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Hello and welcome. May I suggest you change your user name? It's not really a good idea to have your email address visible publicly like this.

It looks like there are two issues here; pulling on the lead, and being magnetised to other dogs. I think it would help if you approached them as two separate things - related, but individual issues. For walking on a lead, there's a load of different approaches but start in low distraction...

I'm sure I've read that after a number of annual boosters, they are as immune as they are ever going to be. It's only my opinion but if it isn't necessary for insurance, boarding, or anything else, I'd not bother.

It means when a dog has something, and aggressively protects it against being taken away - commonly food, but it could be even a particular part of the floor, and woe betide anyone who comes close to it. That's probably extreme but not unknown. It's great that your dogs don't seem to have it...

I realise it isn't every dog, but there seems to have been an upsurge in posts about resource guarding in spaniels over the last few years - I suspect poor breeding during COVID hasn't helped. Spaniels can be nice little dogs but do check the parents' temperaments if hats the breed you decide on.

Hello and welcome, I'm sorry you join us in such sad circumstances. It's an indescribably gut wrenching pain when we lose them. Do you have someone with you for support?

Dogs have been bred over thousands of years to do different jobs; like you said yourself some of them are hard wired to hunt prey. But equally a lot have been bred to be companion dogs, so it sounds like one of those might suit. A Papillon, Shih Tzu, Chihuahua, Tibetan Spaniel, Poodle, all...

Have you given his collar and lead a good clean, just in case there is dirt transferring, or maybe something else on it that's irritating him?

Yes, I think your expectations are a little high. Thinking of her as bossy and telling her 'no' isn't really helpful, try to think of it like this. Imagine you are learning to drive. Every now and then, your instructor sternly says Dame! You would be puzzled. Even if you stopped or...

Is the smell coming from her skin, ears, mouth or her bottom? If it's her skin, does she have skin folds (like a pug or bulldog)? Can you describe the smell? What did the vet think when you saw them?

It might be worth considering the pet bereavement counselling service mentioned in post #2?

This is the one I've heard people recommending in the past. https://musherssecret.com/

From what I've read, soak for about ten minutes then rinse thoroughly. Good luck, please let us know how you get on.

Epsom salt baths might help?

Congratulations, that crept up on me - I wasn't expecting her to arrive yet! We will look forward to more details later.

Actually, on re-reading - Does he have things he can tear up? Just hide dry food in a box of old torn up paper. Some people (ahem, Mr F) still buy newspapers. I bet you could get piles from neighbours if you ask around. Edited to add - cross posted with @JudyN again!

Keep focusing on the good, you have achieved a lot already. It sounds like he is always going to be a dog that challenges you but I don't mean that to be a bad thing - it will be a bit like having a super-intelligent child that gets frustrated being in the same age group in school. I'm sorry...

You will probably find the links here helpful but of course do ask if you find anything isn't clear, or need to know more. https://dogforum.co.uk/threads/useful-links-recommended-reading.92603/ I'm not sure what a docker is - cocker spaniel crossed with something? The thing I'd suggest is to...

A lot of us like the Equafleece brand, they do a variety of styles and sizes, even catering for shapes like Dachshunds and French Bulldog types. Or, you could try something like this -

Sorry, I just realised I didn't reply to your point about the crate. If he is happy with the door open and you are okay with it, I think it's fine. Far better that, than have him feeling trapped.