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[almostgone]

A new Castle member. From Russia. In steel!! In honor to my Doberman, Don, who died some years ago.

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Nice, very nice. Really like the patina and they did a great job of using faceted geometry to define the shape. Whoever did it is a real artist!

[AR's King Silabolin]

Nice, very nice. Really like the patina and they did a great job of using faceted geometry to define the shape. Whoever did it is a real artist!

Yes i was very pleased. So i ordered another one to get symmetri in the livingroom.

I think i also will ask him to make me a sculpture of my another friend in life, Spartacus the great dane.
He could do stainless steel also. So when Don gets a buddy, i will offer Spartacus to be memorized in stainless steel

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[almostgone]

Yes i was very pleased. So i ordered another one to get symmetri in the livingroom.

I think i also will ask him to make me a sculpture of my another friend in life, Spartacus the great dane.
He could do stainless steel also. So when Don gets a buddy, i will offer Spartacus to be memorized in stainless steel

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That would be very nice and especially appropriate if Spartacus was a fawn Great Dane! The stainless would be a nice contrast to the patina of Don. Whoever is doing that work is very, very good with a TIG torch, excellent control of the amount of filler rod, a genius at shearing the pieces to make the profile, and just flat out knows their craft. Seriously a true artist!

[AR's King Silabolin]

That would be very nice and especially appropriate if Spartacus was a fawn Great Dane! The stainless would be a nice contrast to the patina of Don. Whoever is doing that work is very, very good with a TIG torch, excellent control of the amount of filler rod, a genius at shearing the pieces to make the profile, and just flat out knows their craft. Seriously a true artist!

I give u his link if u want. But there were problemes. It was too expensive for him to use fedex or such to bring this big item to norway, so he had to use a friend who drove from Moscow to Oslo by truck. I guess his friend brings lots uf other stuff. Sending to the states, i guess would be costly.

Btw..hows your dogs doing..those Kings of kings English Mastiffs. Are they stil around?...new ones?
Shame the great danes and the big mastiffs have short life.

I managed to give Spartacus 9 good years. Even if he was dieing at 6. His stomach turned. But..we fixed it..gave him special food for 3 years and it seemed like he enjoyed the rest of his life.

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[almostgone]

I give u his link if u want. But there were problemes. It was too expensive for him to use fedex or such to bring this big item to norway, so he had to use a friend who drove from Moscow to Oslo by truck. I guess his friend brings lots uf other stuff. Sending to the states, i guess would be costly.

Btw..hows your dogs doing..those Kings of kings English Mastiffs. Are they stil around?...new ones?
Shame the great danes and the big mastiffs have short life.

I managed to give Spartacus 9 good years. Even if he was dieing at 6. His stomach turned. But..we fixed it..gave him special food for 3 years and it seemed like he enjoyed the rest of his life.

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No, I had to put my big boy down over a year ago. We only buy from breeders that do all kinds of genetic screening and the screenings are filed with the OFA, Optigen and other canine organizations.
The veterinarian thinks it was his heart, and maybe a reaction to his medication that prevents heartworms.
It was very rough on the wife and myself. Just the week before that, I gassed in between sets of squats, briefly passed out and fell into the plates and the end of my squat bar. Ended up with a straight line fracture in my skull. Was a totally fvcked up time.
The wife has been looking at puppies again so we are closer to having a new beast in the house. I do miss my 272 lb. big boy. Here's a link to a picture of him lying in the bed beside me.

https://postimg.cc/HJBJ4f8M

Stomach torsion/ bloat can happen with the big breeds, especially with the ones having a deep chest. We have only had it happen once long ago to one of our females, but were able to get a piece of poly tubing into the stomach to release the trapped gas and the stomach turned back into position. Of.couse we still rushed her to the vet to make sure it moved back properly into position.

It is a shame.the giant breeds can have a short life span. They have so much love and loyalty. We have been blessed.to have some.of.our mastiffs 14 years, but that is very unusual. The average seems to be 7-9 years old.

But we WILL.have a new beast soon, maybe around Christmas. I couldn't think of a better present at Christmas!

[AR's King Silabolin]

No, I had to put my big boy down over a year ago. We only buy from breeders that do all kinds of genetic screening and the screenings are filed with the OFA, Optigen and other canine organizations.
The veterinarian thinks it was his heart, and maybe a reaction to his medication that prevents heartworms.
It was very rough on the wife and myself. Just the week before that, I gassed in between sets of squats, briefly passed out and fell into the plates and the end of my squat bar. Ended up with a straight line fracture in my skull. Was a totally fvcked up time.
The wife has been looking at puppies again so we are closer to having a new beast in the house. I do miss my 272 lb. big boy. Here's a link to a picture of him lying in the bed beside me.

https://postimg.cc/HJBJ4f8M

Stomach torsion/ bloat can happen with the big breeds, especially with the ones having a deep chest. We have only had it happen once long ago to one of our females, but were able to get a piece of poly tubing into the stomach to release the trapped gas and the stomach turned back into position. Of.couse we still rushed her to the vet to make sure it moved back properly into position.

It is a shame.the giant breeds can have a short life span. They have so much love and loyalty. We have been blessed.to have some.of.our mastiffs 14 years, but that is very unusual. The average seems to be 7-9 years old.

But we WILL.have a new beast soon, maybe around Christmas. I couldn't think of a better present at Christmas!

F i get emotional by this. His head remembers me of Spartacus' head.

14 years. Just wow.
Yeah that would be the very best gift.

A friend of my father, hard oilworker, cried the first time in his life when he had to put his german shepard to sleep. He said never more. The last day sorrow is not worth the goodies in those other 12 years. To illustrate how though it migth be, even for real MEN, to loose their dog.

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F i get emotional by this. His head remembers me of Spartacus' head.

14 years. Just wow.
Yeah that would be the very best gift.

A friend of my father, hard oilworker, cried the first time in his life when he had to put his german shepard to sleep. He said never more. The last day sorrow is not worth the goodies in those other 12 years. To illustrate how though it migth be, even for real MEN, to loose their dog.

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Have you ever considered An Akita? This breed is the most loyal breed I have ever had. They are a little stubborn but some training will take care of that.



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No, I had to put my big boy down over a year ago. We only buy from breeders that do all kinds of genetic screening and the screenings are filed with the OFA, Optigen and other canine organizations.
The veterinarian thinks it was his heart, and maybe a reaction to his medication that prevents heartworms.
It was very rough on the wife and myself. Just the week before that, I gassed in between sets of squats, briefly passed out and fell into the plates and the end of my squat bar. Ended up with a straight line fracture in my skull. Was a totally fvcked up time.
The wife has been looking at puppies again so we are closer to having a new beast in the house. I do miss my 272 lb. big boy. Here's a link to a picture of him lying in the bed beside me.

https://postimg.cc/HJBJ4f8M

Stomach torsion/ bloat can happen with the big breeds, especially with the ones having a deep chest. We have only had it happen once long ago to one of our females, but were able to get a piece of poly tubing into the stomach to release the trapped gas and the stomach turned back into position. Of.couse we still rushed her to the vet to make sure it moved back properly into position.

It is a shame.the giant breeds can have a short life span. They have so much love and loyalty. We have been blessed.to have some.of.our mastiffs 14 years, but that is very unusual. The average seems to be 7-9 years old.

But we WILL.have a new beast soon, maybe around Christmas. I couldn't think of a better present at Christmas!

Mrs. AG ready? If so that’s great. I want to see puppy pictures.

[almostgone]

F i get emotional by this. His head remembers me of Spartacus' head.

14 years. Just wow.
Yeah that would be the very best gift.

A friend of my father, hard oilworker, cried the first time in his life when he had to put his german shepard to sleep. He said never more. The last day sorrow is not worth the goodies in those other 12 years. To illustrate how though it migth be, even for real MEN, to loose their dog.

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Unfortunately the sadness is the price we pay for the joy of their love and devotion. They can never be replaced, but we can always bring in another family member when the time is right.

Mrs. AG ready? If so that’s great. I want to see puppy pictures.

Most definitely, when the time is right, I'll be proud to post up a few!