lol i love the idea for the xmas cards Lori im definatly gonna have to do that

as for the name its from greek mythology, its the olympian god of bloodlust and slaughter personified. as bad as that sounds i actually fell in love with the name and decided years ago i was gonna name a dog after him as his symbol is a dog as well. he is almost 12 weeks as of tuesday (sept 7) when i picked him up at just over 9 weeks he was 7lbs heavier than any of the 17 other puppies the breeder had weighing in at 17lbs and since ive had him hes bulked up to 20lbs even, hes really a big suck but hes very smart if not stubborn. he already knows sit, stay, lay down, up, off (furniture or my lap), come, bring it back, drop it, shake, goto your spot, get in the other seat (he likes the drivers seat in the car), and the name of 3 of his toys but he only does sit, up, and get in the other seat all the time, the rest are only when he feels like it right now were working on salute, balance, and freeze (emergency stop). i still have to get him crate trained the first time i put him in it i went to breakfast with a friend and he got his mouth caught in the divider (my crate is dane sized) and just about removed a few teeth so now hes afraid of it so ill be spending my weekend sleeping in the crate with him to show him it is a viable place to sleep (lucky me lol) anyway ive blathered on long enough ill let you guys go but thank you all for the comments on my photos (all were done by my dad)