Dreamer,
I'm not sure how old you are, but I've had many kids take their dogs through my obedience classes. They've done very well with them, too. Maybe if you talked to your dad about taking responsibility for training the dog, your dad would agree to let you take Max to an obedience class before getting rid of him. A trainer could help you with all of Max's problems, and a trainer could also help your dad learn better ways of working with Max. It's worth a try. Act as grown up as possible when you talk to your dad about obedience class. He may see that it would be good for you to take responsibilty of the dogs training, and give it a shot.
If you go to obedience school with Max, you'll have to be serious about training Max every day. If you do exactly what your trainer tells you, you should see Max's behavior begin to improve. Just make sure to train every day, and follow your trainer's advice exactly. And, have fun, too!
MACH Aslan RE, MX, MXJ, EAC, EJC, OCC, Wv-N, TN-N, TG-N, R-SN, J-SN, R2-CL, CGC, TDI, FFX-AG (five year old sheltie)
Jericho OA, NAJ, R1-MCL, CGC, FFX-AP (three year old sheltie)
Laika NAJ, CGC (nine year old retired American Eskimo)
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