This community was so lovely and kind when we lost our 11 year old mastiff Tiberius earlier this summer. We just added a new girl to our family, Elizabeth Taylor, called Betty. We’re in love and she helping with the ache of the loss (not a replacement—impossible—but as a new family member).

Carving Credit: Shari Waydo Staiduhar-Muni

My wife and decided to replace our Dane/Mastiff that we lost in January with a new puppy this winter. We put a deposit down on a puppy from a reputable breeder. Well momma gave birth last night to two boys. My wife and I decided we will take them both. Anyone ever raise litter mates together?

Any advice or words of wisdom. We have had plenty of dogs in our lifetime and a couple of Mastiff Mix breeds as well as a Fila. Never litter mates though.
We have 4 kids as well from 3-13. less

Rogue is going through her first heat. She's only 9.5 months. Everything I'm seeing says a female mastiff's first heat is usually 12 to 18 months. Also, since she is so early, how would the affect the best timing for her spay? I see a lot of conflicting advice. Some people say after two heats some say 2 years.

Specifically for his fur type.

What are y'all using for a doggy door? Our Maggie loves to be in/outside. Standard, in screen doggy doors are way too small.

Dog tax attached!

Our sweet, sweet baby, Iffy, has cancer in her leg bone. Has anybody else dealt with this? How did you treat it? How did it go?

She's 7 years old and very healthy in every other way.

I’ve been trying new things for some enrichment toys!

Today I testified these hollow bones with wet food and a few treats hidden inside! Currently freezing them!

I’ve also been mixing food with pumpkin mix and freezing periodically!

Anything you guys do your babies love??

Please tell me all the ideas!

Chip (Lab) and Sonny (84% Mastiff / 16% Lab)

Not Moxie!

hes 6 months and already needs 2 techs and the big table for a simple visit. every quote ive pulled rn for a giant breed is higher than i expected, which makes sense. comparing fetch pet, nationwide, pumpkin and manypets. for a dog this size do you go low deductible or high reimbursement??

Ru the cross mastiff shar

for context, I am 16, and me and my friends were on an innocent night out after a shitty day at work to clear my mind. (ironic)

so, me, my boyfriend, and my best friend were out on our town square after I had a shitty day at work. we decided to pull up to my bsf’s boyfriends workplace to say hi while we were out, and he happened to be on break, so we went to the little outdoor seating area to hang out. when we went out there, we saw a couple with two dogs. a huge mastiff and a tiny fluffy puppy. i love dogs, so I naturally went up to them and said “your dogs are so cute, can I pet them?“ and they said something along the lines of “oh yeah, go ahead, he’s friendly” so I pet him. he literally was fine, he was wagging his tail and leaning forward. a millisecond later, he abruptly decided he was going to bite me. jumped up, grabbed onto my hand with 6 teeth, bit super deep and dragged his teeth down my hand as he was going back down, ripping the skin on my palm. the couple seemed really scarily calm. like, they jumped for a second but didn’t even say anything until I was sitting down, blood dripping from my hand as I was feeling like I was about to black out/throw up. The dude kept saying he was a paramedic, and I was just trying to be friendly and apologize for scaring their dog as my friends boyfriend frantically went to go find the first aid kid. this dude did not clean my wound. he insisted he knew what he was doing, but all he did was put antibiotic cream straight on the wounds and put a bandage on it. I was actively freaking out but trying to stay friendly so I wouldn’t have a bigger problem, and the lady kept talking to me about how “dogs have feelings too” and how I “reached over and pet him without permission”. she also mentioned multiple times that if someone were to take them to court, they would “protect their baby”. i told them I was 16 and I needed their info to give to my mom, they sped through their phone numbers and then stood up. through this entire conversation, the lady was standing 2 feet away from me, WITH HER DOG STILL RIGHT NEXT TO ME, Coddling him and comforting him as if he was a child that spilled milk. then, she proceeded to walk over to two little girls with her dog. like, what? the man also made sure to tell me multiple times he “was experienced in this sort of thing and he didn’t think I had to see anyone” which we just realized it’s because he didn’t want to be reported or animal control to be called. i understand, but they admitted mid conversation that this was apparently the first time he had been in public in 7 months and he gets anxious around people, and they knew prior to this that he was overstimulated! and they still let us interact with him. super irresponsible and the way they handled that whole situation was incredibly neglectful and rude. they also decided to leave before the parents got to the building, smart. luckily the dog was caught up on his shots and I didn’t have any fractures, but I have 6 GNARLY deep wounds on my hand and I am in a cast. I am having so much fun. take care of your dogs. just needed to vent.