paulhilborn
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That's a GREAT picture Gary...I LOVE that get up
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that's a great picture gary...i love that get up:thumbup:
Now that's funny Gary.Thanks, Paul.When my wife and I were dating, somehow she saw that picture, and the first time I ever went to meet her family, we walked in the door and they all had "Groucho masks" with the nose, glasses, eyebrows, and mustache! Pretty hilarious to me!
- GT
It's funny seeing pics of everybody when all you normally see is a username. We're all just a bunch of normal guys! Here's my contribution:
Ryan - Here is my son oldest son Ryan in the Tough Mudder competition
I can still take him....I have OMS - "Old Man Strength"![]()
Thank you sir
The pup is Rowdy. He kept escaping from his backyard breeder so often and coming to my house, the guy finally just gave Rowdy to me. Rowdy insisted I give him a home and would not be denied. We had 5 good years together and sadly, I lost Rowdy to grade 3 mast cell cancer just about a year after that photo was taken.
Rowdy
I adopted Sugar from a rescuer with the local shelter when Sugar was a pup almost 9 years ago. She keeps me and the boys straight.
Sugar
After the devastating loss of Rowdy, I had to get another bulldog. Mason is a pedigreed purebred and registered American Pit Bull Terrier. Colby Bloodline, Newburyport Massachusetts. Mason is like owning a piece of history. He is pure Colby with no outs or crosses on both sides all the way back to the dogs that came off the Irish and English immigrant ships in Boston in the 1800's when John P. Colby first started breeding dogs that would become APBT, first recognized as a breed by the UKC in 1898 and then the ADBA in 1909.
Mason and I when Mason was 6 months old and at his first registry sanctioned event. There were 4 conformation events that weekend and Mason brought home 2 Firsts and 2 Thirds in his age group.
Mason will soon be 4. I don't show him any more. I have no plans to breed him either. This is a more recent picture of Mason.
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