Any help in stopping the barking? My rescue dog

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Ddog is a rescue who has now been with us for a year and is certainly finding his boots!

He lives being in the garden, spends daylight hours in the garden with lots of opportunities to come inside but prefers being outside and then comes in with us in the evening time from 8ish.

Problem is he has recently started to bark whilst in the garden and, if, indoors and the door goes. DD has friends over and he barks at them if they come through the back gate, barks at delivery drivers, barks when people talk loudly walking past the house... I'm worried he is bothering the neighbours.

If I'm home he will stop when I say no and then talk and grumble at me but I'm not here all day long and he doesn't seem to listen to my teens.

Is there anything I can do?

Perhaps he needs more supervision? I expect he now sees the garden as his domain, and is simply protecting his space from outsiders, so it would be perfectly logical to him to alert all to potential threats/intruders. As he takes no notice of your children I would restrict his access to outside when you are not there. You need to set some boundaries for him. He won't hate you for it. Only allowed free access if mum's home, and then if he barks, he comes inside. Work on a command for stopping barking too. Our jrt was a bit of a barker when young, but I used the command 'enough!' for him to stop. It will take effort, but having a barky dog next door is really annoying.

Yes, I did start to think about restricting his access. He LOVES the garden much prefers it to indoors and "enough" is a great command word instead of "no"

He even barks at birds that fly not the garden!

I've got exactly this problem with my boy (21 months, had him since 5 months). I got advice from a trainer and she proposed keeping a long line on him in the garden and the minute he barks, bringing him in using the long line.

We've managed to stop him barking at the lawnmower with this method, and are working on the barking at birds, squirrels, delivery drivers and the neighbour's car . I won't pretend it's easy, and we've taken our eye off the ball lately but I think he is gradually making the connection between behaviour and consequence. Plus I always have lots of treats handy if I'm out there too and he manages not to bark when it's clear he wants to!

He probably needs help tp feel safe in the house, as part of the family. Spend lots of time in the house with him which will help him feel the house is a good place to be too. After all you didn't get a dog so he spends the whole day in the garden away from the family I'm sure!

Just thought I'd update: I've spent all weekend spending time sitting n the garden with him sun bathing. Any time he barked I said "enough" and guided him inside (he wasn't best pleased!)

Once inside I rewarded him with cheese treats and fuss and then encouraged him into the living room for a while.

Did this all weekend and we have had a break through! I can now say "enough" if he starts making a fuss and he stops. He has also spent much more time inside and if he is outside and barks I can just do the above and he stops, comes straight inside for his treat. It's a mirical

Thank you