This is what I did with Rowdy - he was younger, only about 4 months old, but it took care of his barking at us. He still runs out and barks at the dog next door, but he does stop when I tell him "no".
Anyway, when he was about 4 months old, he started barking at us in the house when he wanted something.
I put his harness on him and when he started the barking at us, I grabbed him by the back of the harness, picked him up and shook him (gently), just enough to startle him and I said in a very loud voice "NO!". I put him down and he ran to my husband and turned around and looked at me like, "mom, you have lost your mind" I only had to do it a couple more times, and he completely stopped barking at us and has never done it again.
I didn't know what to do when he started it and I was away from YT and didn't have computer access at that time - so I thought about what his mom (canine) might do if he misbehaved and I thought she might grab him by the scruff of the neck and shake him or nip him; thus, grabbing him by the harness and shaking and saying "no"!
good luck
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