Andre, the giant dog

We have had a number of dogs throughout the years. We had Andre, a German shepherd-husky mix. He was a big hairy mutt with lots of love for everybody. He could tell time. He would know when to go outside to be petted by the school kids. He was good at protecting the house, or so we thought. He kind of got busted one day. There was a kid cutting through our back yard. The kid gave him an ice cream cone for safe passage. Andre took the whole thing in his mouth, came inside and plopped it out onto the carpet (thanks for that). We visited my parent's house with Andre. The neighbors had a dog, well maybe it was a trained furry rat. It looked teeny tiny when it broke through the fence and found out that Andre was a big dog. Andre was about 90-110 lb dog. the neighbor dog was maybe 9-10lb. It came through the fence and looked up to see Andre. It then froze and began to shake. I finally went over and picked up the little tyke and took him back to the neighbors.
Andre started out as my brother's dog, but my sister inherited him when my brother moved. One of his main jobs was to help my sister. Sandra has Rhumatoid Arthritis and has difficulty getting up and down. Andre would help her to get up and down. He was also responsible for being in the bathroom to "shower" with Sandra. (this was actually to keep him out of stuff).