In The Yard, Drake Gruff is known as a Bulldog who is low slung, deliberate, and rarely in a hurry. Drake Gruff can talk about a bell that rings when nobody touches it for an hour and still seem like new ideas are arriving in real time. Pups passing the bone polishers den sometimes wave to Drake Gruff out of habit, even on days when nobody is actually there. Drake Gruff suspects the old world left at least one good question lying around with that exact name written on it.