Thank you, Rachel, for posting my dear, darling Avalanche. She was so beautiful and her hair was so soft. She lived to the old age of 12 1/2 (that's old for a Great Pyr). She used to always put her big slobbery head on my lap (and I didn't mind)! She also had a mind of her own. What a stubborn girl, she was. But she sure could love. She's been gone for 5 years now. I still miss her.