Hi Emma,
I think the theory is that you can train them to bark on command...and therefore train them to stop on command :wink: Bracken is still very young at 15 weeks so I think you should be able to train him to stop, although unfortunately it didn't work for me
At 15 weeks I would say that Bracken is starting to get more confident with his surroundings, if he is barking at you he is attention seeking. To him any negative attention you give give him whilst he does this...ie, shouting at him to stop etc, is attention good or bad to him :wink: You could try as Annemie suggested completely ignoring him, turning or walking away or you could try using a word to make him stop ie, "quiet", if he stops when you use the word, reward him, or try distracting his attention, with a toy for example. A good book to have (if you haven't already) is The Perfect Puppy by Gwen Bailey, you can buy this from Amazon, if you go to the shopping section of the forum and click the link through there the site benefits :wink:
As a last resort you could try a the Aboistop Anti-Bark Collar which uses Citronella, but with bracken being so young I would suggest using this as a very last resort
Barking was also discussed recently in this topic
http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/forum/viewt...&highlight=barkHope this Helps