superbuickguy
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A few on here know me personally, and likely remember me as the guy with that huge dog at the NWOverland Rally.
I was crushed the weekend I went to my first Optima challenge (2021) because I lost my English Mastiff 'Buick' he was only 6 and got leukemia.
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there will never be a replacement, but my Lab Luigi needed a brother - so we got him another English Mastiff
Meet Samson.
by way of comparison (size). Buick weighed 18 lbs at 10 weeks and maxed at 200 lbs at 4 years. Samson weighs 17.4 lbs - Samson's dad is a svelte 200 lbs and a good 4" taller at the shoulder. We will have to work on keeping him svelte but likely he'll weigh between 220 and 250 at 4 years old.
right now, Luigi isn't sure about the new guy - but the new guy brought a ball to him and the look on Luigi's face was "okay, he'll do"
and I may yet go to the rally this year. it'd be nice to socialize him among such nice people.
(Buick at the 2018 Rally)
I was crushed the weekend I went to my first Optima challenge (2021) because I lost my English Mastiff 'Buick' he was only 6 and got leukemia.
there will never be a replacement, but my Lab Luigi needed a brother - so we got him another English Mastiff
Meet Samson.
by way of comparison (size). Buick weighed 18 lbs at 10 weeks and maxed at 200 lbs at 4 years. Samson weighs 17.4 lbs - Samson's dad is a svelte 200 lbs and a good 4" taller at the shoulder. We will have to work on keeping him svelte but likely he'll weigh between 220 and 250 at 4 years old.
right now, Luigi isn't sure about the new guy - but the new guy brought a ball to him and the look on Luigi's face was "okay, he'll do"
and I may yet go to the rally this year. it'd be nice to socialize him among such nice people.
(Buick at the 2018 Rally)
