We have a Bouvier des Flandres named Atlas who is generally very mopey. His main job is to make sure the carpet doesn't fly up into outerspace. He also protects us from wayward cars. Both times that I was pregnant, he went into protective overdrive. He wouldn't let anyone get anywhere near either of us. He almost shoved our appliance repair guy down our basement steps (he jumped up at him and missed him by centimeters). Funny dog, considering most of the time he operates with the disdain of a large cat. He got fat after the babies were born because we didn't have as much time to walk him (dropped down to one walk a day) and he basically parked himself under the high chair to scoop up any unwanted baby food. We have him on diet food now. He "one-upped" us by refusing to eat all of the paltry amount of food we put in his bowl... he always leaves a few kibbles. This gives him more to mope about.