But I sure would start by trying a crate with a PWD puppy. And given that it's already had six months of obedience training, odds are it's already been crate trained.
With Labs I'm fortunate that their driving force is not independence but a tremendous desire to please. Even my wild young field dog wants to make me happy -- she just gets a little too exuberant about it as a general rule.
The judge in her last hunt test said that he knew she was a live wire when she got thirty feet of air from a sitting start on the water blind . . . . unfortunately she broke at the water double and didn't pass, but that's life. We knew she was a pistol when we got her!
Our guy was obviously crate trained....he just hated it. He knew immediately what it was when we set it up and took off as far away as he could get.
I spent a full day online learning about Akitas. I almost gave him to the local shelter, but instead, took the time to get into his head and help him become civilized. He has turned into a wonderful dog and will now subordinate his independence to *Mom*. Now that he is old, he prefers laying at our feet and getting belly rubs to almost everything else. He is well-known in our community and everyone is thrilled when he gives them hugs and woo-woos as a greeting.
I think almost every dog can be trained. We have had one psycho puppy in all our years of owning dogs and his history was just too overwhelming for the training to work. The zerOs’ dog is on its second home and has spent a lot of time at the breeder's. He may not be able to bond again to a new pack, IMO.