[Brucerit]

Thank you MaxHollyNoah. "Max" is now a little past 16 weeks, and he now is getting his permanent teeth, so the playbiting has almost completely ceased.

I have been dragging this big lug up into my lounge chair to lay him on his back in my lap. I massage his paws and tell him what a nice dog he is and hold him there for a few minutes, sometimes against his will. This is getting tougher and tougher because he now weighs over 40 pounds.

I have been teaching him to fetch, sit and stay, but I think he thinks he is the Alpha Dog, because he continues to jump up on me more and more.

I am going to get serious about training Max when he is 6 months old, so I am reading up on Being the Alpha Dog in my spare time.

Thanks again,
Brucerit