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[QUOTE="Bonk, post: 4122804, member: 8407"]
Walk your dog OFF LEASH. I can't stress this enough. When they are young they might jump on people for the first couple months but who really cares because it is a puppy. They'll grow out of that. We have a border collie-german shepherd mix, she was stubborn and jumpy at first but grew out of it. But if you don't get them off leash and socialized with other dogs as a puppy then when they are fully grown things get much more difficult.

I'd go so far as to say socialization with other dogs and humans in casual settings is FAR more important than any formal training.

Your dog breed will definitely need to run and run, those are not leash dogs. Depending on what part of the state you live I recommend Nod Brook in Simsbury, Birge Hoppers Pond in Bristol, Bi-Centennial Park in Berlin, the Glastonbury Dog Park, or the Canton Dog park.

(I walked mine off leash at horsebarn hill one time she immediately got under the barbed fence and started herding the cows so don't do that lol):)
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