He’ll tilt his head to the left when I ask him questions, especially if the words, “Ride, cookie, eat, Lucy, Crusher, kiss or daddy” are involved.

Sarge knows by my facial expressions, my posture, hand gestures and voice pitch exactly what I’m saying to him. Or, if we can be more intimate – an unspoken language between a parent and child. There’s an unspoken language between a human being and a dog. If you are a dog owner you’ll agree with my following thought: You know what your dog is thinking just by looking at him. He looks at the two younger dogs and thinks to himself, “What a bunch of idiots.” He tells Lucy to put her paw up between her eyes and he pokes her eyes with the legendary Moe like move we all know and love. However, his heart matches his size and he gets a bad rap because of his looks. The oldest of the group, he’s also the biggest dog. But, since I don’t have a crystal ball like the traveling salesman in the “Wizard of Oz,” the names I chose were totally based on what I figured their personalities would be at eight weeks of age. If I had known I would end up with these three numbskulls, I would have named them after the Three Stooges.

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