Is there any one as friendly and good natured as Your dog? They are always aware of your presence and looking to you for direction...and Food. I never see my dog in a bad mood or do I feel like it wants to hit the road for new adventures without Us. Certain things do make her open her mouth and smile and it is more often enough ..yes, Food! Maybe it's because they can't speak that they have learned to be so expressive with eye and ear movement. Day in and out they seem to be a consistent friend. I find my self talking to the dog all the time. Yes, it drives my teenager crazy. I even caught my self the other day thinking why can't we be more in temperament like the good Ole Dog? Don't you think we would have more friends and people would just want to be around us? We would talk less and sympathize more, just by the way we looked at people. I don't want to be any bodys dog just a friend who really cares...whether you feed me or not. "Have this mind..."