No, I am a scientist and just happy to get my first job out of grad school in CA.  I loved it but the place I worked closed and I couldn't find another job.  The best thing I could get was in TX but that reached the point where it wasn't good anymore so I came to work in Birmingham.  Then it ended going sower after 10 years and I just ended up staying.  Randy is the result of an accidental brother sister mating and I think that is part of his hyperness.  He has a full sister that the breeder has't been able to show because she is wild as a buck but he also has a half sister who is a little older that the breeder is also holding till she grows up some more.  Taking Randy to PetSmart classes helped but I am hoping he will get calmer.  He is adorable and cute but has been wild and wooly but I love him dearly.

Jeri, My problem was that Randy was an alpha and I have had a time convincing him that he isn't in charge.   I thought we mostly had that settled but the other day when the yard guy was here, I went out front to talk to him and told him I would be back with his money. This guy was the second this year and I hadn't introduced him to dogs, so when he mows the back yard, the dogs are locked in the house and they don't like having someone back there.  Randy was determined that I wasn't going out front with that potentially dangerous man and he tried to stop me and in the end, he nipped my ankle.  But I didn't correct him for it because he was trying to take care of me!!! Bless his little heart.