People have often asked if Oz had siblings. He did indeed. His mother, Laurel, had a litter of eight puppies four girls and four boys. Unfortunately one died within a couple of weeks of birth.
We first met Ozzie when he was 5 1/2 weeks old -- I'll show you a picture of that soon enough.
To the right is a photograph of Oz and his two brothers, Baru on his far left, and Samson to his immediate left. This was taken at High Park one cold wintry Sunday morning. We only met Baru the once, but have visited and played with Samson and his owners, Roger and Anne Leekam on many occasions. In fact, until quite recently, they had a cottage on White (nee Dummer) Lake here in the Kawarthas. Samson is like Oz in so many ways -- a big, lumbering gentle giant. Baru on this particular day was a little more "reserved" and not as adventuresome or playful as his bigger (physically) brothers. Oz and Sammy were/are very large for the breed. Their mother, Laurel, was bigger than their champion father, a beautiful animal called Virus from Quebec.
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