These are the two other members of our family...Dodger is half German Shepard and half Border Collie. He is a very smart, active and loyal dog. We have had him since he was a puppy 8 years ago. Checkers is a Peek-a-Poo! He is a great lap dog and loves to get tons of attention. Checkers only likes Brandon when he throws food off of his high chair! Brandon and Checkers' new thing lately is that they fight over the same ball. We have many balls around the house, but they want the one that the other has. Checkers is like the pokey little puppy who always thought the grass was greener on the other side of the fence. He runs away any chance he gets. Dodger could be left out of his pen for days and never leave the yard. Dodger does get defensive over the kids and his territory though...just ask Philip ( my step-dad).