Good Boys

I went to a Promises adoption event today up in Manassas. I took Axel who is a Promises dog, and Lego who is not, but I wanted to get him out in public for the experience. Maya came along for the ride and to satisfy our mutual co-dependent needs.

The two boys were very good. They both enjoyed themselves and were very well behaved. Axel in particular really thrived on the action, activity, and attention. That dog continues to impress me. I mentioned that he reminds me of Maya and I think he may be the closest we've got to her intellectual equal around here. You can just see it in his eyes, he's bright, alert, and takes it all in. I may have to impose an IQ test for potential adopters. You must be smarter than the dog to adopt the dog.

Lego is just a big goofy pup. He nearly took a couple of people to the ground with his lean. He's playfully mouthy like a puppy still, more so than I've seen here at home, perhaps because he was in play mode most of the time we were there. He barked a couple times and it's a BIG bark, (he has no indoor voice) but it's just him talking.

Lots of folks inquired about his mix.
I just said shepherd plus.

Handsome head

Lego runs through his repertoire of tricks (Sit, Shake, Down)
in rapid succession and ends up down and sometimes holds it.

Axel has his own version of the lean.

We tried the little green hats for St. Pat's
Day, but neither dog cared much for them.

That's a very Dane look and pose.

Axel would let anyone and everyone
touch him and he loved it.

Both dogs were very treat motivated.

He's got a good Dane profile too.

It's hard to lay down gracefully when your legs are
so long. Gigi could pull it off, Lego, not so much.

When there weren't a lot of people around we let the two boys
play together. They played each other out and slept quietly
on the ride home.