Duke!

We love our "Dukester", "Dukey", The Duke!

My girls are constantly telling him how adorable he is and are always taking pictures of him.  So I thought I would post some recent ones of him.  He is a stinker at times and is very annoying when it comes to his ball, but we love having him around.

He is getting so grey in his face and actually all over, but it is most noticeable near his eyes.  He will turn 8 in March.....finally will be the alpha male in the household...heehee.  But it is hard to believe that we have had him so long.  He was so little when we got him from the shelter at 7 months old.

I do not know what we will do when he is no longer around.  The kids have grown up with him and these days we have a great time "talking" for him in our own Duke voice....it really is hilarious.  Have you seen those YouTube videos that show the German Shepard and someone is talking for him and it looks like the dog is really talking?  Ok, so our dog doesn't move his mouth, but we do that talk for him.  It makes me smile just thinking about it.  One of these days we will need to make a video of it.  Anyway, he really is part of the family and we love that big ole lug!