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Things are getting better with Benny, but we're still really struggling with barking. At the moment we have Autoglass replacing our car windscreen outside the house and he is incredibly stressed about it, barking every time he hears a noise (and we can hear them talking to each other, even though th...

We use a harness all the time, his collar is a bit too big (we thought he'd grow into his ears, but so far he has not). Only problem we've had with the long lead so far is him wrapping it round my legs and nearly pulling me over! I'm working on building his recall; any tips beyond simply repetition ...

Thank you so much for the detailed reply. The impossibility of wearing him out physically makes a lot of sense, he has whacked on muscle since he came to us (he was a skinny little street urchin and now looks like he borrowed the back end of a greyhound). We do have a really, really long lead so I'l...

I have no useful advice, but I'm posting because we also have a Romanian rescue and have similar problems! The barking, oh my goodness the barking. We've had our dog for three months now and he is more confident that we will always come back, but he still barks and cries if we're out of sight.

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and have been eagerly reading all the relevant threads and articles. I'm 25, and grew up with dogs (one until I was seven, and then three different ones from when I was fifteen to when I left home) but Benny is my first dog as an adult. Benny will be a year old in J...