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[quote=Anonymous]I have an 8 yr old Lab mix who has always been anxious.   Barking at the doorbellnorbstairwell noise (constants in an city apt), lunging at most other dogs on walks, too distracted to be taken on 1-3 mile runs.   We haven't tried medals but have a walker take him for a long walk with a group of dogs he's ok with 5x/week, and in the past spent $1k to try and deal with the leash aggression and doorbell/barking issue.   It didn't make a dent which even the trainer saw, she said it was ultimately his nature.

I'm a SAHM to a 2 year old with mild SNs.  I have struggled for a long, long time with the barking specially but I am at a breaking point.   He goes crazy when picked up by our dog walker, often waking the baby from a nap.   When the time gets closer to when DH might get home, the barks are intense and frequent for 1-3 hours, M-F.   I can't take it anymore.   I'm tense and screaming at him and crying; it's noise torture and my dog walkers have observed how loud and booming the barks are, and they do their best to grab him fast for walks but it's impossible.  It's even worse- our downstairs neighbor have a crazy-assed barking dog too, so they will occasionally set each other off, but theirs is a little bichon type pup so the inter-apartment noise is nowhere near where it is for us.  So I hate a dog I have loved for years, and see no way out.  DH will not consider rehoming him.  I am at home where my child gets crucial therapies.   I truly don't know what to do.   Please, any ideas?  Reviews for efficacy of a Thundershirt for this kind of barking are poor, and an OTC thing callled "quiet moments" that's supposed to help anxious dogs did nothing.   If you have any impulse to be mean to me or harsh, PLEASE don't and ignore the post.[/quote]

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