Hi Sandy,

Just touching base with you.  We’ve been out of our house for over 4 months due to water damage we sustained back in January so I’ve been negligent with any updates.  We’re back in our home now and we just took Gilead to the vet yesterday for his “procedure.”  Attached are some pictures of which one is a collage of Gilead with me on each of his vet visits.  Even though it’s expected, it’s always amazing to see the growth rate.  This picture documents that fact.  He towers over Sprinkles already (side-by-side pic).  Everyone comments that next to him Sprinkles looks like a normal size dog and not another Mastiff.  She has actually walked under him a few times.

Gilead is doing quite well.  He is much more rambunctious than Sprinkles and it took her some time to grow accustomed to him.  Although he is still quite full of energy I can already see that he’s calming, although I don’t think he’ll ever be as peaceful as Sprinkles, but everyone loves him.   When I went to pick him up yesterday from the vet after his surgery the vet techs were showing me pictures they had taken of themselves laying on the floor with him while he was recovering.  They didn’t have a crate big enough for him so he got to recover in his own room.  He weighed in yesterday at approximately 175 lbs and he’s still very lean.

Hope all is well,
Bob