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My GOD this dog has energy. Makes my experience with labs & goldens & such look pathetic. Runs and jumps and kicks my ass soundly each and every "walk." Luckily the only herding he's done so far is when I try to sit down. Now I have to fake left then rush for the chair or he jumps onto it to keep me moving.
He has something of a chew fetish but nothing that seems unusual for 1yr old dogs I've had before.
Probably the worst thing is his hyper play energy. He hasn't been properly socialized yet. His play bites go from gentle to fairly hard when he's "losing". It's enough to make me say Ouch so we'll have to work on that before he gets unsupervised time with children.
Great dog though!
Obedience classes begin next week. I'm already being schooled.
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