Have you read Merle's Door? The author, Ted, I think, said that his dog, Merle, saw his and Ted's relationship as nobody being the alpha. They were peers. Coworkers, if you will. In that book, which is a true story, Ted's bond with Merle was amazing, and Merle was an amazingly behaved dog (who...

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I have a 10 month old chocolate lab. He is a holy terror. He has destroyed my house, my yard (every one of the shrubs I planted last year is completely gone), and pretty much runs my life. I hired a trainer to come to my home and it didn't seem to do much at all. He does not listen...

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I'm new here, anyone to show me around?