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Well it sounds to me that what you see now pretty much what you will get, with the teen tantrum exceptions. Ponzo was exactly the same as Owen barking wise. Not a peep until 7 mths, now although he is not vocal when playing with other dogs, he will bark at us to our attention, which could be because he really needs our help like getting a toy from under the hutch or bathroom breaks but tends to often be for things like pet me, or look at what I am doing.
As far as pack status, Ponzo had no real litter mates, but he spent his time with Golden puppies 1 week younger than him and they treated him like Mr. Helpless. His short little legs had trouble making it over the partitions between the two whelping boxes, and he would just wait there half on one side half on the other until one of his step mates would nudge him all the way over! It seems though that he is a middle of the road, he will only defend himself when he absolutely can't take anymore pounding from another dog, as far as people I think he'd allow you to do just about anything to him without a care.
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