 My pup
I had the same issue as you did but I think i've gotten it to work. The trick for me is to use a command that he understands and interprits as calming down and staying quiet. So in the middle of the night when he barked I would go into his room and say quiet and then leave the room. He would bark, cry, scratch you name it but he soon realized none of that will get him anywhere. So each and everytime I told him to quiet I went back in after a few min of silence and gave him a treat. I soon increased the time between me telling him quiet and the treat. I started out with 5 min...then 10...then 30 and finaly an hr...i worked him upto around 3 hrs of silence. He will bark again but then again they are just puppies. So you tell him quiet. Let him settle down..give him his treat for the previous 3 hrs and repeat it again. Eventually they will go longer. My snickers right now is 12.5 wks. I got him at 8 wks. So it surely does take some time but with in a month my pup learned fast. The important thing is to always give him his treat after the silence. He earned it and second he will gain a sense of confience when doing it next. Hope this helps.
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