When hubby said he wanted a big dog I finally gave in and started looking - I saw this add in the paper saying leonberger puppies, I thought this could not be a breed of dog and they did not exist until I did a search on the internet.
After reading up on them we just had to have one since we have miniature horses and another young dog plus 4 young foster kids and the dog had to be good around all of this - did not want one that was no good with horses,kids,cats and guests. She is 8 weeks old and a real doll,now we just have to get her trained to go outside to pee and poo / and hope soon she stops whinning at night.