My son surprised me this weekend when I visited.  I drove up and there they were:  my son Scott, my grandson Nathan, his girlfriend LeAnn & 2 new furkids Pepper & Luke which they had just adopted from their local Humane Society .  Posted their pictures:  Pepper & Luke.  Pepper is great & according to my 11 year old grandson Nathan, Luke is a "retard"!

Been working with Nathan on how to train dogs.  Nathan is an eleven-year-old natural.  His only comment was, "Can we tether Luke in the back of the truck while we are training Pepper!"  That's the only command Luke knows:  "TRUCK"!  He loves to go/go/go.

Nathan's dad (my older son Scott) thinks I spoil my dogs.  Difference is between "country dogs" & "city dogs" I told him.  Anyway, I tried to give Pepper a cookie & she just sat at attention at my feet.  I was stumped.  Then, "lightbulb" & I said, "Give me 5" & VOILA!  So, Nathan & I proceeded to teach her to singalong to "How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?" & she does a grandstand "ARF, ARF" & twirls.  (Yup, Luke was still tethered in the truck.)

As for Luke - we don't quite know where to start with him.  He has absolutely no attention span.  He was named after "Cool Hand Luke" and has turned out to be anything BUT!

However, since I insisted that the furkids come into the house with us to watch TV that night & Pepper had an accident, I got "KP carpet cleaning duty".  No - Luke was not still tethered in the truck - he was tied to the couch.  He's a retard, remember!