[dtel]

"They can be hard headed dogs but so can any dog, the meanest dog I ever owned was not a Pit it was a Miniture Schnauzer that had no fear what so ever."

LOL, not at you, but one of my other dogs is a Miniature Schnauzer and she is fearless, as you say.
My wife and I had a big old attack trained Doberman years ago, we know exactly what you mean.
We raise our male dogs with a very firm hand and expect them to immediately obey our commands.
The pup is turning out pretty well and he and the Aussie pup should be a formidable combination on the coyotes here at the ranch.

[HELLRAISER II]

One of the big differences that you & I have over most that will post on this subject is that we live on ranches. My house is smack in the middle of 150 acres, dogs like this need space to run around. They don't need to be next door to several families in an apartment complex or sub-division with lot's of children who typically will pick at the dogs.

[HELLRAISER II]

Before Sir Spartacus (my Schnauzer) died, Ol'Sparky whipped up on several big dogs one of which was my brothers 150 lb Rottweiler. Sparky weighed approx. 15 lbs and was so ferocious towards my brothers dog that during the middle of the night his dog was so scared of Sparky that it ripped down my window shades trying to get out. My brother had to drive back to Tampa in the middle of the night because my 15lb Schnauzer had Terrified his dog so bad.

[B4Ranch]

A 22.250 is the best solution to the coyotes that I ever found.