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Saint Bernards => Saint Bernard Pictures => : Yaz January 31, 2006, 11:35:41 PM

: Gershwin at Four Months
: Yaz January 31, 2006, 11:35:41 PM
Gosh how time is flying! Our little eight week old pup has morphed into a big, sloppy bear of a dog *grins*. Gershwin turned four months last week and I took a couple of pics today and weighed him - he is now 71 pounds and eating his weight in dog food!
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: chaos270 January 31, 2006, 11:42:13 PM
What a cutie he's gotten so big.
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: Kermit January 31, 2006, 11:43:55 PM
Oh my goodness he is HUGE and ADORABLE!!!!
I have never seen such a big puppy before. :o Wow.
 ;D
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: Blair January 31, 2006, 11:45:10 PM
Awe I am so in love with that boy  ;D He is sooooo handsome. I just want to give him a big kiss  :-*
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: Smaug January 31, 2006, 11:46:48 PM
Too cool,

Gershwin looks great.  My pup is also four months old.  Hope things are going well for you and Gershwin.  My pup is doing very well.  He does everything I want him to do as long as I am patient and he gets in the mood to do the things I want him to do.  Hehehehe...... .  Chase is my most recent family member so I try to employ patience.  Hope Mr. Gershwin is not as stubborn as Mr. Chase is.  He is a gorgeous looking boy.  Best wishes,

Joe
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: MustLove Dogs January 31, 2006, 11:49:36 PM
 :o :o

Adorable and HUGE!!!
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: Smaug January 31, 2006, 11:51:47 PM
I was wondering if Gershwin is going to be a long haired Saint or a short haired Saint.  Looks like he could go either way depending on everything else.  Let me know.
Thanks,
Joe
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: Smaug February 01, 2006, 12:19:47 AM
Here is Chase at four months.
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: jules February 01, 2006, 12:32:55 AM
They say when their pups if their fluffy they will be short haired and the not so fluffy ones will have long hair.Its the complete opposite of what you would think.Spotakis s wasnt fluffy at all,and now look at him.
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: Kermit February 01, 2006, 12:35:19 AM
Are you guys saying that when you get a Saint Bernard pup, you can't be sure whether it will grow up to be rough or smooth coated???
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: jules February 01, 2006, 12:37:39 AM
When I went to pick out my puppy I wanted a long haired one and so I was looking at the fluffy ones.The breeder said no look at the not so fluffy ones they are the ones that are long haired.Go figure?
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: Kermit February 01, 2006, 12:38:19 AM
When I went to pick out my puppy I wanted a long haired one and so I was looking at the fluffy ones.The breeder said no look at the not so fluffy ones they are the ones that are long haired.Go figure?

That is so weird! I have never heard that before!
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: jules February 01, 2006, 12:40:42 AM
I know.Weird! :o
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: Jessdryden February 01, 2006, 01:01:10 AM
He sure is growing up to be an adorable boy!  What a cutie! :)
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: tyscrzymom February 01, 2006, 01:13:05 AM
He sure is a good looking guy!!! Love that face!!!
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: Fumble February 01, 2006, 08:27:42 AM
Oh Mi Goodness!! He is so freakin cute! i just want to hug and kiss him!! :)
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: Yaz February 01, 2006, 08:54:50 AM
Thanks, everyone. With regards to the long and short haired predictions, I learned all about that from the breeder (she & her husband are one of the founding breeders of Saint Bernards here in Canada for the past thirty years). We saw Gershwin's litter at four weeks of age and the breeder told us that by six weeks you can distinguish between long and short haired by looking at the hair around their ears - if it starts to go crimpy, they will be long haired. Sure enough, when we picked up Gershwin at eight weeks the ones with the crimpy hair were easy to distinguish from the short haired. But having said that, our first Saint Guinness had a very very short coat - people were constantly asking us if he was a long haired Saint that we shaved down. Gershwins mother had a very short coat like Guinness, but his father has a longer short coat if that makes any sense. And Gershwin takes after his father so his coat should be the same ( see attached pic of his father).

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: DixieSugarBear February 01, 2006, 09:54:58 AM
I head like that is just made to hug and kiss on!  You guys can sure make a girl want a Saint.


Lisa
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: jabear February 01, 2006, 11:27:03 AM
He suer is growing into one handsome boy! He is so adorable and squishhy....I wish you were  closer so that I could give him a big ol' kiss.