He’s as perennially pleasing as the go-to jeans that share his name, with one defining difference — our 3-year-old American Staffordshire mix “Levi” loves you back — so much so that his exultant greeting includes dancing in circles at your feet, before presenting his back for a heavenly scratch. Levi was found stray but he’s so beautifully socialized he must have had a family;

Fall under the gentle spell of our 2-year-old American Staffordshire mix “Magic” and your calmness will match her own; her tranquil demeanor’s catching, and her naturally obedient nature makes her a wholesomely charming companion. Magic was found stray, a resplendent black and white beauty with a small, statuesque build and a penchant for keeping her kennel clean.

He comes courting with a sampler of plush head butts, soft nudges and polite hello-purrs, an apple-headed 10 lb.-and-full-grown tiger boy who’ll easily ensconce himself as the apple of your eye, testimony to how far the gentle side of masculine will go. “Vlad” was found stray and delivered to us, now his gratitude shines clearly in his perceptive emerald eyes;