It's amusing to read about everyone expirences doing bottle with the teenage dog, every dog we have had (all girls) has been like this, personally I enjoy the mind games. People underate a dogs intelligents to often I think. My wife trains her and feeds her, but sometimes she will just ignore her commands.She very rarely comes to my wife for a pat but will fall asleep with her head on my lap. Dogs can be quite mean too there owners, but I don't think that most dog's actually want to be leader of the pack, they're just challenging you to step up to the plate and to give them a bit of direction, I think they get a bit confused when they have the power.
