Yay! Leo turned nine months old on July 12th. Here he is in all his glory! You can really see the red hues in his coat in this picture. We were trying for a show stack but he moved that hind leg forward just as I snapped the pic! He is around 25.5-26 inches at the shoulder and 82 to 85 pounds depending on the scale. Though this is a little light for his age category we are not worried...we know how thin we're keeping him! We are hoping that by keeping him very slim we will manage to avoid stress on his growing skeleton and muscles, very important for giant breeds like the Shiloh. If we are lucky we can avoid a bout with pano...we are crossing our fingers!
Here is another current pic of Leo. I love this one even though it is a little out of focus. It reminds me of my favorite picture of one of New Zion's most famous sires, Grizz. Leo has that same handsome, smiling face, though darker than Grizz's! You can really see his cream-colored "bib" on his upper chest in this picture. We only have one picture of his dam, Holly, but it looked like she had the same kind of bib pattern.
2 comments:
Oh, my Leo is BEAUTIFUL! Is he a stud or pet? Wow! Wow!
Now, violet ribbon girl is rich colored, wouldn't it be awesome to have the coloring of LEO!
Cherry
Moon Shadow Shilohs
Heya Cherry! Leo and Kyrie are both breed quality. :) If all goes well with hips and hearts, we will be having our own litter! Yes I love your violet ribbon girl, Zak does too...but we can only have three dogs right now and we swore we would hold out for keeping one of Leo and Kyrie's pupsters. ;) Otherwise we might be in danger!! LOL!
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