Sportsnut, awesome pics. Looks like your son truly has a friend there. I know the dog I grew up with would have lost its life to protect me. A couple times Duchess did save me. Lord knows, Duchess might have been my guardian angel.
BTW, looks like your dog has a human arm in the one pic.
Men you can't trust, women you can't trust, beasts you can't trust, but Bussekin steel you can trust
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