| Please Help...I am having a problem with respect.
Bear is a rottweiler/lab (or maybe doberman?) mix. He is about 7 months old now, and he is the love of our lives. However, I am having a problem with respect. He does not obey me AT ALL, and he even snaps and growls at me if I try to take something from him. He follows my husband around and does everything he says, but he is just not learning to respect me at all. Since he was tiny, we have been sure to get up in his face, touch his paws, take toys, food, and bones from him randomly just to get him used to those types of things, and they don't seem to bother him. But he does not seem to be outgrowing his "puppy phase" when it comes to respecting me. He even hiked his leg and tried to pee on me once! He has never hurt me or anyone else, and he is still young, but we are expecting our first child in late July/early August and we want to be sure that he is well-trained by that point. We took him to obedience school for a while, and that helped with sitting, lying down, walking on a leash, etc., but we are still having this problem. Any advice?  |