Dog Health Questions: I have some questions inside about dog training and adding a pet to the home.?

Background info: We adopted her in March, she is a 10 month old Shepperd/Akita mix.
Question 1: Our dog bites your hands/clothes/legs when trying to play. How do we break this habit as she seems to want to play ALL The time!
Question 2: How do we break the habit of her lunging at you when she is playing or you walk in the door.

Also, we are getting a new puppy in 3 weeks, our dog does not get along too well with our cat so how will she get along with the Lab female puppy? Are cats and dogs different? Our dog tries to play with our cat but is too rough. What do you suggest.

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Dog Breed in Relation to Dog Training

• I strongly suggest you train the dog you already have before adding a puppy to the household. Training the puppy will be all that much harder if your present dog isn't already trained. I suggest an experienced trainer in a group obedience training class. Akitas are stubborn and difficult to train and need a serious no-nonsense trainer. The dogs behavior is unacceptable and you need to get this dog under control or you will have a total mess on your hands with two dogs.
  
  I suggest you keep the dog away from the cat until it is totally trained. My friend's Akita was playing too rough and killed her cat.