Your dog is very lucky you work at home. Be prepared for your productivity to drop with a playful pup around. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

You might try taking your dog for some training classes. A professional dog trainer should be able to give you some idea of what you're dog is capable of and will be able to read whatever signs your dog is giving when he barks.

Good luck!! Let us know how it turns out and kudos to you for rescuing a shelter dog!

I partly agree with you, but sometimes there use should be warrented
For example I use the citronella type because I had 2 Rotwellers move in next door and my dog was barking at the fence being teritorial.
2 rotwellers pounding the fence tended to start the fence coming apart and these dogs were not the most friendly because the owner wanted them that way.
So the collar was used so my dog would not provoke the situation, especially when I wasn't there.
It was not use 24hours a day or to stop all barking. just to take the sting out of the situation untill the situation calmed down.
It worked.
As with everything it should be used with some sense.

If I had to use the electric shock collar to try and stop those 2 dogs from breaking it and fighting mine, I would.
Would I like doing it .... No Way

Just a suggestion--try turning the radio or tv on to cover some
of the noises. My son got a "city dog" and the quite of the country with the little noises she wasn't used to about drove her nuts till she got used to it. She would get upset if the wind was blowing very hard. She would start barking and have to go out to see what was going on. We left the radio on at times until she got used to the quite and little noises.