Thankyou Pollydoodle
You SO get our Dude

We have concluded that Nutracalm does nothing at all so no more of that for D.
A very good friend hit on a new approach to get D out though,which has,generally, helped : I go out first,Paul and Dude follow, keeping me in sight. I then wait for them to catch up

This means we both have to accompany Dude, but it’s progress. We bumped into some people today who thought we had moved,as they hadn’t seen us since before Christmas! We’ve only been here since Nov 2017, but Dude already has a solid fan base!
Mind you the next step may well take us some time, I’m hopeful he will eventually want to go for walks with just me around the village( as he always used to) but when he goes on strike ( and I mean lying down)there’s no budging him. He is just like Missy,giving me a real look of relief when I understand what he’s asking. I know some people say I should pull him along or “be brisk and just GO”but they really have no idea at all
Meanwhile Dude gets beach and coast path walks when we go out in the car, not to mention ball sessions in the garden. But actually you make a good point, there are days when maybe he just doesn’t want or need to go out,we all have days like that!
Your message has really helped. I love this forum. Anny