Ranger is 5 years old and was given to a shelter with his friend a terrier because his owner had cancer. We don't know what happened to his friend, we tried to find him, they didn't seem to know what happened to him. Very sad, but we did save Ranger and this is a great dog. Companion dog, not high drive but gets really excited to play catch LOVES IT. Ranger can boogie on command, I was dancing and singing playing with the dogs and to my surprise he joined in! We took him to the Groomer, Bark Life in Seminole Florida and Tammy tried dancing for him and he joined in with her, Funny dog! He loves to sit by you on the couch to watch TV and he has to touch... head on the lap or tail touching your leg, very sweet. He is house trained, heartworm negative, he is on Triflexis now for fleas and HW and is the perfect ready to go pet! He likes other dogs, is gentle with the cats, greets new people with HAPPY HAPPY barks but if a stranger walks by he will warn you. He constantly is watching you to see what you want from him, waits to go in and out of the house when YOU say so, sits on command, stays on command and loves treats, GREAT dog.