u/Tricky-Bat-2638

We have a 1 year old reactive border collie. He’s always shown signs of aggression towards other dogs, especially when he’s on lead. There has been the odd occasion an off lead dog has got too close and he’s tried going for them, thankfully he has never been successful in getting them. This has caused us to be very wary.

Due to work Pablo (our dog) goes to my parents. They have an extremely large garden (yard for American readers) and he loves it there. Their nextdoor neighbour has a dog. Pablo has barked at the dog through the hedge when he’s known him to be out but nothing major.

The garden is typically secure and never had an issue. My dad went inside for 2 minutes whilst he helped my mum, leaving the door open which he’s done many times before. During this time somehow the next door neighbours dog managed to get in. Unbeknownst to my dad as there was no barking, no signs of Pablo being unhappy. He goes outside to Pablo and the neighbours dog running around playing together.

As much as this could have gone terribly wrong and they are in the process of fixing the hole in the hedge I am extremely happy that he’s had a great interaction.

The vets seem to think barrier aggression is his downfall, eg: lead, safety gates or us holding him back. We thought he was aggressive towards people but it is just when barriers are there. Once the barrier has gone he’s absolutely amazing with people (we wouldn’t remove the barrier unless the person involved was comfortable with it). I’m wondering if this is the same with dogs as each time he’s had a near miss with a dog it’s because he’s been on the lead and restricted. Perhaps feeling threatened or the fact I’m sometimes a nervous wreck which doesn’t help.

I was diagnosed in December 2025 at 28. I’m on a 40 week waiting list for medication. I’ve always struggled and it has always been a massive battle day to day. With some days being better than others. But since my diagnosis I feel like I’m more ADHD (as silly as that sounds). I feel like I struggle more, I’m more forgetful, more hyperactive, and struggling more with my emotional regulation (which I didn’t think was possible to struggle more than I was). I’m just finding life a more difficult to “manage” so to speak. Someone once said to me that after a diagnosis you feel less of a need to mask and you try less to fit into a social “norm”

I feel quite alone at the moment and I’m not sure if this is a normal feeling or not.

Hi,

I applied for a job a while back and had my interview over a week ago and on Friday I found out I was on the reserve list. After requesting feedback I found out I scored 38/48 which deemed my interview a success. I’ve been placed on the reserve list for 12 months and I’m not sure if anything will come of it. I’ve never applied for a MOJ job before or worked for the civil service so I haven’t idea what to expect. I just don’t want to get my hopes up of my chances are slim.

What’s the likelihood I’ll receive a job offer within the next 12 months? I’m not even sure if 38/48 is a good enough score to place me high up on the list. What’s everyone else experience being in the reserve list?

Thank you

I recently had an interview for a probation service officer role. I have been placed on a reserve list but Im not sure where I am on the list. I received my feedback and scored 38/48, which I feel quite disappointed with.

I scored 5/7 on all behaviour questions.
7/7 for ability question.
3/4 for well strength questions except one where I scored 4/4 for the other

Not sure how to feel about it as I have never interviewed for MOJ before. My current job is working in a school so I’m not even sure if 38/48 is good or not or even if this is good enough for me to be offered a job within the 12 month reserve list period.

If anyone has more of an insight on this and could let me know that would be great.

Thank you

I recently had an interview for a probation service officer role. I have been placed on a reserve list but Im not sure where I am on the list. I received my feedback and scored 38/48, which I feel quite disappointed with.

I scored 5/7 on all behaviour questions.
7/7 for ability which was the application form used as my written assessment.
3/4 for well strength questions except one where I scored 4/4 for the other

Not sure how to feel about it as I have never interviewed for MOJ before. My current job is working in a school so I’m not even sure if 38/48 is good or not or even if this is good enough for me to be offered a job within the 12 month reserve list period.

If anyone has more of an insight on this and could let me know that would be great.

Thank you

I had a job interview today and it went terrible. Anyone else been in the same boat?
A 45 minute interview only lasted 25 minutes. I got flustered throughout and kept saying “erm” when I was thinking. I had spent ages preparing but nothing I’d prepared on was asked. I felt like I was strong in knowing about safeguarding but the rest went to pot. My mind went blank and I felt so under prepared!
I answered everything that was said and they offered no follow up questions (apart from once) which made me feel like I must of given them what they needed. But at the same time I was that flustered and felt like I was repeating myself they probably just knew it was a no!

I’m devastated. I’ll know by the end of the week/next week if I’m successful or not. I just completely went mind blank. Now the interview is over I’m thinking of everything possible I could have said. Is there anything I can do about it or is it just a case of waiting?

I had my probation service interview today and I think it went terrible. Anyone else been in the same boat?
A 45 minute interview only lasted 25 minutes. I got flustered throughout and kept saying “erm” when I was thinking. I had spent ages preparing but nothing I’d prepared on was asked. I felt like I was strong in knowing about safeguarding but the rest went to pot. My mind went blank and I felt so under prepared despite revising for ages!
I answered everything that was said and they offered no follow up questions (apart from once) which made me feel like I must of given them what they needed. But at the same time I was that flustered and felt like I was repeating myself they probably just knew it was a no!

I’m devastated. I’ll know by the end of the week/next week if I’m successful or not. I just completely went mind blank. Now the interview is over I’m thinking of everything possible I could have said.

We have a 1 year old reactive border collie called Pablo who had quite a bad start in life. He’s ok with people (weary to start with but ok) but not so much with other dogs. We’ve been working super hard with him for around 6-7 months just getting him to the stage where he can be within a certain radius of other dogs without intense reactions. It hasn’t been easy but we started making amazing progress. We have got to a stage where he now lays down on command whilst a dogs nearby (granted it’s not overly close) until the dogs out of sight or at a comfortable distance for him. It’s took us lots of training and patience to get him to this point and we’re super proud of him. It’s not always perfect and is still very much a work-in-progress but compared to how he use to he I couldn’t be prouder!

Today an off lead dog had approached ours. The owner kept calling it back but it didn’t listen. Our dog was on lead and even laid down when asked but the other dog got a little too close for his liking that Pablo became alert and unsettled. We shouted several times that our dog isn’t friendly so please get your dog. The other dog came running over barking and showing aggressive behaviour. Pablo was barking back and growling/showing teeth. We tried our best to get him away and luckily before anything bad could happen the dog ran away after Pablo continued to bark and growl. We continued our walk but every dog he saw even in the distance he was lunging and I just feel like it’s set him back which I’m devastated about!

PLEASE! If you haven’t got full control of your dog DO NOT let them off lead. It isn’t fair for other dogs/owners!