I am, presently, teaching him to stop barking when OH comes home. He recognises the sound of the motorbike and will then go into barking frenzy. I give the quiet command/signal and when he is quiet I reward him, and I do this until OH has got in the house.

Our biggest challenge is us going out every monday to do shopping and Mutley left at home for about 4-5 hours, but my son is home so he's not alone.

His constant barking before we even get out of the car, which carries on whilst we take in the shopping, we do ignore him until he settles down, which is usually upto half hour, he is highly excitable so takes a while for him.

We did stop the barking for a while but he seems to go backwards once he's doing something right. We now ignore him if he doesn't sit before we pet him, get his food etc, and he seems to get the message that if he doesn't sit he doesn't get attention.

Going to get him a head collar this week, so hoping that will make a diffrence. I never knew a rescue dog could be such hard work.

When we first got him he basically did as he wanted, running around the house, jumping on the furniture etc, which he now knows he's not allowed to do, and his biggest challenge, I think, was not chasing my cats. He was supposed to of lived with 6 cats, but he didn't show any sign of that , now he knows not to touch the cats and he gets on really well with them.

He has come along way since last year, just these few problems to sort out then he will be great.

He is also still very nervous, any ideas how to overcome this?

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Lynn, Mum to Buddy and Mary my two fur babies.