I posted before about my dobe.  He is 10 months old and he barks at us and mouths us.  This is not all the time, but usually if we sit to watch television.  We have tried all sorts of things with him - quiet - ssshh - no bark etc.  We put him out of the room and then let him back in.  He constantly brings his blanket and toys.  We do ignore him, but he continues.  He walks around weeping and whining - yesterday I thought may be he wasn't well.  He mooches about looking for mischief - if we continue ignoring him he eventually brings something that is not his eg. a teatowel or something from the kitchen.  He is attention seeking I know, sometimes it gets too much, he will continually bark.

He's already learnt that barking and pestering you WILL get him attention, so he's now going through what's called an extinction burst because he believes that because that behaviour has always worked in the past and it's now stopped, what is needed is more of the same......  Please stick with the ignoring - and that means TOTALLY ignoring him, as if he wasn't even there - no looking at him, no bringing his behaviour to your families attention ('cos he'll know he's still got you ;))  I have a 12 year old dog who I mistakenly taught to bark to be let out - for the past three years I've been trying to teach her that barking does NOT get her attention - and she's finally begining to learn........  Hopefully because the behaviour hasn't been rewarded for so long, it won't take you as long - but ignoring DOES work - honest!  And make sure when he's not being a pest that he does get rewarded with what he desires most - your attention, and lots of it!  This is what really makes ignoring work, when they find out there are other ways to get what they want.

When he is laying or sitting quietly, even if only for a few seconds just say "settle, good boy".  Say this very quietly and calmly with only the briefest of glances, not a prolonged look.  Untimately he will learn "settle" means just that, settle down but it cannot be taught as a command but as a reward word when he is doing what you want.

Always remember that it is just as important to praise/reward when the dog is doing nothing as it is to pay attention to them when they are being a pain