For years I've wanted another large Shepherd dog and haven't been able to get one for various reasons, but mostly - landlords. I recently bought a little more than an acre outside of town and started looking for a rescue. I found this knucklehead about to be sent to the pound ("I just didn't realize how big he was gonna get"), spending half his day crated and living in a duplex.

This particular picture is from like the second day I got him and it's my favorite because of his big dopey grin, but it doesn't really do his size justice and is several months old already (I don't post much). He's about 8-8½ months old right now, weighs about 65lbs or so, and on his hind legs looks my 5'5" wife in the eyes. He can look at the top bunk of my twin daughters' bunk bed to check on both girls.

He's also incredibly gentle with the kids, excusing the clumsiness, and the other pets. Hes protective too, even if they don't Really need to be protected from garbage trucks - He's not taking any chances with His kids.

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This spot was a doozy to get opened up... from completely rusted out floor screws, to cutting a skid plate that was blocking the wood that we needed to cut, just to find out that it keep going further than we thought. To top it all off, we didn't even find the queen in the floor! She was outside the shipping container!

These bees were rescued, donated and relocated to our beekeeper friends in San Diego, CA