Barking...to be bad!

Some of these ideas ie. cintronella spray, shock collar, are just down right scary.
Take a step back, and re-group. Call a good training center, and sign up for beginner obedience classes. Work on the bond between the two of you, and the "who's in charge" issue in a positive, moving forward way. Something as simple as repetitive heel on lead work. Perfecting the "sit stay". It is easy to receive all different advice, but the bottom line is you have an unruly dog right now, that tests you at every turn, while making a game out of it.
Then, after you have the basics in place, sign up for a dog sport classes. Agility for fun, etc. I think your dog is telling you, in very obvious ways, that she needs more attention, and she is going to get it. Now, it is up to you to decide if it will be "good" attention or "bad" attention.
 
. Perfecting the "sit stay". .

I forgot about the "sit stay". Indy has a tendency to run the other way when he knows that we are about to get into the car.

"Come" doesn't always work, but he is super reliable with his "sit stay". So when it's time to go, I put him in a sit stay, put on his leash, and off to the car we go!

Sit-Stay are about the easiest things to teach and handy to have in an emergency, when you don't want the dog to move.
 
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