Just a quick update to let you know and Woody and Winnie are playing. He's so cute and lays down and makes quick movements to entice her to play. They've done a little romping around. Winnie clearly wants to play but I think she holds back because he's so big. She admonished him a couple times for putting his leg on her back (his leg probably weighs close to her total weight) and he was fine with it. Good boy.
Also, I brushed him and he LOVED it. He does shed and could stand a good brushing right now so I took him outside and we started. He was fine. After a few minutes he got excited, did a lap around the yard, and then promptly came back, plopped down in front of me as if to ask for more, which we did. I took 5-6 big handfuls of hair off of him and could have taken more. I'm sure it feels good to get some of that hair off of him.
I have an old crib mattress I use as a dog bed (hint...get them at goodwill and then put any kind of crib sheet you want on them. They're cheaper than a dog bed and great for the big guys). So, we placed it in my daughter's room last night. She said he used it for the first couple hours but then switched to the floor. Her room is above the garage so can get warmer than the rest of the house so the floor may have been the cooler option for him.
Anyway, enjoy the pics and videos below. Hint, the pictures will show up if you're viewing from a laptop but won't show up on a mobile device. Anyway, that's how they appear for me.
He's crashed out on the kitchen floor right now. He had a good brushing and some playing and running and is ready for a rest.
Thanks for thinking rescue!