SEVEN!!!.......... ok can I be first to congratulate you on officially being BONKERS

Joking apart though, I find in many ways they have learned from eachother. So in some ways it helps having more than one. Trouble I find is that because they are so good, I'm a little spoiled and take it hard when they have a "puppy" day and misbehave.

We have problems with recall (selective deafness when there is something more interesting than me, i.e. everything) and with pulling on the lead.

Max will occasionally jump up when he is uber-excited, but we just ignore him and he soon calms down.

We're working on the pulling on the lead by using a correcting jerk on the lead and a "steady" command. He's actually much better, and when we're out on our own he is perfect. Sadly, if we're walking with another dog (e.g. Hevvur's Teagan) Max forgets everything he has learnt and will choke himself on his lead and collar *sigh*

I don't see any of them as problems just natural canine behaviour that doesn't fit the human idea of what is expected of a dog ..
Pulling on the lead = a dog walks faster than a human and is eager to get going, watch a dog off the lead it rarely walks and mostly trots/jogs along.
Recall = a dog finds something more interesting than the human who is calling it. It is normal for a dog to 'read' the messages left by other dogs and to explore a potential food source.
Dog on dog aggression = a dog hasn't been given to opportunity to meet and greet other dogs so can't interpret their body signals . If puppies are brought up in a large group of dogs (like a kennel ) there is rarely any problems with dog on dog aggression, they sort things out for themselves.
Jumping up = a normal canine greeting from one dog to another.

If you start off with a puppy to train, give a training method a chance to work , are gentle consistent and patient none of the options listed should be a problem or difficult to cope with.

The 'problem' to me is as with so many things in our 'instant society' some people expect instantly trained puppies and dogs .
It always surprises me that people are prepared to accept the fact that babies mean months of sleepless nights /teething/ potty training/teaching to talk and walk yet when it comes to training puppies, natural occurring behaviour that can be modified quite quickly with the correct approach is seen as a problem.

Sorry if this sounds grumpy but it is something that causes me concern.

Monster has the recall of a sparrow!! The whole world is more interesting than me or my toys or my treats
It's so exasperating trying to get her to come back!!

Other than that she is great, only pulls if she sees another dog, still jumps a bit when excited but then she is only 5 months old. Zero dog aggression but we have two other dogs and she has great doggie communication skills. I still love her to pieces though

Thats a great pic Shona, they really are gorgeous dogs. Thers a lass lives next door to my mum has a Rottweiler and it's gotta be the friendliest dog I've ever met. Fantastic dog.

Must admit the 4 tied to the bench are not (mine) they are pups from my first litter and we meet regularly to go walkies with my dogs (mine are the 3 sat at the end of the bench, lol we could not get the young ones to stay put so we tied them to the bench, I do have 7 hear now though but that photo was taken about 15 months ago,

Can see Mini's point, but I think in todays society, with busy roads and built up residential areas etc it is a problem if you have trouble with certain aspects of training. Granted it is one that can and should be solved by proper training but a problem none the less.