I am walking dogs now, working for a company called "The Urban Dog, located just outside Minneapolis Mn. Woden just started getting to go to the facility each week day while I work. Sometimes he gets to go with me as I drive around the metro area doing walks. It has worked out that he has gone along on walks with some of my favorite clients. They tend to be other large breed dogs, and so far he has gotten along well with all of them. Which has been a little surprising.
  I think that perhaps the dogs I work with were all sort of prepared for meeting him. I sleep with my dogs, drive around with them, basically do everything with them that I can manage. So, I suspect the dogs I work with have been smelling Woden on me for as long as they have known me. And Woden lives just like I do, so he smells pretty strongly of me, I guess. And my client dogs get along well with me - I work hard at making sure they have a good time.
  At the facility, we have another GSD client dog, who is very similar to Woden in temperament, behavior, and coloration. He is just a few degrees more black, looking like Woden did as a pup. This other dog has all of Wodens' bad social habits, plus a few of his own. The pair are fast friends most of the time, acting like little bullies, or a thug squad. A number of the other clients cannot seem to tell them apart, and have transferred their dislike.
  He has just finished his first four days. He grew better behaved and more willing to listen to direction the more he became accustomed to the routine. While he listened to me more then half the time on premises, and fully when off, he was almost uncontrollable using voice commands for anyone else. This wound up being very frustrating. I felt a little embarrassed by how wild he got. But, he gets really wound up by new experiences that do not let up. I have not been really surprised. His housemate, Ulf, has also been coming to work with us. He has done much better adjusting to the new routine.