Just a quick note to say that I've been away for the past few days (still am), visiting my parents in the Northern Neck region of Virginia. I arrived at their house just hours before Tropical Storm Ernesto hit, temporarily knocking out our power. Which meant that I was also without an internet connection. Here's a photo of me with their dog, Falcon, a 180-pound Great Dane. He's the biggest dog I've ever known. He's literally almost as big as that
hoax photo of a giant dog that was circulating a year or two ago. I'm six-foot tall, but I look tiny sitting next to him.
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*sigh*
The biggest dogs I've seen were Great Danes, St. Bernards, Great Pyrenees, and an English Mastiff. These are some of the so-called "giant breeds," and I believe all of them are descended from the old European mastiff race of dogs. Most of them seem to have nice dispositions, but apparently they don't live very long because their hearts aren't powerful enough to service such big bodies. They are also prone to skeletal problems such as hip dysplasia and arthritis due to the engineering problems of supporting such a big body mass.
he might bite..
haha.
The sinking into the sofa look is probably because of the combined weight of me and the dog. Since we both weigh 180 pounds, that was 360 pounds total pressing into the sofa. And the dog was leaning on me. Heavy dog.