Thanks for the kind replies. His ears just dropped (teething?). They sjould be going back up soon. I slacked off on the puppy kindergarten . I have been doing most of the training on my own. I have a lot of time to spend with him since I work out of the house. I take him to the dog park here in Dallas as often as I can. He actually went for his first swim in White Rock lake. He did panic a little when he couldn't reach the bottom. He does need to spend more time with kids. He tends to bark at them. I think its more curiousity than aggresion. The only kid I have around is my nephew, but he is too young(2yrs) and he just scams at Baron. So I stopped having him around Baron .