These are my 2 dogs named Dakota who is 3 years old and part rot/shephard mix and is very submissive and great with other animals (I also have a 2 year old cat that is also his buddy) and is also great with kids (I have 2 grandchildren that he has grown up with)...Bella is part poodle/lab mix and is a year old and has the same disposition as Dakota. Both are trained to sit on command and Dakota is the smarter of the two and so Bella follows his lead as she is still learning her commands. Dakota knows how to sit, down and stay and shake. They are never seperated as one looks for the other. Bella can be shy when in a new enviroment. any questions you can email me at this site