@knottie69
Lots of play. I am going to level with you: the primary enjoyment that you ever get out of your dog will be squeaky-clean play. He might eventually fuck you, and you will inevitably enjoy it. Focus on play, though. Challenge him mentally. Prove to him that he can learn new tricks, even as an adult. Keep him feeling refreshed and young. In my experience, the more you challenge their minds, the more diverse their facial expressions are going to be.
Get him lots of exercise. Walk or jog at his pace. Prove to him that you can keep up, or if you cannot, then this is a great opportunity to get fit. To dogs, going out on a walk together is a really good date that sometimes ends in some really good sex. You probably don't kiss on the first date, and neither do all dogs. What I think really distinguishes us zoos from non-zoos is that we are not afraid to let our dogs sometimes set the pace. Good pet-parenting is not really about "being alpha," but it's about trust and respect. Your dog should respect your property, but so should a roommate. This does not mean that you become your roommate's owner when you tell her that flushing her tampons is going to clog the pipes. You tell her that because the pipes are old cast iron pieces of crap. It's not her fault, but somebody has to tell her. That does not make you her master. It makes you a good companion for having the spine to point out common sense to her. You will not lose the dog's respect by letting him set the pace or letting him decide sometimes where to go, and you are not being his master by letting him know he has gone too far. Running with him when he wants to run is good for him, and it's good for you, just not across eight lanes of heavy traffic.
Frankly, I enjoy dancing with dogs, and they enjoy dancing with me. I honestly like bass-heavy Colombian club music best when dancing with dogs. Trust me: I love some good spiritually deep and lyrically sophisticated folk music, but it's not as good for getting dogs to dance as music that is designed for getting people to dance. Even if you don't always like club music, it is expertly designed for getting people to get up and shake their butts, and my opinion is that the Colombian scene is the aural equivalent of cocaine. That is what works for me. You pick what works for you. The way that really good club music can make a dog's ass move is simply amazing. Make it a challenge to entice him to dance with you. It is amazing to see how a dog can move when he gets into it.
I encourage you to not focus on the actual sex act as the goal. Make sex the inevitable and inescapable consequence of being adorable enough to impress a dog. When you do impress him enough, he'll want sex for his own satisfaction because he is a horny male, but that is the real victory. Getting boned is just the clean-up. If you make it about the sex, it really turns out to be empty and tepid, and you will feel like someone off a badly made porn video of the kind where tacky misogynistic men whine about its perceived defects in the comments. If you put love first, it's more like the love scene off
Titanic: it wasn't the entree or even the dessert, but it constitutes a serviceable after-dinner mint. You might get a little head-rush as the menthol hits your sinuses, but you wouldn't really want it that much without the concomitant meal.