How my obsession started!!!.... by Kevin Hill
Back on December 15th my girls and I attended a birthday party for a very good friend of mine Matt Hall. Matt had told me on more than one occasion that his brother in law Chris had a "pony" as a pet. Matt explained just how big this dog was. People can explain things to you all they want but until you see it I guess you really don't get it. As the party continued the dog's name came up in conversation. After chatting about him for a few Chris asked if I would like to meet him upon which I said of course. As Chris left to go bring him over my attention went elsewhere and began conversing with others. Within a few minutes Chris returned with the dog. As the front door opened I heard things like ... what in the hockey sticks is that?..or holy crap look at him!!. I turned around and there he was.. if you have ever seen Christmas Vacation and that moment where Clark finds the tree.. that was me.. there in front of me was the biggest dog I had ever seen. He was beautiful ....and huge. it may have been the coolest thing I've ever seen. I very cautiously approached him. He plopped is giant can down and he still was huge. Very fitting his name was Kingston. We took him out into the yard where we could play for a few and I could not believe I was wrestling around with a dog as nearly as big as I am. He was so gentle and so playful. It was awesome. Since that party I thought about him often.
