Carrie,
Thank you for the advice. I printed out this thread and will give it to her when we get together for dinner tonight.

Wolfsoul,
Chance was a rescue and does seem to have issues with men, but oddly enough, when I am at the other end of the leash, just the sound of my voice is enough to keep him in check when he starts acting up.

He would pause when I gave him a command, but he did it and would always look back at me to make sure I saw him do what I told him to. I believe he IS trainable, but as I told her last night, I shouldn't and CAN'T be the one to do this because she doesn't want him to see ME as the alpha.

There are times that he is so eager to please her that it's almost sad, but once he gets wound up, he doesn't stop. Last night he barked at her and took an aggressive stance. She raised her voice and he relented a little and finally sat down.

I feel for her because Aurora was like Seven... easily trainable and understood up front that I was the alpha. I don't think she expected this when she got him because she already had a lab and I guess expected the temperment to be the same.

clara4457, I will make sure she looks into it. She's desperate at this point because she doesn't want to be another owner who brought home a cute but problematic dog and just shipped it back to the kennel because it wasn't easy to deal with.

Thanks again everyone.