He wouldn't wear the cape. Apparently there was some concern about his 'reputation'...

And earlier in this thread it was mentioned that Romeo might end up the size of a Neo, but more athletic. Well recent evidence seems to support that theory.

Yesterday whilst doing the weekly weigh-in at the vet (yes I'm aware weekly weigh-in's are a little much) I saw a truck pull up with a dog that looked amazingly like Romeo in the back. When the owner walked in (without the dog initially) I asked him how old his boy was. When he replied 'almost 6 months' I had to ask him where he got him, because I literally thought we could have littermates on our hands!

As soon as he brought him in though, I could see big differences. Romeo was a couple inches taller, with much cleaner and tighter lines. Romeo has clearly defined muscle on his chest, shoulders and back legs, while the Neo was much more squat, heavy set and without any reallly defined musculature.

The Neo was born 9 days before Romeo, so is 25 weeks old. We put them on the scales and Rome at 23.5 weeks old was 35.5kg, his boy was 35.2 kg. So Romeo is currently heavier than what appeared to be a nicely bred, heavy boned Neo pup.

I think the differences in personality were also interesting. Romeo is (generally speaking) a perfect gentleman in public. He never jumps on people, and only rarely even approaches anyone other than my wife or I for a pat. Occasionally he seems to find someone interesting, but even then he just goes up and sniffs them or sits down and watches them.

The Neo on the other hand was a wee bit mental. He was lunging at anyone who got near him, and literally peed on the floor when Romeo backed him off with a warning growl (the Neo was very much in his face) I mentioned to the vet that I much prefered Romeo's style of nature and she said she 'whole heartedly agreed'.

So I think that Romeo will end up about the same weight, but a few inches taller. I didn't really get the impression that the Neo would ever be much of a guard, although thats probably unfair given he is still just a baby.