Jim,
Thought you would enjoy these. Mickey is our 100lb Australian Shepherd that has bonded with Willie. Willie comes to the fence line to greet Mickey and is rewarded by Mickey licking his face... which Willie really enjoys. This occurs regularly, and now they run the fence line together and literally hop around mimicking each others movements. We will try to capture some photos of that.
I think we are going to have to find Willie a friend to share the pasture with. Maybe he will lose some weight.
Be well, Craig