I love his ears also but I am tempted to remove some of the hair to see if they go full erect. There is a LOT of hair on his ears...... I need to read a bit before going down that road.... it would be awesome to find a real old groomer that knows their craft... the groomers I've seen around here are barely out of highschool. LOL Zippy is very alert, his ears rotate around pretty intensely as we walk, just like Gucci's ears. If the weather wasn't so cold, I'd consider a tight "puppy cut?" shave and grow it back out from there.
Gucci shows more interest in Zippy than Zippy shows Gucci. Zippy pretty much ignores Gucci most of the time. Zippy's attention is on his people, myself and his new mama who feed him.
There has been no negative behavior between the two. We're giving Gucci extra attention because he looked a little meek with the new guy coming in, IDK, slight jealousy but happy to have someone new to sniff. LOL
Agreed, he doesn't care what I call him, LOL, he isn't coming no matter what! When I move from one location to another in the house, he automatically gets up and follows enthusiastically. Remaining just out of reach for the most part still, unless we're at the front door... he loves to go outside so tolerates the leash going on and the belly band coming off.
We may do a DNA test one day, but it wouldn't matter of course except to settle my own curiosity.