hi Kate,
thankyou for the great reply. That sounds like about the only solution. IŽll try this at home and weŽll see how we get on....Am I enforcing a sit and stay during this time? Before now, when she needs time out I send her to a special place. She is not in trouble, but I send her there ( she doesnŽt always like this) and then she stays there for awhile. Is this the same sort of thing youŽre talking about? Or should I just get her to sit and stay by me?
She is getting better as she gets older, but like you said, she is a bit nervous of new situations but she is learning to trust me and my judgement. I think she may also pickup that we are also slightly disturbed having people all around us on holidays as we live on a farm...so I need to work on myself too
thanks again,
Annie