I am here and I am chiming!!!!!

Paddy (my rescued G.R.) was exactly the same when I first got him.

It is scary, as anything is, until you have control over it.

I am not a great lover of flexi leads, but they have their uses. Ideal as a safety rope when training recall. There are two tricks to make recall foolproof - 1. The reward for doing it must be fantastic - 2. The dog has to realise that there is no alternative to coming when called.

I will email you with some suggestions that may help.