Well,

here's the problem with a dog trainer. #1 - they cost alot of money. I also help support my mother and 11 year old brother. And, I live 20 miles away from EVERYTHING and the closest "dog trainer" I have found is 23 miles from my home and costs about 30 bucks an hour.

Good god, that's grocery money.

Or, gas money.

Or, the $700.00 injections my mom has to have to save her eyesight every 10 weeks or so.

But thank you all for the empathy.

I think my next (and last) attempt is going to be to put a muzzle on him when he starts getting frantic. I never liked the thought of that because I think it's cruel. But, I bought one. It's nylon mesh and they can still drink and breathe with it on so, I don't think it's so bad.

I'm going to try leaving it on until he stops barking and then take it off.

Maybe that will help. Hopefully he will associate that he only has to wear it when he barks. UGH!

I wish I could desensitize his nose!

And, I've read endless articles about dog training. I saw that yelling at them just encourages it. Like a child. Even negative attention is "attention" so from now on - I'm just going to isolate him and withdrawl attention when he barks so maybe he will associate that too!

My mom says to just keep bombarding him until he realizes that he has to give up his barking addiction - LOL

I wish there were a PC for dogs so he could work on that.

LOL!

Thank you to you all!