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CH.Owenspride
Better Weight than Never aka "Potamus" D.O.B. 4/25/08 (Ch. Brookside's Worth the Weight CGC X Ch. Sherwood's Anticipatience CGC) Our male keeper out of this exciting breeding, Potamus is everything we were looking for. Conformationally he has great bone, angulation, a wonderful large skull with plenty of wrinkle and a ton of pigment. He gives very gentle face lickies and loves children, babies, and all people he meets. Potamus is such a love bug; he is a mix of Owen and Patience's personalities; he has some of Owen's "observer" traits ; warmed by Patience's "sugar". What a little lovebug he is! |
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UPDATE:
Potamus took back to back five point majors, became a new Ch., and took his first B.O.B win all in one weekend! And not just any weekend; he did so at the MASTIFF NIRVANA which is the Bucks/ Trenton weekend in May!! This is a huge supported entry with over 100 mastiffs present each day; and it is judged by very prestigious breeder judges from overseas; who are experts in True Mastiff Type.   Every time we've stepped into the ring with Potamus; he has impressed the judge and been
in the ribbons!! The following is his COMPLETE show history to date. You will see that the only time that he did not place at LEAST first, was his Fourth place win under the extremely highly regarded European judge Mr. Bas Bosch; on a day when the mastiff entry was well over 100! A fourth place in any of the classes on such a day is an extreme honor and one which we will always treasure! Thank you to the following judges for recognizing our efforts: Dog Record Lookup for: Owenspride Better Weight Than Never* Framingham District Kennel Club, Inc. 11/08/2008 Rick Gschwender Puppy, 6-9 Mo Dogs 1 Souhegan Kennel Club, Inc. 11/09/2008 Dr. May S. Jacobson Puppy, 6-9 Mo Dogs 1 Merrimack Valley Kennel Club, Inc. 01/11/2009 Mrs. Catherine Bell B.B.E. Dogs 1 Rhode Island Kennel Club, Inc. 04/12/2009 Mrs. Lenora M. Riddle B.B.E. Dogs 1/R Bucks County Kennel Club, Inc. SUPPORTED ENTRY05/02/2009 Ms. Erica Tortorella Swp, Jr,12-18 Months Dogs 1/BOSSW Bucks County Kennel Club, Inc. SUPPORTED ENTRY 05/02/2009 Bas Bosch B.B.E. Dogs 4 Trenton Kennel Club SUPPORTED ENTRY 5/3/2009 Mr. Mike Reid __ Trenton Kennel Club SUPPORTED ENTRY 5/3/2009 Framingham District Kennel Club, Inc. 05/31/2009 Thomas R. Squicciarini B.B.E. Dogs 1 Naugatuck Valley Kennel Club 07/05/2009 Mrs. Cathy H. Daugherty B.B.E. Dogs 1/W/BW Newtown Kennel Club, Inc. 08/22/2009 Ms. Myriam Vermeire B.B.E. Dogs 1/R South Shore Kennel Club, Inc. 09/12/2009 Mrs. Lowell (Arlene) K. Davis B.B.E. Dogs 1/W/BW Cape Cod Kennel Club, Inc. 09/13/2009 Lowell K. Davis B.B.E. Dogs 1/W Albany Kennel Club, Inc. 10/17/2009 Ms. Bonnie Linnell Clarke B.B.E. Dogs 1/W/BW Troy Kennel Club, Inc. 10/18/2009 Col. Joe B. Purkhiser B.B.E. Dogs 1/R Souhegan Kennel Club, Inc. 11/06/2009 Mrs. Jean Fournier B.B.E. Dogs 1/W/BBBE Connecticut River Working Group Association SUPPORTED ENTRY03/20/2010 Dr. Anthony D. DiNardo B.B.E. Dogs 1 Connecticut River Working Group Association SUPPORTED ENTRY03/21/2010 Dr. Kenneth A. Doeg B.B.E. Dogs 1/R Bucks County Kennel Club SUPPORTED ENTRY Trenton Kennel Club SUPPORTED ENTRY |
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POTAMUS 12 months old,stacking practice video:
Potamus and Pickle at Crosby Beach, about five months old:
Potamus and Pickle on the Beach from owenspride on Vimeo. |
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Adolescent Potamus
10 mos. old 
10 mos. old, laying down. Pickle on right. 
7 months old, first show 
7 mos. 
7 mos. 
8 mos. with mommy on right 
mommy in foreground 
10 mos., with sister Pickle on the right 
10 months, walking in the marshland 
Sad sack on far left 
must have destroyed something.. 
9 mos., nearly as big as mommy already 
cozy in the back of the Element. 
sisters are a pain in my ear |
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17 weeks old, getting so noble and grown up! Where does the time go. 
17 weeks old, Ron thinks this is a "dumb" picture, but I thought it was sort of cute. 
15 weeks old, developing so nicely, inside and out! 
Potamus on the left. We raise our mastiffs on a strict pinecone diet. 
Cuteness gets you out of all SORTS of trouble around here. 
Another typical Potamus look. 
his typical position 
Pretty damn near adorable, 10- ish weeks old, with little Bobby from down the street. 
8 weeks old, giving mommy lickies. 
8 weeks old, heaven help me he was cute!! 
10 weeks old, dining outdoors for a change. Yum. 
10 weeks old; ahhh, he is waaay too cute!!! 
10 weeks old, looking adorable with his Aunt Pikachu. What a tremendous, wide front he has! We love his bone, his perfect mask, and many other things about this puppy...he is everything we were asking for in this breeding! 
Potamus, back when he was still known as "Erik the Red"; at four weeks of age. 
four days old, asleep on Patience's leg. 
Potamus on the left, being held by Cornflower aka Pickle. 4 days old. |
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