2 dominant males

Question
Ok first off I've got a 2 year old male husky that we've had since a pup. He wasn't ever around other dogs on a regular except when friends would bring theirs to play. He did great. Now we have adopted another 1 year old husky (due to mistreatment and no home) so ours could have a playmate. We knew they would fight a little at first. Both of their temperments is not extremely dominant. Like I said our dog always accepted other dogs before. The new dog kinda bows down to our dog but isn't going to take too much more crap from him. The new dog "Timber" had our husky pinned down yesterday a couple of times kinda telling him he better quit picking on him. They will run around and kinda 'box" at each other and then it can become escalated and they started biting. We are only on day two. They can stand each others company but we're afraid to leave them alone. So our plan is, introduce them gradually, supervised for  a couple hours a day, and  then separate them when were unable to supervise until we feel comfortable they won't hurt each other. What do you think? Should I approach another plan of action for these two. Since they are both young they still are puppy like in attitude. I will be honest our dog doens't get the worlds most attention but he does have a large fenced in backyard in which he does what he pleases. He digs holes, runs with the neighbor dogs along the fence and my fiance lets him in the house when he can for short periods of time. I'm pregnant and the dog just doesn't respect me b/c my fiance is the leader of the pack. Its like he's laughing at me b/c he'll bark straight in my face if I try to tell him to sit etc. When he was a baby we were really close. My fiance would spank him if he did wrong and I guess that led to him becoming the leader and he has so much more respect for him than me...which leads me to my next question. How do I make him respect me. I mean I tried to "spank" him when he jumped on me but he got even wilder and jumped even more...is it too late to get this wild thing to respect me more? We are going to neuter the both of them ASAP hoping it will help some. thanks for your time!

Answer
First, I am a strong advocate against spanking or hitting a dog.  There are some very specific cases where it might be acceptable, but there are so few of those cases, I can generally say it's a good "never do".  The best way to have the dog respect you is to begin working on a obedience training and making sure that you are the one that is working with him.  I definitely recommend against treat based training in order to help establish dominance.  Instead of becoming a human Pez dispenser, the best idea is to help establish a position in training that the dog does things because you said so, not because he wants a treat.  I would definitely suggest trying to find a professional trainer in this regard as it can be a rather complete overhaul to the way you approach training a dog.  Also, there are a few little things that you can to help, like feeding the dog, being the one that takes him for walks, etc.  And when doing these things, enforce a simple command (Sit usually works well) before the dog gets something that he wants.  Being the provider of food and play time helps a ton.

Also, I think working both dogs diligently in training will help them get along, as they won't be fighting for that alpha position (that is clearly held by the humans).  I think your idea of supervised introductions is good and over time that should help.  Also, keep in mind that Sibes are notorious for playing rough and play fighting all the time, so some of the interactions may be in good fun.  It can difficult to tell the difference sometimes, but generally, play fighting is higher pitched with tails wagging; real fighting, the growls get deeper, lips snarl, and tails straighten more and wag more slowly.

Good luck and write back if you have some other questions.  Oh, and neutering is a definite good idea!