Hi Cris,thank you for the good ideas,i was having a laugh picturing this dog running away with the beach tent,my retreiver barks he is very vocal,my black lab has only barked twice in the twelve months we've had him,i know exactly what you're going through though,my vet suggested tranquilizers but i though that was i bit extreme,i suppose i'm quite lucky in the fact that my dog calms down once we're on the long journey but my black lab tries to get in the front of the car eveytime we stop at lights etc,what shall we do??? hope you have nice holidays this year anyway,Heather.