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I have tons of brushes and I cant brush through my new pups hair with any of them. It is like he is a velcro puppy and everything sticks to his nappy hair is what I would call it. Yet he is shedding everwhere. Its to hard to try to get any brush through it. Its like a sheep almost. I have never had this problem with any of my other saints, but I use a slicker brush, a wire brush, undercoat rake, and I have the shed ender which is a nice tool but takes lots of time to comb through there hair, but really cuts down on the shedding every week.

Suprisingly Cujo hates other dogs,but loves puppies he has no problem with them being in the house or around him. Macey is overly tolerant allowing the pup to play tug of war with her lips and this goes on every night. Angel the Jack Russell my moms dog is mean you go near her and she attacks without warning, but thats with all of my dogs age doesnt matter when she is sleeping she is pure evil when woken up.

I dont have a newf but my saint bernard is on the smaller side hes about 145 at 2 years old, but he is extremely tall. Weight doesnt always fill out the first year it usually takes up to 2 years.I think most X-large breeds are similar in that. My vet said Cujo will probably live longer due to the fact he is not over weight and is more lean. I know how it feels to think your dog is always underweight and doesnt look the same as everyone elses, but you gotta love em anyway:)

by the way Macey is doing better with people and Kodiak turned 12 weeks old on Wednesday he just doesnt look like he is growing..

Cujo turned 2 in July. He was raised with Angel who is the Jack Russell she is 3. He always looked at her like his mommy. When I moved Angel and Cujo were away from each other for 8 months and now they have been living in the same house again for 4 months. This is the first fight besides squabbles they have had. He usually will stick her in his mouth and growl which he was doing yesterday, but Im not sure if he bit her ear or stepped on her ear I was half way in the house and I think the reason he kept going after her was his reaction to her screaming yelping. It seemed like he did it out of fear and not knowing what to do.
   With having him bite anyone its not a possibility because I do have it under control to where he is not near anyone but me and my mom we are the only ones who can go around him. When he is outside I watch him I stay outside with him so no one can go near him. He reacts badly to the rest of my family and my friends. So we have signs posted all around the house to warn people to knock hard so he can be put away. I do take him for walks with his halti on, but I still fear he will slip it off and bite. He does not intentionally go after people only when they try to pet him. He will snip. He will ignore people on walks unless they would try to pet him. If my friends or family try to let him sniff there hand through the door he will jump up on the screen door and bark near there face. Our door is very sturdy so he cant bite through the screen or get through it at all.
        I feel alot of it has to do with me to because I know he can smell my fear because Im scared he will bite he had biten my boyfriends brother after he was told not to pet the dog. After that I wont take any chances to let people who knew him his whole life like my best friend around him. I know he is a liability and can be dangerous. I wont take any chances till something can be done. I can try him on a leash in the house and see how he reacts with people here. The muzzle option was just to be able to let people pet him and show him people are not bad. I dont understand where he got this idea. I know its probably been just as hard on him losing my boyfriend and River. I will try to call around and find a private trainer.   

My screen name on here apparently got hacked so I had to make a new name, but thank you so much for putting River in your video it made me cry more so then I have the whole time he has been gone, but Im glad someone could put it in words, pictures and music so beautifully as you did. Im so sorry for everyones loss this year. I can never thank you enough for this memorial its helping me deal better with the loss of such an important part of my life.