[SteveH]

Dog already sometimes bites son when he comes to take her to his room at night time. Dog is already 6 years old. He picked her by looks alone (not behavior) at a dog pound. She had been mistreated and had "street" behavior (eating old discarded food off the road, distrustful of everyone, etc.).

Our son is a teenager so guess whose job it has fallen to walk the dog every day. I sometimes tend to think that our son is the untrainable problem (not the dog). In my view, getting humped on the leg every once in a while is his just punishment for not diligently walking her.

Now that I know what it really signifies, maybe I'll rub it in a bit by telling him... ;-)

[HairOfTheDog]

In my view, getting humped on the leg every once in a while is his just punishment for not diligently walking her.

ROTFL!

Well, if he's a teenager, at least you aren't needing to be concerned about him getting hurt... The training wouldn't hurt though, the dog or the kid!