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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yes. and I am an animal lover. we adopted a rescue mutt (part terrier, part schnauzer) five years ago.

[b]the dog. DOES. NOT. STOP. BARKING. we have tried everything under the sun -- and recently resorted to an electric shock collar which my husband resisted for the first 4.5 years because he thought it was cruel. Dog barked right through it and paid no attention to shocks.

It is a very high strung animal and has really, truly made our home life much more stressful. Imagine having a barking and/or whining dog as the backdrop to almost everything you do all day long.
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Dog has been wonderful with our two small boys who aren't super easy on him, but it makes it difficult to host dinner parties, playdates, leave the house with all humans for an event or even hug each other (dog barks at that too for some reason). We do not have thousands of dollars to spend on a fancy trainer -- did classes ourselves but literally nothing has worked. [/quote]

I had a dog like this and in addition would not potty outside and instead insisted on going on a potty mat inside (or on our rugs) Fortunately this was a pure bred very beautiful dog and young. I called the rescue and they found a home for him before I even dropped him off. (Apparently some kinds of toy dogs never do get potty trained and do it indoors? According to Augusten Burroughs who has the same kind of dog) A nice couple with another one of the same adopted him. Whew!! It was a great day after I got over the guilt. The kids were OK after a day or so also.[/quote]

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