More On the Bainster!

My hubster came home from work on Friday with a little surprise in his hand. And yes, this surprise made me cry.

Again.

I've had an emotional week to say the least! But inside the little bag he brought home was this:







I took a picture with my hand next to it so you can see just how HUGE Bain's paws were!





This dog was hilarious! Hubster and I always reminisce about Bain and his funny ways. So I'd like to share a few quirky things about that dang cute dog!


Here's a little background:



Bain's previous owner left him at the animal hospital with Parvo. My hubster works with his dad at the vet hospital and the owner couldn't pay to have him treated so instead of putting him down, the owner agreed that if anyone else was willing to take care of him, then they could have him.



Which is where we came in!


After Bain was better we brought him home and we could tell that something wasn't quite right. Because Bain was beaten as a puppy, he would not come out of his cage and was deathly afraid of humans.

So I spent many dog training classes carrying this HUGE puppy from the car to the classroom because he was too scared to walk. It was quite the adventure! The first time we went to training, he would not even walk onto the training floor, he bolted for the first dog cage he saw and wouldn't budge!

After many classes and lots of work, Bain started to come out of his shell and finally trusted us. And everyone who met Bain can tell you what a sweet dog he was, he didn't have a mean bone in his body.





Now, let me tell about his little OCD issues!


1. When coming inside from the backyard, Bain couldn't walk up the stairs to the deck right away. Instead he had to circle the stairs at least 3 times before he could go up them. Without fail, this was his routine every time!


2. He could not cross over a cord or hose or any line that was in front of him. If possible he would walk around it, or just run away.


3. He would not go through an open door unless it was wide open. Even if he could easily fit through the partially open door, he was too scared unless it was open ALL the way.


4. He LOVED car rides but could not jump into the back of our Hummer. Every time we took him anywhere, Bert had to lift him up to get him into the car. This was NOT an easy thing to do as you can see by the size of this dog!


5. When Bain would get excited, his teeth would start chattering like he was cold and he would do a little doggy dance by shuffling his feet. SO CUTE!





And Bain absolutely LOVED his older brother Dozer, they played tug-o-war and tag and then they'd both collapse from exhaustion and fall asleep outside. The were so cute together, Bain was always tagging along with Dozer.

So that huge freakin cute dog was the perfect puppy, I recommend anyone to get a Mastiff as a pet.

What I am not going to tell you is all the slobber I was constantly wiping off my walls, couches, toilets, floors, tables, rugs. This dog could even fling slobber onto the ceiling!


But I couldn't get mad at him, could you be angry at this cute "little" face?