Hi, You know Platz my dog exposed the same behaviour and wasnt beaten. How long do you have him now? It took me 4 months and my brother in law comes 3 days a week and he still doesnt let him in but when he is in he is okay up to a certain level.Very pushy with the nose and always in control,staring watchfull. Dont leave them alone because he looks friendly but he is just dominating the situation. Takes a lotof time good luck with him. My dog spoke another language too and didnt understood me at all.How does your dog react when you correct him?How do you correct him? My dog runned away turned around tail straight growling staring eh had no clu what i expected from him.I learned him to sit when i raised my hand so even when i said no and he runned away i raised my hand he sit down and i praised the heck out of him.So at a certain stage he sit down when i said no but after a while he was comfortable with it and started to understand me and what i wanted but he could always fall back on the sit thing and knew i would praised him so when he didnt understood me anymore he choose to sit so he knew he never got punished. Now he is a real great dog who listen very well and is very confident.