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Liam is a SOX maniac too. He is thrilled with them. What's up with that!
I think there are many factors that go into who the dog grows up to be. Obviously, there is a hereditary factor because my wild nut dogs had wild nut dogs, but not always as wild. And there is the environmental factor because even tho some of my dogs were genetically crazy off the wall nutdogs by pedigree, they were hard-working, fun, liveable house dogs because they lived with me and I kept them in line.
One thing for sure - who they were in the litter environment was not reliable for who they become as adolescents and adults. A large puppy might feel superior to its litter mates and grow into that role in the box, but when it gets out in the real world it finds out that life is bigger than he is and mellows out.
Usually, I saw a peak of self-reliant, bossy, or wild attitude between 6 and 18 months and then things got more normal. So, since you're heading into the "teens" months, and you might see some weird stuff like possessiveness, or marking or possibly humping or whatever the little hormones think of today. I think what you see is probably what you get at this point for mellowness tho. I doubt he will do an about change and become a hard-charging, gotta do it my way kind of dog just because he gets older.
Good luck. Liam is 16 months and we made it.
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