Picture Bobby keeping an eye on his property.

Bobby's owner is actually Graeme, the gentleman who shares our property with us.  He chose the name in memory of his cat Bobby.

Bob, Bob-Dog, Dingo-butt.

Roughly February 1, 2000.

Generic brown mutt.  He definitely has some Pit Bull blood in him and probably some German Shepherd, and who knows what else.

Bobby is a mid-sized dog, weighing around 55 pounds (25 kg).  He looks kind of like a dingo dog, which is the source of one of his nicknames.

He has a fairly average mid-sized dog bark and howl.  He doesn't usually bark unless something is going on near our property, though on occasion, he stands way out in the yard and barks all by himself.  I don't know whether he sees something on those occasions or just feels like hearing his own voice.

Some friends of Graeme found Bobby as a little puppy after he'd strayed or been dumped.  He was headed to the Pound when Graeme intervened and brought him home.  Bobby the cat had died unexpectedly a few months earlier, leaving Graeme petless, so Bobby was a welcome addition.

He was dog number three at the time, and, being a puppy and all, harassed poor Spook mercilessly.

Bobby is quite friendly and affectionate with people he knows and enjoys rubbing up against people, much like a cat does.  He's also friendly with people he doesn't know if he sees us being friendly to them.  He does, however, have a strong protective instinct and I have no doubt that he'd attack anyone who threatened us.  During goose mating season, when my goose Gabriel gets obnoxious and attacks me, Bobby often stands just outside the geese's enclosure and barks angrily.  If he could get in, Gabriel would be history.

Bobby and Finian didn't always get along well and had a few spats, all of which Bobby initiated.  When we called in an animal behaviorist, she pointed out that Bobby picks fights when he knows we're watching, either because he wants to impress us or because he knows we'll protect him if Finian goes ballistic.  He sometimes gets aggressive with the other dogs when someone is petting him and another dog comes over, asking for attention.  Luckily, we've learned how to manage this behavior and the dogs are mostly peaceable.

He was the world's most obnoxious puppy and was forever stealing things and chewing them up and pestering the older dogs.  We were kind of surprised when he grew up to be well-behaved and pleasant.

Nothing significant so far.

Bobby is really into guarding his property.  When he's not "on duty," he enjoys following us around as we take care of the pigeons, chickens, and geese, and he loves going for walks.

Bobby was good friends with Spook.  Now that Spook's gone, he mostly hangs around with MacKenzie and Lily.