There is something in that look that tells you he is going to take control. Good looking old boy for sure.
Ususally he does run the show. He's like a cat, he doesn't care if you like what he does or not, he just does what he wants. But if he thinks you're really angry at him, he falls apart, and is miserable. Like this, but not so bad...
This was taken after minor surgery and the cone made him miserable.
A couple weeks later, he was back to normal, not wanting to come in:
He may be getting white in the face, but he's shown no signs of slowing down and seems to have nearly unlimited stamina when he needs or wants it. The only dog I've ever seen that ran him out of gas is my friend's 3 year old Smoothcoat Fox Terrier. It took an hour, but King had finally met a dog that could outdo him in the "crazed" department.
Here's a pic of sister Molly from about 7 years ago..She has "Faded Black" syndrome. She's supposed to be black and white, but the black is faded to grey and her eyes are green instead of brown. She has a lot of allergies, they go along with it. She's as nervous as king isn't, and anything on four legs that comes into her yard will at least get the stare, if not outright attacked. She knows what she's doing and has killed a lot of Skunks, Possums, a groundhog, a rat, and nearly killed a Raccoon who made the mistake of coming down from the tree. The neighbor's kid grabbed her tail and stopped her just as she was about to finish him off. King is backup only most of the time out back, he doesn't do any more work than he has to. Animal control took the nearly dead **** away the next morning for rabies testing, He was clear. And of course, dead.