yes, we have been working under close guidance already, with a combination of advice from breeders and our "in the bag" bible. its just not been possible to actually work with them as yet but plans are afoot.
hes not in any way aggressive, has yet to growl, though im sure he'll learn soon enough. If anything he's just too full of himself, extremely confident and a bit pushy- we keep thinking he could do with putting in his place by another dog, just enough to give him a message, but not enough to scar him or spoil him
he knows a lot of dogs, and probably knows at least 10 very well indeed. we have neighbours with dogs and family too. With all of them, with the exception of our ancient spaniel (his favourite dog in the world) McCoy already seems to be the boss. only playful but clearly top dog,
overall hes a joy, everything we could have wished for, but we want to try to get on top of his lunging and barking asap.
my sister in law has a fabulous lab who is now 5 and is a gorgeous boy, apart from he does this too- so hopefully its not simply a trait