meet Sampson, our newest member of the family - the pics ain't great - I had to hold him and use one hand to take the pics
He has a few battle scars on his face from the kennel, but they'll heal
He's 5 months old, 90 lbs and a big baby - getting him up and down the stairs...not gonna happen
Thor is SOOOOO mad
He's a total sweetheart - now if we can get going up and down the stairs my life will be easier - Daddy comes home tomorrow - training is ALL his :)
Awww Samson is adorable. 5 mo. old and 90 lbs? Gonna be a really big dog.
And he is SO in need of a bath -
OMG I love him!! Mastiff? Great Dane?
English mastiff ^_^ He's whining downstairs in the kitchen, I need to finish some jobs and he refuses to go up the stairs, so he's locked in the kitchen - not liking it one bit
Holey Moley!!!! 90lbs and only 5 months!!!!! Looks like a Mastiff.
Just so handsome!! Big dogs rule!!
He's gorgeous, Bec! My gosh, what on earth will he weigh when he's not a baby?! Where did you all get him?
Looks like he and Bandit are getting along like gangbusters.
Really great looking pup, Bec!
Gosh, I just love puppy dog eyes. From the pictures, it looks like he has latched on to you already :-) What, you mean you can't haul 90 lbs up that flight of stairs, hee hee hee. Glad you went for the hart cure. Terri
Oh Bec, He is just adorable. What a sweet giant. LOL about the stairs.
He is awesome, love the puppy eyes, big dogs are the best (even if they think they are lap dogs). Its kind of funny that he won't (can't?) do the stairs, I guess you will have to teach him how to go up, and then how to go down. Wish I could see that. Give him a big hug for me!
BTW here is a picture of the newest member of my family--Noah Joseph. He is a little bit smaller than your new additioin.
OMG look at all that hair. Cat what a beautiful baby.
Congratulations! Ahem, yes he's a 'tad' smaller than our boy - the first 18 hours have been interesting to say the least, but he's fitting in nicely - he's grasped the concept of "potty outside" - I take him out every 2 hrs, so only the one accident - he doesn't beg, he's very calm and adores my oldest cat JB - who was completely drenches from puppy kisses last nite - I ended up sleeping on the couch with him next to me, since he refuses to be in the kitchen by himself and refuses to go up the stairs. I was so tired I could have slept standing up! Right now he's sleeping peacefully next to me, he's had his breakfast, he did try to eat Bandit's who wasn't having none of that - made for an interesting feeding time - Thor is glaring at him from the top of the stairs - still hating this "thing" that came and interrupted his life so rudely...I left him in the backyard so I could take a shower this morning - didn't like that too much, but it was either howling in the kitchen or howling in the backyard - Daddy comes home this afternoon, we need to head to petstore, buy xx-large crate, food and kongs ^_^ Now daddy gets to work on the stairs, he's the big guy, he can try to lug a 90 lb baby ^_^
Bec, When you are feeling better, you are going to have so much fun with him!
Catbird, Beeeauuuutiful baby!
Both babies are great
sandy
Bec, I don't know which store you shop at but here's a link to printable, in store coupons good for $5 and $10 off at Petco.
http://www.petco.com/Content/ContentNoRight.aspx?PC=couponemaillasf
Noah is beautiful, Catbird. Is he your son? Grandson?
He is my grandson, my first grand! and he is grand! etc.,etc...
Poor Thor.
I hope they all adjust!
Congrats, Catbird!
Wow, Catbird. Look at the size of his hands!!
Serious injections of cuteness this AM, first from hart, now Sampson, then Noah..ahh.!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw one guy at the dogpark with an English Mastiff and an English bulldog- what a pair/ odd couple of dogs! I love the Mastiff face, just the right amount of nose IMHO (GS are too long and pointy, but don't tell on me,I'm learning to love it)
Catbird, Congratulations! my kids all had lots of hair at birth, never lost it all and it's a predictor of future wonderfulness, IMHO again.
Bec, Hart may have had a bad experience with stairs before. Try sitting on the second or third step, talk to him, and tempt him with really good treats (meatballs are not too messy for that purpose). Are your steps carpeted? sometimes they slip on hardwood steps and scare themselves silly.
Good luck!
We mastered the steps, all we needed was daddy and some persuasion
Samson (finally got the spelling right) looking cute - this was after I removed 5 pairs of shoes, somehow they taste better than the kong :)
http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd138/Becky2517/Big%20Baby/
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Aww, SMOOCH
shoes and socks always taste better than toys. LOL
I taught my boy to bring those things to me to exchange for treats.
Sandy
What a great face, Bec!
Great pixs on the link, how about feeding that sweetheart so he doesn't have to try to eat his foot. I love him, he is so cute, would love to curl up with him. Give him a hug for me.
The baby is expensive!!!
First toys, then we needed to order XX-large crate and mat, the first vet visit, next we needed to buy food, he's been on Iams and I refuse to use it so we went with Avoderm, not liking it too much, but I finally sprinkled cheese on it so he ate breakfast - I've never had a dog who didn't scarf down his food so this was a new one for me - next I ordered raised food bowls - since he's a grazer I need to keep the food away from Bandit, who WILL eat cardboard if it tastes good - and finally I ordered a 3.5 lbs bucket of Four-Flex - a special glucosamine blend for doggies - phew
It's still a battle with him and Thor - Thor finally emerged from my office cause he wants his mommy too much - right now he's half way up the stairs, growls every time Samson moves, but he's at least with us ^_^
Refuse to use Iams--briefly, why? We used it till lastbag when hubby went cheaper to Purina and Ithought that was 'worse ' than Iams...
Ilove a cat that will stand up to a big dog! My Chester stood his ground against a Rottie. Go chester!
Iams not only contains too many fillers, but also has too many artificial additives (artificial vitamins are really bad for dogs) - they were also part of the recall a few years back - it contains corn which is not good for them & last but not least - http://www.iamscruelty.com/notTested.asp
I've always fed my pooches high quality foods, with Izzy we had to feed her grain free due to allergies - I've also done extensive research on the various foods and their content - If you want me to I'll send you a list of the different foods and manufacturers
Oh boy, guess our pooch just got more expensive too. Heck, I should not complain about a few bucks a month on food. I don't want to put you to a lot of trouble. Any that are usually in Target or Walmart or these are in Petsmart? , or there is a huge 'natural petfood' store, Crunchies, near enough to me.
Petsmart & Petco carries some of the brands I'm about to send you - petfooddirect is excellent
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Yes, they do cost extra, but I think it is worth it - I used to feed "regular" catfood to my boys, when I changed to EVO I noticed a change in both of them - JB has always been a "hacker" - with EVO he hacks a lot less - I am going to try Avoderm on them as well - we were feeding Natural Balance, but it's grain-free and since Big Boy has no allergies I decided to switch back to not grain-free - one thing also with top foods is their poop is smaller and it's much better for their digestive systems, good preventative against bloat, gastro-intestinal etc Adding fruits, veggies, dairy etc is good for them as well
Thank you, I got the list! The pets thank you too. We do have Petsmart, Petco, small independent pet stores, and Crunchies 'natural pet foods' store near enough.
When you're an organic gardener, it's not much of a leap to thinking in 'comparable' terms about your own/ pets diets too is it?
Exactly - we try not to ingest stuff bad for us, why should our critters be any different - I found the Avoderm at Petco last nite
Same goes for treats - some are really, really bad, contains artificial stuff, salt, sugars etc
I'm also looking at making/baking my own treats - lots of great recipes available
I could maybe be persuaded there too, (make your own) when I cook chicken or turkey bones and have so much sort of dried out, gristly veiny junk that can be picked out that we won't eat but the critters would love, but I'm leery of giving too much real meat all at once, and must omit onion and garlic too of course.
Sheesh I go from not home cooking ENOUGH to saying I will make homemade scratch dog treats...
