know that losing loved dog can do, so I am truly sorry to hear that...inevitable with dogs though.
Yeah they are great dogs. We had a BC cross (vet said probably Pitbull and yeah if someone started a fight she would not stop easily. But she never hurt another dog...all noise) a few years ago who lived to 16.5 years and we had to put her down, due to what looked like massive spinal cancer. I will never, ever forget her. And she is _still_ my best dog ever. But I have to give my newer guys the time it takes to fully bond. We had one that was BC crossed with French Bulldog (????). She was only with us for 6 months and get got snake-bit. In that short time she wrote us a magic tail
The guy in the picture is a PEST with the ball. When I am out working, I am always tripping over the ball, or I find it in my tool boxes, or whatever.
Its been four+ years now that my guy is gone....And i still have a half dozen tennis balls turning Gray in my back yard along the fence line out of the way of the mower , I just can't remove them they will be there till i'm gone.......