Day 6: Jagermeister barks back

Jan 8 2011 . . . This is our keeper dog, the family pet.  We adopted Jager from a local pet rescue group a few years ago when he was two years old.  He came with a frisbee, a squeak toy, some nervous tics and his unusual name.

Jager?, people ask, like Jagermeister? Or Jager Bomb?  Right, just like that. Only he doesn't drink.

This fella is a good time, regardless of his temperance. He already had some basic commands down and was quick to pick up whatever else we wanted to teach him, including several hand commands.  He is my dog of choice when working on the Dog Care merit badge with the Boy Scouts.

Speaking of hand commands, to impress his friends the kid will give the dog some bogus command, in German or whatever, while covertly using a hand signal. It looks like the dog is bilingual. Pretty funny, really.

Here's the same Day 6 shot, but altered into a Blue Dog portrait. Just for fun.

I once put together a collage of Jager and his doppelganger, Salacious Crumb from the Star Wars movie. The kid tells me not to make fun of the dog, he doesn't deserve it.  I know he's right. I probably shouldn't have enjoyed this as much as I did.