Well so far we have determined that sudden loud noises do not seem to alarm him any. He has sat on the porch durring some thunderstorms with close lightning strikes, the fireworks having been set off close by in the neighborhood, and he doesn't even flinch. he sends a glance toward me or the closest person to see if things are alright, but thats about all you get out of him. So its good to know that he is not reactive or gets into an anxiety stage. He's basically pretty chill. Only thing that triggers his reactiveness are other dogs in his close vacinity. From a distance he could care less, he just watches them, but up close and withing a range of about 20-30 feet he responds. Tenses up, goes on the offensive, but we are/will work on that. So far he has been great with people, he met and welcomed our mechanic the other day with no issues at all, basically just a hey, I'm here, pet me dude.....a couple sniffs and a tail wag and he was all good. He has met and said a how-do to a couple of Nikki's co-workes with absolutely no issues as well. We have yet to introduce him to our grandddaughter Aria to see how he does with children, however I do not anticipate there being any issues but we will take precautions just the same until we know for sure.


He is basically a happy go lucky pooch who likes to chill out and not be bothered unless on his terms..lol. He is very affectionate but that also comes with some red flags according to several animal behaviorists so we are still in the sit and see aspect of this whole relationship.We are aware, he is aware, and so far it seems to be working out ok for all.