Gigi is an indoor only dog and a big time barker when someone knocks on the door, rings the bell or just walks by the house. I've tried everything from telling her "NO BARKING" to giving her a squirt of water with a spray bottle to shaking a can of pennies with no success at getting her to stop.
So I went on youtube to see if there was a video that would help me with this problem, and I found one that seemed very logical.
I tried this method out on Gigi yesterday. When I knocked on the door the first couple of times, as usual, she was her crazy, barking self. But after a few more times of realizing that she'd get a treat if she stayed quite, she started to simmer down a bit. Well, simmer down for her means a low growl. But it's a start. I'm going to work with her on this each day for 5-10 minutes, but I think I finally found a method that will get her to stay "reasonably" calm when someone comes to the door. Yay!
