Will, Elph, and shak.....thanks for your advice. Based on what you said, here is my plan for now.
I will let the dogs play-fight. They do not hurt each other when doing this.
I will let the dogs wake me up in the early morning to pee rather than force myself up at 3AM.
As for the biting, it doesn't bother me, but it does bother my kids (3, 6, & 8 y.o.), so I'm going to have to nip this one in the bud (pun intended). I tip I got from a friend of ours is to put a few pennies in a coffee can, and everytime they bite, shake the can to get their attention, and growl "no" or "enough" at them. If this doesn't work, I could try the attention loss technique. We realize that they need to bite and are teething, so we bough quite a few chew toys and rawhide bones. They also like to chew on a pull rope we bought.
The water routine so far is to let them drink freely all day until 8PM, then take them outside at 8PM and 10PM to pee. So far it has worked that they can hold it in the kennel until at least 3AM. They haven't peed it yet.
Q: Bathing. What is the rule of thumb for frequency, water temp., soap, and getting them not to hate it?
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