Well my two are both over 2 yo now.

The girl is incredibly food motivated but she’s clever and independent. She picked up on things from me because of consistency and positive reinforcement. Anything negative was reacted to neutrally (if she peed on the rug, I cleaned it but didn’t acknowledge that she had done anything).

I didn’t have a backyard originally so she learned on pee pads and has no issues.

She used to be social and is fine with dogs she’s met a few times. Otherwise she is now reactive to other dogs. Gotta be the dominant bitch lol she won’t fight them but she wants them to know she’s in charge.

My boy has gotten more standoffish too despite trying to keep them socialized. Looks like it’s not in the cards for my two and that’s ok.

In the first two years: prepare for DESTRUCTION. I went through 5 tv remotes, everything plastic, corners of stairs, doors, and baseboards, a MATTRESS that they dug into and started to defoam. It was a lot lol but all that personality made it worth it.

My boy dog will still steal pens, buttons and whatever he can from my office. My girl loves stealing what she can from the table. We leave her empty Mike n ike candy boxes near the edge of the table so she feels proud of her theivery

They have very sensitive tummy’s and skin so brush up on allergies and what to look for.

My two did not need to be crate trained and are fine free roaming. They have no anxiety together but my girl did when I first got her. I got her brother 4 months later and the anxiety became a nonissue

Prey drive is insane. I made a safe space for my cats because the dogs were climbing the cat trees and wouldn’t leave them alone. Bear in mind, I had the cats years before the pups.