Ooh, I love it: a mix of Staffordshire (stubborn) and Rhodesian Ridgeback (the African lion hunter). And the cactus. Mine, after 15 winters here, didn't come back this spring. I suspect the road crews digging around the ditch must have scraped it away. It always seemed such an anomaly, a cactus native to the Midwest. The thorns were a nightmare - maybe I will let it go.
Great photos!!