Our very first dog was Jason an apricot Royal Standard (extra big)poodle. We acquired Jason when our first baby was an infant, so I had 2 infants to care for. When we moved to the suburbs there were no leash laws, so Jason roamed freely. He occasionally brought home stray dogs - once an Airedale whose owner said he had been missing for 6 weeks. He guarded our children - stood between children and driveway. Once he pulled down a little visiting boy by his pants who was trying to climb the swimming pool fence. When he wasn't roaming he rested under a big juniper bush and announced visitors by barking from his "cave" - people began to call it the barking bush. We had many more dogs, never one like Jason
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