They sound like a great pair. I love the loyalty of shepherds. Moose-dog is shepherd/poodle/newfie and he will leave me to protect our friends. If it's just me, he expects me to protect him. Bat-dog is a being unto herself. She loves only me like a good shepherd, but she tends to think with her chow and beagle brain parts and gets in trouble a lot. They are both smart, but don't try to outsmart me.
Our huskie used to escape through the locked storm door in the garage. My Dad finally put up electric wire around the door to stop him. Every morning, the dog would go out back, walk into the garage and put his foot on the door frame. If he got shocked, he went back out back. If not, he unlocked the door and left. One time, after he had gone off, he came home and my Mom noticed a different collar on him. My Dad took it off and looked at it. There was a note taped to the inside "he came by the store and wanted a new collar. We put it on your tab.". He had gone clear across town and stopped at the pet store ( owned by family friends). It was the most expensive collar in the place, of course.
