[vash]

Up until recently, I was just the other human in the house. My wife went somewhere in the house, he trotted after her. She stops to read, he lays down at her feet. She’s in the shower, he lays outside the door.

I was just the guy that washed him, picked up his crap, and fed him.

Now? I don’t know what’s changed. But he hangs with me more and more. He won’t even bark at things if I’m with him. My wife, he is in full guard mode. The other night some kids were unclear of the Halloween celebration-concept and were shooting off fireworks. He freaked. I moved his dog bed to my side of the bed and he went lights out. I would occasionally drop my foot over the edge to nudge him if a big explosion went off.

I think he let me in the pack! I might be pack leader.