Well, maybe not way OT cause these Knicks sure need to be tamed, but anyway:

We got a boxer, a little under a year old, just a couple of weeks ago. We got him from a pound, just got him nutered, and he is soo wild. He jumps on us, chews on us (I guess he's teething) and is out of his mind sometimes. And most of the time it seems as though he's just playing b/c his tail wags like crazy. When he's calm, he's the sweetest dog in the world, but you can hardly play with him (No fun!) b/c he gets so wild.

Anybody good at training a dog like this? I know fishmike has a couple of pitbulls or rattys. Anyone else?

PS: I have no interest in hitting the dog and neitehr do my mom and sister. That's not how we roll.

Watch a couple of episodes of the Dog Whisperer. That dude tames the wildest dogs. I don't think you have to hit the dog, but you certainly have to be firm with the dog. It's all about letting the dog know that you are in charge. Seeing as the only advice I have comes from watching a TV show, I expect other posters should be able to help you more than I can. Good luck.

There's a Qyntel Woods joke in here somewhere...

That's the thing though. He has so much energy. It's not my dog, it's my sisters so she is really the one who walks him, but when they get back home, he's even more wild.

And this dog is agile, STRONG and his body is like a spear with his enormous head.

But like I said, I really like the dog, but it's real frustrating that he makes my sister cry from jumping on her and biting on her and he can't stop moving.

Anklebreaker, I'll give that a try and should it work, I shall rename myself to Anklebreakerfan20 and not allanfan20.

google some dog training advice or buy a book. These are the things I do when I want to learn about virtually anything.

Thank you for the advise everyone.

My mom and sister actually took him to some trainer and it apparently did wonders. We use a spikey collar on him now too (Which I feel bad about) and it works.

Another thing I just learned. When the dog is in the process of being trained, don't get on the floor with him b/c you're getting to his level. I played on the floor with him, wrestling and stuff and it got him completely bonkers. So the playing on the floor stuff is really gonna have to wait. I am gonna have to display to him that I'm the alpha male though (Same for my mom and sister) so I learned some stuff this weekend.

Overall, he's a lot more calm and fun to deal with. He's only jumped a couple of times so far today so that's good. He is still teething though (Actually, the doctor said his teeth are in but some people I know said it's still painful, hence: teething). So we'll see. I have faith in Hugo.