Amen, Dottie. In Paragraph 3 of my encyclopedia:
And you will have to be willing to keep him from reinforcing this barking behavior over and over at first by going outside and bringing him inside or going out to train him and reward him every single time he starts it until you have remade this dog - shaping him into the dog you want.
Can't keep letting him bark and bark - he'll just get worse. Interrupt and change his direction anyhow you can until he's got some training and impulse control.
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