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So we used to have 3 dogs here at the house, Farfa (7 year old English Mastiff), Douro (6 year old English Mastiff) and Larry (2 year old English Bulldog). We lost Douro recently to Lyme’s and since that event and the arrival of our son, Rocco, Larry has taken to barking up a storm. Larry has always been a bit of a loud mouth in the family. Him and Douro were to un-altered males in the house, yet Douro wasn’t much of a dominate male at all and Larry was sort of king, minus size over Douro. Farfa runs the show in the dog world here and she’ll let you know that. Larry, in addition to barking, if not left unsupervised will decide to mark anything and everything in the house. Even recently, while supervised, he decided he needed to refresh the carpet with his urine smell while company was over. He was chilaxing just fine with us and bam, pee out. Farfa and Larry have been getting alone outside with each other, but it’s really too hot to leave them outside for long periods of time. So, we picked up Larry some Calm Caps to see if they would help. They seem to make him relax more when he’s confined to his crate, but they wear off and if we leave and come home, he’ll be all wound up. Even after making him run and run outside we have to wait for the caps to work. I’m not a fan of constantly giving my dog something, but these seem to help… Of course today we didn’t have time to get him his pills before Rocco needed attention and hell has broken loose in this house with Larry… Top that off, Larry needs to gain weight so we’ve been trying to get him to eat more food and switched him to a raw diet (probably way too many things at once). Add to the fact that Larry won’t eat the food on his, has to be spoon fed or hand fed to him… We are going crazy… Any ideas? We’ve thrown stuff at his crate to startle him when barking, we’ve covered his crate with blankets, we’ve put a fan in front of his crate to distract him, we’ve gotten one of those citronella spraying collars, I’ve sprayed water at him when barking, I’ve tossed food at him when he stops barking… HELP