I want to see TWO videos. The first is . . . a human repeatedly carrying a dog off the human's seat to the doggie sofa, only to have the dog rush back and beat the human to the first seat. Over and over. Like you said you did.

Next, I want to see the crate when it arrives. Because I have a feeling that, if given his choice, Mr. Biggles will have YOU in it!

Seriously, it does sound as though you are on the right track with both of them. And that is GREAT!!!

Only thing I am NOT sure of, is can you as alpha dictate which of them is higher in rank? I know you can insist Bear be first, in eating, praise, going out, coming in' but that is not rank. I always thought the human is the alpha and then the pack works out the rest between them. Maybe someone has some info on this, as I saw you wrote you want Mr. Biggles to learn he is at the bottom of the rank. Just not sure that is your decision, it may be between the 2 of them.