Yeah, some photos just beg to be taken in B&W. The photography world is constantly changing...color, hdr, subject centered, subject in thirds...but a nicely composed picture like yours is always in style!
He is full grown. He measures 34 inches at the point where his neck and back meet. He will look very different when he completely sheds out...or when I get hold of the clippers and speed up the process.
No, he and Taffy just go in through the door to the garage. (But I LOVE that commercial!) They spent their first winter sleeping in a dog pen in our garage. They were too tempting for the coyotes and our big horses wouldn't allow them in their herd so it was not safe to leave them in the barn. This is them tucked in for the night. They were 7 months old.