We lost Pickle at 9 years 3 months due to a bone tumor. She was a tremendous mastiff.

Pickle

CH. Brookside's Worth the Weight CGC Born 12.6.1996 OFA Hips GOOD ; elbows normal CERF'd normal thyroid normal dominant PRA homozygous normal UPENN cystinuria negative	CH. Brookside's Abraham d.o.b.10/5/1994 STUD reg.11/96 MCOA Award, 10/1995 fawn	CH. Brookside's Samson fawn	CH. Brookside's Brutus DOB 11/91 apricot
			CH. Brookside's Emily apricot 1993 M.C.O.A. Hall of Fame
		CH. Ridgewood's Kate of Brookside fawn	CH. Iron Hills Orpheus fawn photo courtesy Scott Phoebus
			Kayla Bradee fawn
	Brookside's Elisabeth apricot	CH. Brookside's Goliath apricot WP31604905 2001 M.C.O.A. Hall of Fame	Brookside's Moses OFA Excellent MF745E24M apricot akc # WG008741 STUD 2/90
			Brookside's Hannah d.o.b. 3/12/1988 fawn
		CH. Lionsire Dinah of Brookside brindle	CH. Lionsire Grizz OFA90E brindle 1993 M.C.O.A. Hall of Fame
			Lionsire Trust Me fawn
CH.Sherwood's Anticipatience RE CGC ,TDI OFA prelims GOOD, elbows NORMAL, OFA Cardiac NORMAL ( practitioner and ECHO) PENNHIP .53/.50 40th percentile, no DJD; PRA DNA clear by parentage; CERF(#194754) retinal folds; UPENN cystinuria negative	Greiner Hall Neo PRADNAP	Greiner Hall Egan OFA good, PRADNA, brindle	Greiner Hall Nicholas
			Greiner Hall Tuppence
		Knight's Grizzlys Caliente PRA DNAP CERF fawn	SW DEN NOR FIN CH Alvedor's Aragorn
			CH Greiner Hall Knights Isa-Tai
	INT AM CH. Chagrin's Olivia OFAgood, elbows, PRA,cardiac	INT AM CH Pallone's Here's Lukin Attcha OFA fair	CH. Smok'N Lad Sand River Rio apricot OFA fair
			Pallone's Crowning Glory courtesy Deborah Pallone
		Chagrin's Matilda	Chagrin Danny Boy
			Greiner Hall Chagrin Stars and Stripes

19 months

Owenspride Caught in a Pickle
aka "Pickle"
D.O.B. 4/25/08
( Ch. Brookside's Worth the Weight CGC X Ch. Sherwood's Anticipatience RE CGC)

We could NOT pick between Cornflower and Lilac....they were BOTH so lovely, but so very, very different!!
I am a huge Red Sox fan and I watch alot of baseball..I kept thinking to myself, "Wow, we're really caught in a pickle here!!!" as we tried to make The Pick.
( during baseball season, everything becomes a baseball metaphor!)
We couldn't imagine not keeping Lilac, as we had decided she was The Mini Patience........and she was so very sweet and attached to us, it seemed.....but then we'd say, but if we keep HER, how can we NOT keep Cornflower?? Cornflower was my favorite from the first day; with her squared -off and blunt little muzzle and her dark, dark, raccoon like body....
When we tried the puppies outdoors the first time , Cornflower was the bravest and most curious of the lot. She march around on those little stubby legs like she had been out there a million times before. The other puppies were appropriately cautious, but not Corn!
We LOVE this puppy, she is a perfect mix, in personality, between Owen and Patience. She is the type of bitch puppy I love, ALL dog. She is Owen in a girl's body; she is perfect and we adore her in every way.
I love her thick, thick build; her big head and incredible dark pigment, even as a tiny puppy she exuded true Mastiff breed Type. We are extremely proud of her!

Pickle in the Show Ring:
Pickle started out her show career early, at six months of age.
Her first time out she took a Major Win! ( 3 points)
A few weeks later she took a Puppy Group 4!
Pickle has 7 points to date, towards her AKC championship. Very limited showing,
as she is a busy girl with a fun filled life! :)

Pickle has 7 points and one leg towards her Rally Novice title.

3 point major win, 6 mos. old

Pickle's Baby Photos

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7 months

7 months old

Pickle, Parsnip, Patience from left to right. The puppies are 7 months old here.

7 months old

10 months

11 months

10 months old, Pickle stops to look guilty while de- fluffing a pillow with her mother.

17 weeks old. All of the puppies are between 63 and 65 pounds right now.

Just rinsing off her paws in the pond... 17 weeks old

Chewing acorns in the yard gives her Dome Head.......17 weeks

17 weeks old; hanging out at the dog park watching all those wierd dogs who actually run around and play....

14 weeks old; she is such a thick little girl! I love everything about her. She exudes the breed type we were hoping for.

Practicing the "Noble" look

She dug her hole, and now she has to SIT in it.... (15 weeks old)

Pickle drinking fish flavored water from our pond.

Pickle on the right, with sister Parsnip and Daddy.

Lying in wait..

14-15 weeks old, Pickle is so dark and beautiful! Her pigment is to die for.

Pretty close to 8 weeks old; such a great looking little girl we couldn't say no!! I loved her head from day one, especially her very blunt and wide muzzle.