annoying dog

I have very little to say in this blog other than this first dog , although cute, is a MENACE. It barks at literally EVERYTHING and ANYTHING, and I cannot seem to get 2 minutes worth of studying done. Thank all that is holy that this is not my dog, and just the woman i babysit for. His name is Jasper and he's almost a year old, but COME ON. he gets literally everywhere and anywhere you don't want him to go, barks all the time, and is just so annoying. My dog Cookie, the second dog (black and white with a mickey mouse on the side) in comparison, is adorable, quiet and...old. Haha she's such a good dog except for the incessant barking she sometimes does when I leave the house that causes my landlord to get mad. She's my pup, even though she's 12 years old. I suppose I'm biased, but personally I've never seen a cuter or more well behaved dog (minus the barking when i leave the house) except for when she eats my socks, tissues and undergarments. But really that just teaches me to not leave anything lying around and clean up after myself. Naturally I only learned that lesson after she ate about $500 worth of underwear, but she's so sweet you just can't stay mad. The really funny thing is she doesn't respond to any english commands other than to sit. Everything else she only responds to in Russian. Even her name she doesn't respond to, only the nickname my mom always called her which sounds like "Coonyah" when it's pronounced. It's hilarious listening to my boyfriend try to repeat the commands in Russian with his horrific accent. I guess Russian is just a hard language to learn and pronounce the sounds correctly. Getting back to Jasper though, I've literally had to put him in his crate, in the other room, with a blanket over it (don't worry he can breathe, has his toys and water) but it still doesn't seem to help all that much. I have no idea how the woman I babysit for deals with him. It's so frustrating when I shouldn't even be here to begin with, but this is a friend and former employee of my mom's and she begged me to help her out and babysit her kids today since her neighbor who usually watches them has a sick daughter. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get this little terror to be quiet?