I actually had a good natured, albeit loud, debate over Sierra's size just yesterday with one of Jeff's friends. He's one of those redneck backwoods types that is a know it all about EVERYTHING and most of his "knowledge" is full of ****. I'm not that crazy about this guy, but he's been a very good friend to Jeff so I tolerate him.
Anyway, he mentioned he thought she'd be bigger and that led to me defending her size. He said he had two female Newfs that were both the size of our friend's dog, Thunder. Now Thunder is a Great Dane. A Dane sized Newf??? Female??? I stuck with the facts: Average size for a female according to the breed standard...he said he doesn't care about no dang breed standard, it doesn't mean anything. Ummm...ok, whatever. He refused to believe that she was 26 inches, so we pulled out a tape measure to prove it. Score one for Steph. I stated all of the Newf club events I go to, Sierra is the same height as all of the other females. He also said that there's no way she'll ever be strong enough "at her size" to pull a boat in from the water, so she'll never pass her water test. Jeff and I both said she's already proven she can easily pull a boat to shore. Twice. Score two for Steph...
Anyway, it went on like that for a while and finally we agreed to disagree. He'll always believe he knows all there is to know about Newfs, and I'll always know he's an idiot.
The only thing he did say about Sierra that I agree with is that she's awful pretty.