[JThiessen]

Sounds to me like you are on the right track. Both our dogs are pound mutts also - absolutely no reason to go out and buy a pedigree dog when there are so many dogs that need a good home.

Do you know if there are any local trainers that have their own pack that you can put your dogs into for say a couple times a week. Just sounds to me like neither one has yet accepted that they arent the pack leader. Might take some time. Even so, you always have the risk of fights between dogs - and sometimes the ensuing damage isn't necessarily a bad thing. Your pug learned a lesson by trying to take the chew toy from her - might actually be the pug that needs to learn the pack rules???????