I appreciate your kind words. The “little” ( he weighs 70 pounds now ) dog we got from animal control, and my mother-in-law’s huge old dog fill up the house and yard, but sometimes I still expect to see Taffy, waiting like she did for nearly 14 years.
I’ve always liked very large dogs, especially the cuddly mastiff, so dignified and alert with strangers, and so silly with the grandkids...