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Someone just posted in here (and I've read it elsewhere) to get the dog high. I'm not sorry to say that that is SERIOUSLY fucked up. It's YOUR choice to get high, but the dog's or another animal's? That's like forcing your child to get high, and I personally will not tolerate it.
Gryph, it sounds to me like you and your lady really know your dogs. Nice looking fellow you've got there, too... has he got any heeler in him? He doesn't look blue, but I do see a lot of ticking on the coat. One of the smartest dogs I ever knew was a Queensland heeler, owned by our former farrier, and the dog's name was Farrier and DAMN was he smart! Your tips on how to sort dominant behavior are SPOT ON, most humans misread dominant behavior as "wanting affection", often don't realize that any animal putting itself physically higher than you is a dominant gesture and then find themselves in "mysterious" trouble for it.
Yesterday I was chatting with a woman next door to our kids' place here who's got a Rottweiler pup. I expected the pup to be cheery and outgoing, but he's not, he's timid and backs away. I didn't tell her that she needs to be careful of that, and then she told me that at 6mos. old they've already had a problem with him being aggressive. She said they hired a trainer (person called themselves a dog psychologist) who helped them greatly, but they're gonna have to be careful with such a timid dog, a male at that. This dog's timidity does NOT bode well, especially since we're talking about a Rottweiler.
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