Thanks for all of your advice concerning my dog. He is not too bad, and we are working with him. I always make him sit before feeding, and take away his toys until he "earns" something to play with or chew on. I do not do the alpha roll--that is why I was looking for other suggestions--it did not sound like anything I wanted to do with my dog, therefore I haven't and just was curious of other options. I believe some of the advice I have given here will work, and I am looking into obedience classes for him right now--it's tough to find someone here, the biggest place for training here I have heard that they guy is not nice to the dogs, and I don't want to go to him, so I am exploring some other options right now!!
Thanks again everyone