I have no doubt as to the blessings of having had him so close to us all for 17 years almost.

He was my sandpaper: the dude I had to love though he never ever listened to me except 'come' most of the time.

He made me practice PATIENCE to the utter limit I could have as a young woman angry with a disobedient dog. I beat him once, after we had just gotten him, because he was pissing on everyone stuff everywhere we went and first thing he did, was actually piss on me on purpose. He never ever pissed on anyone's stuff after that. Its awful, but some dogs must be beaten here and there so at least they are polite even if they are super disobedient.Always repent any beating you do. I never beat my dogs. Whsikey was the only one and it happened once when we just got him. Notice our dogs are all more or less untrained but excellent temperaments.