Some suggest that Old Dog is an Ancient Animal Spirit related to the Trickster Coyote Spirit. One that offers an expression of practical absurdity, useful chaos and just possibly playful wisdom.

Some even believe that Old Dog is heyoka.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia…

“Among the Lakota people, the heyoka is a contrarian, jester, satirist or sacred clown. The heyoka speaks, moves and reacts in an opposite fashion to the people around them.”

Others, even wonder if Old Dog is a "time traveler" bringing insight and entertaining distractions from both the Past and the Future.

Yet, there are those who say Old Dog is simply just a persona manifested by David Mueller when he chooses to mouth off about something and not take complete credit or responsibility for it. Who knows what is truth and reality ?