[Diva Satanica]

Its been said, but redirection is your best tool. I wore army pants around ALL the time when Brinks was a little younger....they have pockets big enough that I could stuff a few toys in each side, so I would always have one on hand when needed.
Brinks would also display this type of behaviour at times.......I saw it more of a "temper tantrum" than anything else. When he would react badly (barking at me, acting like he would try and bite, etc) I would immediately stop making eye contact with him, no verbal contact, stand there and completely ignore. It would take him less than a few seconds to realize that his tactics weren't working for attention. I slowly introduced the term "settle" when he got like this. Once he was settled, I would work on a few simple things with him.....sit, down, sit, down, stay. Once he did that, I would play with him.
I always viewed it as a way for getting attention, so teaching him that it was not going to get him what he wanted, then introducing a "name" to him calming down, then doing a few simple cues and finally playing with him, would do the trick every time.