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She's doing real well.  depending on who you ask.  She's obviously the authority now.  Yesterday she decided she was good enough to launch herself from the floor into the bed.  She's not supposed to do that...but you can't really stop her when in about 1.2 seconds a 105 Rott leaps into the air.   

LOL!  I love how the vets hand down these instructions but don't give you any ideas on how you're actually supposed to make it happen.  How's her appetite?  She looks like she really enjoyed her time as the ruling queen!

Awwwww!  He's a cutie!  I love the pic of him all curled up with Brayden.  Brayden is a sweetie.

I have convinced DH to go with me to look, though!!!  He's stronger than I am 

Bwahahah!!! That way if he caves, it is his fault.  You're good!!!!!!!!!  I can never count on DH to say no.  He's worse than I am about having a bazillion dogs!  He was asking today already if we need another 

Awwwww!  I love happy endings!  Congrats to all of you!  I agree that pics are needed.

Here's a good thread on Gentle Leaders.  I think the Halti looks similar, though I have not researched enough to know for sure. 

http://www.bigpawsonly.com/index.php/topic,5268.0.html

I've had excellent results with the GL on one dog and a terrible response from another.  It really depends on the dog and IMO should only be used until you've finished the training.  The GL worked well with Carter because he is deaf and he had never been leash trained.  That is challenging to start at 2 yrs of age with a large breed.  He accepted it well and I was careful not to let him pull too hard too quickly.  Now I rarely use it on him because he has learned that the pull on the neck means that he needs to pay attention.  Eider is a little more challenging.  He hated the GL so we went with a prong collar.  He should know by now how to walk on the leash but he's so determined to stay ahead of Carter that he pulls quite a bit.  He wants to be boss but thinks he has to work hard at it because Carter is so much bigger.    Anyway, I'm making a long story longer.  The idea to try some of these out in the store is excellent.  Walk around the store a bit with one on before you buy or at least leave the tags on when you buy it in case you want to bring it back.  We did that with the prong collar for Eider and ended up taking it back for a bigger one.  The large is just barely big enough for Eider so we got an extra large and took out a few prongs because he's still young.  I'd imagine you'd need lots of extra prongs for a real extra large dog.

Ask the breeder about the individual temperaments.  They will likely know which pup is the wild thing, which one is laid back, which is dominant, etc. 

http://www.tiarapoodles.com/temperament.html

This link shows some things to think about and possible tests to do with the pups.  Imagine what your ideal adult dog is and look for those traits in the pup.  Good luck and have fun! 

I'm so sorry things didn't work out with her!  I think you are wise to return her quickly though.  If you've got kids in the home and one of them gets between her and Bray, you'll never forgive yourself.