The last dog we had was an Alsatian/bearded collie cross. We tried training him but he did the exact opposite of what you said. He wasn't stupid. He just didn't want to obey you. The worst time was when we needed to bath him. He hated baths. If you mentioned baths he ran as far away from you as possible. In the end we had to pretend he was going for a walk, put the lead on him, walk him upstairs & put him in the full bath, hold him down & wash him which wasn't easy as he was big & heavy. As soon as you were finished & stopped holding him he jumped out of the bath, splashed everyone & ran downstairs. He wouldn't let you get the hairdryer out & use it on him as he didn't like that either & you had to keep him in for a certain period of time as if you didn't he went & rolled in something then you had to bath him again.
We have a big garden & we used to play tennis in the garden but we had to keep him tied up while we played as if we didn't he used to come running up to us, steal the ball if he got the chance & run away with it. Then he chewed it up so it was no good as it was all in bits.
We had to tie him up if people came to visit us who came on their bicycles too as if we didn't he used to chew their tyres until there were only 2 pieces of wire left.
He also liked sitting on your feet so you couldn't move & putting your hand over his head with his paw so you had to stroke him.
