WOHOO thats brilliant, well done you two!

Confidence comes with him knowing the outcome of different situations. Basic manners training is a really simple way of doing this. Trick training with clicker training is also super fun - remember its all tricks to the dog! Body awareness exercises like rear end work is also great - do a search on youtube for lots and lots of clips.

Here is a month long of daily training plans to get you started: TYD Month | Pet Central's Pawsitive Dawgs Blog!

Using calmatives can be a great way to help him learn to relax: Calming Your Cerraazzzy Canine: Stress Busting | Pet Central's Pawsitive Dawgs Blog!

Lots in this blog series on calming: Crazy Canines | Pet Central's Pawsitive Dawgs Blog!

And more on using games for calming: Games: Stress Busters & Relationship Boosters | Pet Central's Pawsitive Dawgs Blog!

Best of luck as you progress with Bracken - Kong do a large range of enrichment toys, the Busy Buddy range has lots of variety.
But even simple things like kibble in a closed carboard box, or a muffin tin with kibble in each space and then a tennis ball on top, spread out a tea towel sprinkle with kibble and roll up - for an extra challenge dampen the tea towel with water (or even stock) and then freeze all rolled up!

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Your full of great ideas!! I will defo have a look into all of that!

Thanks so much for your help.

Ill let you know how we get on!! x

Well done!

Try to be patient and be steady when things don't go smoothly forwards and don't rush too much, it takes a while for a dog to settle and grow in confidence. You'll get there in the end, being consistent with the right things, have a look at the timeline in this inspirational thread Help needed for traffic phobia.

Does he retrieve?

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I'm going to try and get him into a nice routine, and hopefully he will grow in confidence. I cant expect things to happen overnight.

Ill have a look at that link thanks.

Retrieve....haha no. He doesnt even look at a ball or Toy at the moment.