[blockquote]I agree. Reading your posts it seems like you have one of the surviving Mohicans. What were the breeder’s dogs like? Were they trained and obedient? Good luck.[/blockquote] His dogs were mostly all trained in personal protection and were obedient, although he seemed to encourage rough housing more than we do. As my better half says, the dog is like a Jekyll and Hyde character, very affectionate and needy almost, in the home but you never know how she is going to be in the woods. Sometimes she is fine but this last weekend she was aggressive both days. [blockquote]I mean close to agression like when you are wrestling with your puppie and he start suddenly with a diffrent attitude showing dominance agression.[/blockquote] There is definitely something similar with our dog that Desiree mentions with her own here. Its not full on biting by any means but its like she gets over excited and wants to play aggressively. Always starts the same way, she is well behaved and then breaks into a sprint and circles and then thats when the trouble starts. She literally doesn't stop until she gets it out of her system. I have been physical with the dog to prevent this and it doesn't help - I am a 6' 207lbs former boxer so I'm not easily intimidated but this is pretty unpleasant and I hate seeing my fiancee upset by it. We love the dog very much and will do whatever it takes to remedy this because for the most part she is a very loving pet, we just need to eradicate this craziness. We wanted a family protector at the moment she seems more of a threat to us than outsiders!! :oops: Appreciate all the feedback though, any other ideas in the interim? As my other half mentioned, a walk around the streets doesn't cut it much with this dog, she needs a decent run and some hard walking over terrain to tire her.