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Gage isn't an outside dog. He is inside, but they keep him outside on a chian during the day sometimes. I don't think he has been socialized a whole bunch with other dogs, but I've met him before (he came into our yard while we were playing basketball and wanted to come inside with us) and he is a pussycat when it comes to people. He loves everybody.
I've talked with my younger sister, JeanAnne (she is freinds with Gage's owner's daughters) and she said that Gage was halfway trained (he knows the commands but he won't do them). I asked her if anybody was home during the day and she said yes, but during school nobody is at home.
An update (sort of): JeanAnne and I just got back from taking our dogs on a walk. When we were in our lane we saw Hailey and Hannah (JeanAnne's freinds. The people who have Gage) and we stopped to chat.
We got on the subject of animals and then onto Boxers. They were telling me about their new Boxer puppy. He is a boy, is white, and has a patch on his tail and on his eye.
Then she said the only thing bad about him is he nips and so whenever he nips the give him the 'scruff shake' or hit him on the nose. (This was suggested by a freind.)
I said that the scruff shake can actually make him more aggresive and fearful and might cause him to bite more. I then said that what I would do is when he bites, yell, "Ouch!" and walk away from him and ignore him for a while. Then I said I was watching a Golden Retriever puppy that nipped when she was excited and wanted to play, and I did the above and it worked very well.
So hopefully, they might try doing that instead of smaking him across the nose or doing the 'scruff shake'. I didn't ask them if I could exercise/train/watch their dogs though, because they are only around 9 or 10 and wouldn't know if I could or not.
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