will forever bark at the lightest sound and scares my two year old daughter. I don’t believe in shock collars or muzzles. Is there a training technique anyone knows of that I can try. I am willing to try anything except the two I mentioned above. Thanks for your help!

How Do I Get My Dog to Stop Barking at Dogs That Try to Smell Her?

shes extremely dominant and really strong
whenever we pass by other dogs on walks, she has to go over and smell them, but she runs at them and it gets the other dog all hyper and so once she finally gets near them she does her whole sniffing everything greeting, but when the other dog tries to sniff her, or whatever they do when they stick their faces around the other dogs face/neck, she growls and does a really mean bark

shes a very nice dog but it really scares the other dog and their owner, but i dont know how to make her stop!
i try to jerk her away and hold her face and tell her no, but it doesnt stop her from doing it the next time

and whats worse is i have to use one of those gentle leaders becuase she pulls so hard, so the other person thinks its a muzzle and when she runs over to theyr dog or barks at them, the other person freaks out and thinks shes going to bite them and runs, which then obviously makes my dog run after them.

any advice on how to fix these habits?

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