Our dogs

flava

flava

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Here is a pic of our dogs making sure the wife doesn't get the couch exclusively :D

Zed, the bullmastiff, is 16 months old and still behaves like a puppy
Popey, the bichon, is a dog we rescued one week ago. He's 6 years old.
They get along just fine, Popey didn't dare to contest Zed's place in the hierarchy ;)

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The question, Flavius, is. "Who is the Alpha Dog in your pack? Is it Flavius or Zed?" If you think that this is a silly question, think again. With a dog like Zed, you had best be the Alpha Dog or you are in for a world of trouble. We had a very large male Labrador. Now, Labs are known as easy-going lover dogs, and Kip may well have been that, but not until my wife and I established who were the Alpha Dogs in our pack. And that became important as Kip grew to be about 40-45 Kilos, none of it fat, all muscle. He went through a teenaged testosteron-filled period when he challenged both of us and, fortunately, we were working with him in obedience classes so we knew what to do. He challenged each of us once, and only once. After that, he knew his place in the pack and was quite happy to be in it.
 
Don't worry Fuller, my wife is the alpha male :D :D :D
Joking aside, we know how to handle dogs. Glad, the dog we had before, was a 73kg, very muscular, dominant bullmastiff male. Imagine the potential problems if we had let him think he's higher rank than us :eek:
Zed is way less dominant (and a bit smaller) than Glad. He also knows his place in the hierarchy. :)
 
I saved the pic to lighten it so I can see the big fella clearly, holy smoke!

I love Mastiffs, there is something about them that sets them apart from other dogs (about 50KGs lo)

I was warned by a friend too that had a monster 80KG Rottie that you have to be careful about dominance. After a while though everything falls into place and he can sleep on the sofa just as long as he knows he has to get off if daddy wants to sit down.

Tell me, how far up the wall does the after dinner slobber go? :D
 
In 1947, my family got a boxer, the very first one that I ever saw. He was a magnificent dog and one that you could easily believe had been bred to hunt wild boar. But he surely did slobber. My great uncle, who had been ambassador to various places in his foreign service career, once commented about that slobber, "Billy, you are a lovely dog. It is a pity that you are so moist about it." :) That became a classic family comment about slobbery animals and children.

BTW, I grew up with that dog and I loved him more than anyone else in my life until my wife and children.
 
The rancher next door from my own ranch has a bullmastiff. Nice dogs. Large powerful, yet agile and very playfull.

The ONLY downside with mastiff type dogs is the fact they don't tend to live too long. Although bullmastiffs do live slightly longer than other mastiff dogs like the neo, or english or dogue de bordeaux, etc.)
A real shame they don't live longer, but that's how it is with these large breeds, the only exceptions that I know of being the Tibetan Mastiff, and Kangal.

Flava, great dogs! My pitbul is a brindle too like your bullmastiff.
 
Thank you guys :)
Temper, about the slobber part ... Zed almost doesn't slober at all ... unlike our previous bullmastiff Glad.
Emanuel, show us your brindle pitt please. I love them. :)
You are right about big mastiff-type dogs life span. Glad died at 8 years :(
 
I have had Boxers my whole life. The main downside to Boxers is that they don't live that long. They really exceed 10yrs. old. My heart has been broken by the passing of these great dogs a lot of times. Yet I keep coming back for more.
 
I had a Great Dane when I was a kid. Died at 10 years and that was pretty good. I've seen healthy mastiff type dogs die at 6 years, eventhough they were taken care of by proffessional breeders eating the best quality food.

8 years is average. SOrry you didn't have longer with Glad. It's a silent pain that owners of short-lived dogs don't like talking about. Was at a dog show a year ago, and I brought up the subject. They just wanted to change the subject as it's too painful. Very understandable.

Larry,...It must be hard. After my Dane I've tended to stay away from owning these short lived dogs. I just can't go through saying goodbye so soon.

Someday I might get either a Tibetan Mastiff or Kangal. They're big, ultra tough, superb protectors, and they live a LONG time. Anywhere between 12 to 15 years or more. I've heard of plenty of owners saying they live 15 or more years.

Anyway, I've come to love pitbulls. Very loving, loyal, good natured dogs, unlike how they are unfairly being portrayed by the media.

Here's my little girl, her name is Dixie and she's about 2 years old. I got her from a guy nearby who found her abandoned. He didn't know what to do with her so I took her in, and thank g-d I did, she's amazing. Very smart and obedient.

Pits and STaffs tend to avarage about 12 or 13 years.

Lookin sheepish:



Smiling for the dope holding the camera. Ain't she purty?

 
I put my Rott down the summer before last, it haunted me for about 6 months every night without fail. I dont think I slept much that year.

I viwed never to have another dog because of the pain (he was 7.5 and had a heart mass) But my wife who was devistated wants another. I will try and get her to accept a smaller longer lived dog but I think she is set of Mastiff type breeds like the English and Rott.

Its better to have had and lost though, than to never have had.

Damn, getting upset now just typing this :(
 
The Tibet looks like a good mutt. My wife wast that enthused though. I like Rhodesion Ridgebacks and English Bull Terriers but she hates 'Pointy' faces :rolleyes: :D

We won't be able to have one for a while anyway due to where we live (I dont think its fair) so we have a while to think about the next baby.

$20.00 says Dixie is a daddy's girl :)
 
Great dogs. I can relate to the couch issue. My pit and shepherd are always pushing me off the couch.
 
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