[DieHard the Hunter]

Yup. What you said. And for all the reasons that you said.

Like you, I predict a dominance behavioral problem down the line. This will not end well: it could end in tears.

The Dog of Peace is not a dog to make basic training mistakes with.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

I agree with your comments. Thanks to Cesar (The Dog whisperer) Mulan, I've started recognizing dominant behavior in dogs that I had previously written off as 'cute' or 'friendly'.

A friend's Boxer would regularly come over and lean up against me whenever it was around - as soon as I started leaning up against him every time I walked into the room, he stopped doing it to me.

Sigh...I wish people were more like dogs...

[TalonDJ]

Right on. This is true for all dogs of all sizes and most people just don’t get it. Some breeds more so than others. It is tragic when someone combines that ignorance with a large powerful breed know to have dominance issues.