Dog-Childe Roland

In 9 months, Roland the Great Dane puppy went from this

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to this

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Rufus, who stands about 30″ high at the hip, is in the foreground of this pic. I can’t conceive of how much food a dog has to consume to fuel that much bone and muscle growth in less than a year. And he’s still got some growing to do, his mom tells us.