Hi got a collie x alsastion who never stop barkin and im ganna go barking mad soon!!!!!!
shes always barking for some reason or another, she is now 13 years old.
any help appreciated

Have you had her since a pup and if so, has she been barking all this time? LOL, only joking :D

Seriously if she has been barking a lot all her life it may be difficult to get her to stop now.
What you really need to do is to work out why she is barking - dogs bark for lots of reasons - loneliness, fear, being territorial, aggressive, attention seeking, pain, excitement, frustration and so on.

Once you understand why she barks you can start to work on the problem ie if she barks for attention, ignore her totally (but preferably don't give her too much opportunity to practise the barking either) and give her attention, rewards etc when she is quiet.... you can teach a Quiet command too and so on.

A trainer may be able to help, try www.apdt.co.uk for one in your area.

Hth
Lindsay
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Also a thought, if this is recent it couls be old age related.  Her hearing may be going so she startles more easily, and is a little frightened.  Her memory may be going so she thinks she has been alone ages when you have only just left the room and so on.

As Brainless said, hearing could be going, but also eye sight may be not as it was when she was younger. Just like us, the sight might be mechanically ok but might not be focusing as it should. We correct that with glasses but dogs have to struggle with blurred sight.

I have, in the past had several dogs who have got a little "Odd" as they have got older. The usual is to stand in the garden barking at the sky. I just figure that by that age they have every right to be a little strange.

Regards, John

At her age, she may be deaf and not able to hear that she's barking - I think you've got to cut her a little slack really ;)  MAking sure she's rewarded when she's being quiet will help her to notice the difference in your reaction to her, and if the reward is withheld when she's barking, hopefully she'll try to keep quiet.