Yep! Those of us with Shepard’s know darn good and well what the “ear ****“ means. You are about an inch from having a very bad dog experience! You can see in the pix Hemi still has her ear cocked and full on stink eye! I had to also explain there will be no hugging me or back slapping me. Overall it really went well with the one older female exception. In her defense I think she has never had a dog. She was appalled the Mal would jump up in my lap. Kind of like those folks who have never had children, and they start going on and on about what their kids would and would not do. Heck with four kids any day that did not end in the ER was a win!