Thank you Todd for the suggestions. We will probably try the ignoring method as we have found out that our wannabe alpha only continues whatever he is doing when we growl. We tried this method with biting and all it got was harder biting! Lemon juice finally worked
My daughters who have been very involved in the puppy's training can ignore him enough. We have been working on this with his jumping as well. He has such a fantastic personality...he just needs to know he's not the boss-even though he is cute! I will let you know if things don't go well!!