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Charlie Facts

• Charlie is male Newfoundland.

• He is about 8 years old.  We think he was born in December 2002. He was about 4 months old when we got him from a family who couldn't keep him.

• At four months Charlie was bigger than a full grown black lab and weighed 95 pounds.

• Charlie weighs about 170 pounds now.

• Charlie is as big as a bear.  A small black bear went through the neighborhood and folks thought it was Charlie loose.  Fortunately they realized their mistake before getting too close.

• Charlie is bigger than many small horses.

• Charlie is very social and loves to meet people.  He often takes his "pets" to town to visit.

• Charlie doesn't eat much, maybe 4 - 5 cups of food a day. He prefers people food and stops eating when he is no longer hungry.

• Charlie's favorite foods include a variety of meats, broccoli, baked and fried potatoes, pizza, spaghetti and meatballs, sauerkraut and wieners, and most anything else that his "pets" eat.

• Charlie passed away October 1, 2010.  He had osteosarcoma and was in a great deal of pain.
  
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