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Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 17/8/2020

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Aww bless him, so sorry for your loss Colin, what a life he had. Even with Pinto I still miss Bailey so much.

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Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 17/8/2020

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Aww lovely! Pinto is a bit barky with certain people. It's a bit embarrassing but she doesn't seem to like people with grey hair! Unfortunately although she took to my brother and sister in law, who have Willow, she wasn't keen at all on our friends and constantly barked at them which made things a bit difficult. They were very understanding and gave her her space.

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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 17/8/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 17/8/2020

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Aww lovely! Pinto is a bit barky with certain people. It's a bit embarrassing but she doesn't seem to like people with grey hair! Unfortunately although she took to my brother and sister in law, who have Willow, she wasn't keen at all on our friends and constantly barked at them which made things a bit difficult. They were very understanding and gave her her space.

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She is probably still settling in.

Being a rescue, it is not possible to know her entire history, therefore, it may take a while before she is completely at ease and settled in her new environment.

Have you thought about getting her some of those yellow collar/lead/whatever that says "please give me space" or something similar?

It helped with some rescues and dogs with a nervous disposition that I knew.

DK

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Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 17/8/2020

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Aww lovely! Pinto is a bit barky with certain people. It's a bit embarrassing but she doesn't seem to like people with grey hair! Unfortunately although she took to my brother and sister in law, who have Willow, she wasn't keen at all on our friends and constantly barked at them which made things a bit difficult. They were very understanding and gave her her space.

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Quote: Originally posted by bofs on 17/8/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 17/8/2020

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Aww lovely! Pinto is a bit barky with certain people. It's a bit embarrassing but she doesn't seem to like people with grey hair! Unfortunately although she took to my brother and sister in law, who have Willow, she wasn't keen at all on our friends and constantly barked at them which made things a bit difficult. They were very understanding and gave her her space.

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Elsa mostly barks at men - and especially larger men! Like you say, it’s pretty embarrassing but obviously from something in her past life. It’s good that your friends were so understanding though. With Elsa in a similar situation, we’ve been advised that the visitors should ignore the dog and once she’s quiet, say nothing but throw a treat near to her and keep repeating this so that she sees visitors as a positive thing and she will become more relaxed around strangers. We’ve not been doing this very often (we haven’t had many visitors) but it does seem to help her settle more quickly.

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