Ah, well I failed - he decided he wanted to go for a wander round the shop....obviously a 'no' came into it...

I say no quite a lot to Dougal...although finding redirection working better, mostly with stopping him charging through to the kitchen when he needs a wee, I don't know how many times I've been bumped into, knocked into the door frame, nearly had my legs taken out from under me....usually yelling NO at him in the process...and I know he's deaf..stupid but hey..

So it stops now, fed up of getting sore with it. Made him sit and wait till I said he could come through earlier. Seems to be working so far.