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Don't worry about it - you didn't know not to stress him like that right now. Once he's into training and you two have a working team together, you can have him wait/stay in place and things like that to increase the amount of time he's able to stay in place on command, starting with a short time and working up. And yes, once you learn some dog handling skills and how to assume authority, gain respect in your dog's eyes, in time you can allow him to do anything since he will be well-behaved and even doing those things he will know that sleeping with you, lap time and things like that are not an invitation to run the pack - just merely something he's allowed to do. It's just for now while he's in training and rehab from a life of much misbehavior that you aren't allowing these things. Once he's totally under your control and happy to do what you say, he can be allowed to do anything you like. Your trainer and your study will show you the signs to watch out for that might indicate he could be slipping into dominance or aggressive misbehavior again. If you make mistakes along the way, you can correct those with many good times and trusting situations to come. He'll forgive and move on. Dogs live for today and don't hold grudges but you can lose their trust so go by the instructions for how to train in basic obedience and how long to do it and don't exceed any of those things right now. I so hope that your trainer works out and is a good one - will teach you what you need to know about how to train your dog without water bombs, squirting him or dumping water on him, throwing chains or shaking cans, buying special collars for correction and growling at him and things. Those things can work for some dogs and some dogs they frighten and intimidate so basically I don't care for them since there are other ways using body attitude, your hands, eyes, tone of voice, etc. You just basically need your two hands, a harness and a short leash and you and your dog. Be sure to make training fun for your dog and keep your tone matter-of-fact and stay unemotional when he misses it or forgets, messes up and he will - that is part of training! He'll learn in time. Good luck and keep us updated.