Happy is a lab/mystery cross who is great with people, children, and other animals that are not dogs. Happy became mine when I saw a stray dog trotting across the parking lot at work, so I called him and he came, and when I told him to get into my car, he did. He's an 85 pound brick of a dog.
Gracie is our German Shepherd. She's good with everyone and lacks the typical GSD prey drive except where squirrels are concerned. Cats are friends, not food. She's a pound rescue who has been with us for about two years now. There is some abuse in her past; this picture is over a year old from when she was still pretty downtrodden and reserved. She's a lot more energetic and outgoing now. Gracie is the tall, slender type of GSD, weighing only about 70 pounds.
RIP Bear. Bear was also a shelter rescue. He was all German Shepherd, working all the time, let neither man nor beast approach The Master but by his leave. Bear was rough, tough, and buff at just over 90 pounds. Unfortunately Bear suffered kidney failure and we had to put him down.
Other dogs from the past are Skyler, a 115 pound Lab/Rottie cross that looked just like the biggest black lab you have ever seen. Since the Rottweiler was the evil dog at that time, we let people hold onto the illusion that Skyler was just a huge lab. Skyler never met anyone who was not his friend, but he had a bark that could make non-dog people wet their pants.
His friend was Chloe, a 60 pound golden-colored mystery dog who might have been a Husky cross or might have been a Dingo. Chloe was fiercely loyal to her family but fearful of strangers. I always maintained that anyone who lacked the sense to leave after being barked at by Skyler deserved to be bitten by Chloe.