Sometimes my Australian shepherd, Bandit, knows when I'm not in too good a mood and he will try to snuggle at first, and if that doesn't work he rolls on his back and sticks his legs straight up and just lays their and barks! He's a sweetie. We used to have to pick Bandit up and put him in the car (at about 65 lbs. its not easy!), but now he loves to go for car rides and when I get in the back seat (he has to sit in the back of the jeep where their are no seats) and he jumps right on in and sits right on top of me! He used to be afraid of the car! Now its hard just to get him out.

I believe the funniest thing he's ever done was when I took him to a friend's house and they had a big rottweiler mix (the sweetest dog in the world) and an australian cattledog. At the time they were tied up because they were loading and unloading the horses. Well, I had Bandit in the back up the jeep while I got out for a sec. Bubba (rottie mix) put his front legs on the back of the car and Bandit and Bubba just sat there and stared at each other. You couldn't hear either one of them growling but by the look on their faces you could tell they were like, "Get off my property" and "Get away from my car" It was so cute. But once we untied the dogs and got out Bandit they got along just fine.

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