[Gennie]

Here's my big boy, he's 145 pounds and will be 11 in less than 3 weeks. At the time of this pic, my husband was sick and Ash was gently holding hands with him in concern. Such compassionate, loyal dogs!

[manc]

beautiful

[Ditter]

That is such a great picture! Thanks for posting. I think our dogs can read our minds and read our feelings.

In 1984 our 18 year old son was killed. We had 2 Rhodesian Ridgebacks and they sensed the tragedy. They had never left our unfenced yard before but they started guarding our house more fiercely than before. The postman stopped delivering our mail and the dogs were stopping people walking down the street.

They never bit anyone but their size and demeanor were enough to keep everyone away. We finally got a fence.