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I just adopted a dog a week ago, and was told she was very quiet and calm. Turns out she has lots of anxiety, even as she's settled in a bit, and now barks at anyone who comes to the door or comes over. Post-pandemic I'd like to have more people over, so I'm very concerned about this behavior. I know how bad it is to return a dog to a shelter, but I worry that if her behavior doesn't change I may have to consider that. I explicitly did not want to adopt a dog with anxiety/barking issues, that's also why I got an adult dog. I thought I had made a very thoughtful decision, but couldn't have predicted that things would go this way. Does anyone have advice? I wanted to avoid going through lots of training by adopting an older dog that (i thought, she was perfect on paper!) was already well-behaved, and I'm heartbroken that this is going so poorly.