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I don't have the privilege of posting pics yet. My last chocolate lab was an English lab, huge square head (looked like a Rottweiler), huge chest, short legs and tail. He was 110 - 115 pounds most of his life. He had 3 layers of fur and never got cold or tired of swimming. His name was Cortez, or Tezzo. Named him after Cortez Kennedy. he was one of the smartest dogs I have ever seen. People always commented about his ability to read them without saying a word. Awesome dog and was my best friend. My oldest child was born when tezzo was 4 YO and he protected him and my other son like they were his own offspring.
Man I still miss him.
I had him put down the day after thanksgiving day 2012. I didn't want another dog but my wife and kids started pestering me in January 2013. They wanted a pocket dog. NFW. We still had one of our Manx cats and I just couldn't see getting a tiny pup and watching the old cat (14 YO at the time) kick it's ass. I called the breeder I got Tezzo from and she said they had frozen the sperm of tezzo's father and the last litter from him would be born in early March. How could I turn this down? My now 1.6 YO gigantic chocolate lab is named Wilson and is a handful. He is 110 pounds and growing. He looks nothing like tezzo, long body, tall and lanky and extremely long tail that cleans off coffee tables, hits you in your thigh, brakes window blinds etc. He is huge and still growing. He doesn't have the short muzzle and square head though. He is pretty smart though and has a lot of personality traits tezzo had.
The cat, he is now 17 YO and is still going strong. Sometimes I wish he would pass just so I can sleep through the night. He head buts me religiously at 1:30 AM every day. It's a Manx thing.
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