For Christmas, Santa brought my son a puppy... It's half bullmastiff, half Dogue de Bordeaux. I'm shocked at the growth of this thing. When we got her at about 7-8 weeks old she was 17 pounds (just before Christmas). She weighed in the other day at 45 pounds (right at about 4 months old now). It's crazy. She's playful yet lazy, which is a good combination most of the time. Here's a picture of her from a month ago. She's really stout, very strong and sometimes stubborn. We had her housetrained within the first month or so. I have always been kinda anti-dog because of the commitment, but with the chameleons gone, I have more time to do this kinda stuff.