Mount Bruce just turned two. Which means he went from this ...

to this in a mere 2 years...

I calculate that in that time he has eaten 547 kgs of food, chewed up two very expensive dog beds, has grown from 5 kg to 50 kg in weight. To put things into perspective, in the photo above of Bruce and Oscar, Bruce was roughly the size of Oscar when Secondborn was chosen by adopted him as a puppy. And I reckon between beds, freight (so he could go on holidays with Secondborn), food (only the best for Mount Bruce), oh and the bling bling collar, the back pack and all his other acroutrements... he's cost, so far, about $4000.

That's two grand a year. And this is a mutt SB got for free. Sheez... and they reckon kids are expensive... that's about on a par with the private school Dace goes to...

But we love him anyway. Even if he is a giant mouth to throw money into. For his birthday, Bruce got an ice cream (which he loves and licks off the stick like a human) and today we're going out to buy him yet another bed.

Unconditional love don't come cheap...LOL