This week’s Halo Pet of the Week is a very special California boy named Popeye. This bulldog was adopted from a Los Angeles rescue five years ago, and has been filling his mom’s life with love ever since.

Popeye is deaf, but he is one smart pup who has overcome his disability. He can understand American Sign Language, and his mom uses it to communicate with him. Because signing is Popeye’s method of communication, he focuses on people’s hands, and his mom says that if he is near someone who speaks using a lot of hand gestures, he will always think they must be talking to him!

One of Popeye’s favorite activities is sleeping – he doesn’t exactly dispute the idea of the lazy bulldog. But that’s just fine with his mom, who loves to cuddle with him.

He isn’t sleeping all the time though; Popeye is a mischievous boy who has learned to open cupboards and closets. This sometimes causes a mess for his mom, but one look at that big bulldog smile and she just can’t stay mad for long!

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