Thanks and so is Myke. Gauge has an underbite, think he has some pug in him somewhere, and a curley tail. My buddy says he is so ugly, he is cute.
Gauge is the smartest and most loving dog, I have ever had. He loves to ride in the car and when I grab my keys he gets in front of me and starts jumping, like he is saying, "I want to go with u, can I go, look how excited I am to go with u". He does the same thing when my wife grabs her purse or either one of us puts on our coats in the winter and if I grab change out of the change jar. I could go on and on about all the little tells I have when I leave the house or when I cook or get ready to feed him or get ready to walk him and Gauge knows them all, plus all my wife's and my Mom's, when she was still alive.
I wouldn't say my Mom was an animal hater, but as she got older and sicker, she got where she couldn't tolerate 'em much, except for Gauge. If she knew my wife and I were going to be gone overnight or even all day and Gauge couldn't come with us,she would just say," bring Gauge over to NaNa's house". As soon as I would pick him up, she would give me a play by play of what he did and how he figured out when she was going somewhere in the car. Of course, when he got back home it would be 2 days before he would eat his dog food, because she had fed him chicken or hamburger.
Sorry, I rambled on, but Gauge is by far the best dog I have ever had.