Kyle Edmondson is a first rate dog trainer that breeds and trains Griffons as a specialty, and I asked him about his affinity to Griffs. Griffons would be classified as a fairly soft dog between the ears, which to me is a really smart dog between the ears. Every dog that people pick up from me, I tell them, Number one, Griff's going to change your life and it's going to be for the better, but you will never be the same again. As long as that dog knows that you have its back. When it's a pup, it'll pretty much do anything you ask of it later in life. But just do the right things with the dog up front that first year and everything after that is just gravy. Griffel changed the way people look at dogs, the people that come from the lab world or just somewhere else. I came from springer spaniels when we got our first griffon, which my uncle introduced me to 30 some years ago. It changed everything. I will never have anything but griffons pretty strong endorsement. I love them. I'm a Grif guy. Speaker1: If that doesn't convince you. Listen to this. After his grandson fell in a pond without a life jacket, Michael Thompson led his Griffon Kingsley go to the rescue. Akc spokesperson Carolyn Manno. Speaker3: After hearing a splash, Michael knew that his grandson was in trouble, so he yelled at his dog Kingsley to go get Rowan and the wirehaired pointing. Griffon quickly took off swimming to Rowan in the water before pulling him back to safety, ultimately saving the six year old's life. Speaker1: Pretty special story about a pretty special dog.