Along with DonnainOhio's suggestion - Reward him for correct behavior.
For instance, If I know he is going to bark when so and so walks in the room. I would shake the can as soon as he starts barking, when he quits barking - Jackpot- he gets his reward.
I have found that rewarding the wanted behavior greatly speeds up training. I have trained all my Rottweilers using this method and my little yorkie mix is coming along nicely with reward training as well.
The reward can be anything they really like. My dogs are all food modivated so I usually use cut up hotdogs, cheese, etc.
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Delilah (Yorkie Mix)
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