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Their asses were probably in their houses sleep. I had four Italian Cane Corsos that I adored. Normally, I brought them into the house once I was home for the night, but I wasn’t sure of Ruth’s temperament toward dogs. Specifically toward big-ass dogs. My three females, Smurfette, Sassette, and Sashette, each weighed between eighty and one hundred pounds. My only male, Papa Smurf, who we called Papa, was about one hundred and ten pounds. I was going to let them stay in their house tonight. Their house was better than most people’s first apartments.
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