The beautiful Bull Mastiff who is my Profile pic was Bobby. Rescued at 18 months old he had been starved and weighed only 90lbs. He soon got up to his proper weight of 165lbs, and stood as high as my hip.
He was the quintissential Gentle Giant, who led a sedentary and much loved life for 2 short years before cancer claimed him. In that time he slept in a chair half his size whenever he couldn't claim the settee, used his enormous strength to pull me up just by leaning back and made me VERY happy by just being with me.
I miss him, but this is not a sad post - I smile every time I think of him and how we gave him a life of luxury for his final years.

Dave.