Tamar Gellar's "The Loved Dog" (DVD and/or book) is fantastic for training your pooch. Positive reinforcement. Her methods have worked w/our golden retriever Divas! No offense intended but I think Cesar Milan is a big meanie.

Megatron is a gorgeous boy!

We don't take our dogs to dog parks, even though there are plenty of them in my county. Too many irresponsible owners. Haven't heard about issues w/free range children, though.