There is little point in getting a puppy that grows into a dog that does nothing but sniffs the crotch and wants to make love to the sofa or worse a neighbor’s leg, embarrassing indeed. There needs to be that flare, love, loyalty, and of course one needs some tricks to smooth over that embarrassing stuff. Then you can say sheepishly “Down boy, bad…well, sorry about that sir… look at this “sit boy; good dog; now look at this, ‘fetch’.” Then you can turn to your company that was rudely violated and say, “You see, he can do other great tricks too.”