They are amazing dogs.
And he had an appetite for everything. Live fish, Hershey's chocolate (Halloween candy he got into), toilet paper (big bite out of the roll), Kleenex from wife's pocket, any cooked vegetable. He got to be 115 pounds at age 18 months but the vet suggested trimming him back to about 90. He was a big framed, curly coat dog and was a descendant of a dog featured on a Minnesota duck stamp.