Here ya go Robbin:

http://www.leerburg.com/puppygroundwork.htm

If you haven't read the articles yet, i'll suggest taking a couple of hours and reading all the articles on this site. They are amazing and will answer almost all of your questions.

In my opinion, this pup doesn't see you as pack leader (based on this post and a couple of others)I don't mean that in a insulting way, but he doesn't. Otherwise he probably wouldn't be acting the way he does.
Another thing I noticed is that you said you are intimidated by the pup, and i'll tell you right now that is the not good at all. Trust me, the pup is definately sensing your dis-comfort and is acting on it. Always always act with the utmost confidence with the pup, dont' give him any leeway. Control his every move and let him know what is and isn't acceptable.
And as hard as it may be, yes keep him away from your other dogs for awhile. He will bond more to them than you (actually sounds a little bit like he already has)If he does socialize with them let it only be for a few minutes and under your rules. No aggressiveness, no dominance, no rough play etc etc. And keeping him tethered to you is a must!! My dog was 2 when i first got him and he wasn't un-tethered from me for about a month. Yes, I felt bad if he was sleeping and i had to get up, but tough luck. You're the pack leader, you move, he should move with you.
Boost up your confidence around him, don't feel over-whelmed, frustrated or intimidated. You are top dog!!!
(keep repeating that over and over to yourself under you breath...lol)

some sound advice all of it. Today I have had him crated most of the day. I haven't played much with him because he insists on eathing that darn crab grass outside! I sat and watched the poor dog try and poop for 5 minutes, most of it all big pieces of grass coming out his butt! So, now when we go outside I am yanking on the collar to get him to stop obsessing about the dog gone grass! Meanwhile, I have taken all the toys away, from everyone. Usually I have toys outside for my bc to play with but not anymore. I think that is just a fight in the making. Also, when I tried to play with him this morning I used the 20'lead and made sure he came back each time. Alot of times he just left the toy where he was but now that I know that I need to teach "fetch" and I think I have something to work with. I also haven't allowed any interaction with the other dogs. He goes out, they go in. He goes in, they go out. Or he is in his kennel and they are wherever they want to be as they use the doggy door to come and go. In general they completely ignore him when he is in the crate.

On another note, my male lab pulls all the time. This is a dog that is pretty obedient for the most part sit, stay, down. Does a pretty good job but not walking. He pulls me like you wouldn't believe. No matter how hard I yank the choke or what. I will stop and he will sit automatically but once we start again he does it again. I just bought a ecollar and am thinking about using it but I was thinking about what Ed said about only using them when the dog knows what you want. Do you honestly think that this dog does not know what I want? I always pull him back to be even with my leg and say No!! Heel!!! He'll stay there for a second and then off he goes. I've been trying to control his head because he is always sniffing. Trying to get him to pay attention to me. I am seriously thinking about buying a prong collar for him. He responds to the ecollar sortof but still trys to walk ahead of me.

That's so cool Angelique!
Your technique is demonstrated on the basic dog obedience DVD, but that was only for 2 dogs. You must be really skilled to make it work for 4 dogs (especially with 3 working line shepherds involved!).

Thanks for sharing that, I'll keep it in mind when I get a new pup... I'll know how to keep things civilized from the start

I have a female Gsd that has the same issues. Mind you once we found this out we seperated her from the other's right away.

I was told by a so called breeder I was to drop her and drop her hard! Which I felt was not right to do!

Ckichi is now 6 months old and she has come a long way, since we have seperated her from the other's she walks with a total focus on and off leash. She works hard on retrieve, and does an awesome recall!

I have now let her out with her brother Kizer for a few min'ts at a time and things are fine. So this was a hard leason learned, but when focusing on proper leash training, crate training and socialization Chichi has mmade a big turn around!

Thanks Yuko, I thought maybe you might have seen that show on "living with wolves" I love that documentary.I've learned little things from that clip.They used to play it on NG channel a lot.I hope they replay it again soon.But do you seen what I am talking about?If the pack wolf leader can achieve that behavior why not us , at least try

Robbin,
Put your dog on a prong and have it on tight not too tight but I have seen many people with prongs on there dogs that you could fit a whole hand through without squeezing..not good.
A prong should be snug.Try that first before you do the e-collar.
Give him some good correction when he starts to pull ,change directions quickly, make th ewalk unpredictable.Too many times the walk around the block is straight and dog are very good at going straigh , and fast if they know the route.Good luck, keep up the leadership....

Robbie, Pups are like children they have to be supervised pretty much all the time. They need non-negotiable boundaries.
I know cabinets look pretty apetising, never tried one myself in all honesty,but boredom can do wonders on a creative mind. Your Pup is exercising it's creative streak, So my cabinets, worth use/get a crate pronto, put him away for short periods first, and then slowley build it up so he doesn't think you abandoning him and you won't feel guilty.I had to replace a mattress once long ago, but the memory lingers.....
Use food to get him in the crate, eventually he will twig, food =crate!
Good luck sounds like you have your hands full.