Kuusuma is getting bigger

Is it possible for a puppy to grow this much in a week? Little Kuusuma is still afraid of stairs. I don't blame him, entirely, given that running and walking is still tough for him to figure out. He will be running happily and all of the sudden will trip and tumble, head over heels, for no reason other than his feet got in the way. I suppose it is wise then, that he stays away from anything verticle in nature for the time being. And truth be told, his paws are growing disproportionately to the rest of him. He is like a puppy in clown shoes.
We had a wonderful play date again yesterday. Kuusuma got what my mom used to call "a case of the rips", when Spock, our rambunctious and loud Sheltie would run frantic circles at high speends around the house, taking himself, and anyone else down that dared to get in his path. Kuusuma developed a similar circuit, which included pausing to dig in a hole and hurdling over stumps. He is hilarious!

Kuusuma the puppy!

I had the extremely distinct pleasure of getting to walk a new puppy for an hour! Kuusuma is as close to teddy bear as a dog can be and may be the cutest thing I've ever seen. He greeted me with thousands of kisses and cuddles. We attempted to talk around the block, but he did not seem to fully grasp the concept of a "walk" . I carried him half of the way home and then retired to the backyard where sticks and balls kept us occupied for the remainder of our play date. The youngster also does not understand how stairs work just yet, so I had to lug him up and down to the second floor apartment. Bull Mastiff's grow to be very large, so I do hope he learns to love stairs eventually or his poor mom will have to install an elevator!