My name is Angela, the proud 'mom' of Zeus.  I have a computer background, and I do research for my clients, including training, nutrition and herbal supplement study to help our companion animals.   Caring for my dearly departed Apollo for the past 3.5 years was quite an experience and the knowledge I amassed I share with others to help their liver compromised dogs. 

I am a gourd artist, doing mostly pyrography, and ink and craving art work. 

I am an avid dog lover, and have three other rescued dogs here with me and Zeus.  I am happy to be part of a community that shares information and opinions, welcomes newcomers with open arms, and does so with humor and grace.

I am here to share the experiences I (will) have with my wonderful mastiff puppy Zeus, and to learn from others experiences to help him (and me) have a wonderful life together. 

I have a strong desire to learn how these wonderful dogs are handled in the ring, and how on earth I can train myself to get up early again!  LOL

I am not 'new' to big dogs, or training, but I am new to the 'show' experience, and know little if anything about it.  Of course I LOVE to watch the dog shows, and would LOVE to see Greesons Tall Dark n Handsome out there making me (and Linda) proud!

Thank you Linda for this opportunity!  I have so much to learn, and can see that this is a very good place to do so!

Angela and Zeus and Kenne

 Hi, my name is Heather. I am 25 years old. I live on a hundred acre farm in Kentucky. My job is taking care of the kids. That includes the human ones as well as the horses, dogs, chickens, fish and the tarantula. If you can imagine they are all very rotten, even the spider. I have read some of the threads available and I think you all are wonderful people. I am looking forward to learning more about you all, and sharing of myself. I just have one question though. My love is the Bullmastiff, does that count on this thread site? If not, please let me know so I don't find out much later down the line and feel like an idiot. But anyhow. Out of my 3 dogs I don't have my bully yet. I have an old dog who has been the center of my life and I don't want to put him at risk of another attack. When my husband brought our Akita home she put him through enough for 5 lifetimes. But Akita's are definitely more crazy aggressive than the bullmastiff.

  Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to this. May you all have a great doggie day!

                                                       Heather

P.S. I have included my 3 puppies. The brindle is Grizzly, he took time out of his busy schedule to save my life. I owe him everything I have.

Hi, my name is Teresa and I just joined the site today.  My husband and I are the owners (well maybe they own us!) of 3 Mastiffs, a Boxer mix and 1 cat.  Our Mastiffs are Jaclyn, 2 year old fluffy spayed female, Buster, 14 month old brindle male and Jo-Jo Starr, our fawn 5 month old.  My boxer mix is 6 1/2 year old Duke and Roscoe is the cat.  We started showing Buster last Memorial Day.  We will be showing Jo-Jo in March.  My plan is to breed these wonderful dogs after I retire in a little over 3 years and after I research and learn and learn and learn.  Our dogs are pets and companions first and show dogs second.  They are allowed to go play in the yard and get dirty and just be dogs.  They are our children.  I'm hoping this site will be a great experience.

Hi, my name is Jillian; I’m 23 I live in Texas I have Mastiffs. I’m very involved with rescue not just Mastiffs but all breeds. My dogs are my babies, my oldest Mastiff is Pumpkin she is a character! Gus is the big lovable baby, is my biggest he is so very special to me. Macie, well she is my handful! Holden is my mom’s baby and he is a lover. Our rescue Cleo who was feral and after two years of love is precious! My baby is Isadora she is a bundle of energy and hopefully if her training goes well I will show her. Last but not least Merlot, Pumpkin and Gus’s daughter and also Isadora’s sister she is the most lovable of all! My Mastiffs are my life, they go everywhere with me and their favorite thing is going to the lake. I’m looking forward to learning more about this beautiful breed and getting to know others who share my love and passion for these gentle giants.

Hello, my name is Shana and we are in Arizona.  I have been reading the posts here for a while, but this will be my first posting!

I am owned by a 4 year old neutered, fawn male Mastiff who was a rescue foster that never left, his name is Shaq and he is the leader of the pack and my right hand man!  I am also owned by a 12 month old, neutered, brindle male Mastiff named Oso, we got Oso from Gothic Mastiffs here in AZ and he is the most wonderful puppy on earth!!  Last year at 7 months old he earned his CGC and at 9 months old completed his RN title.  He is the light of my life and is such a healthy, spunky happy puppy, who could ask for more?  We are also owned by a long haired Chihuahua named Jackie Brown, she is a spayed, retired Champion who never really lost the attitude!  As well as a spayed, female Standard Poodle who was a foster who never left because she is a bit wacko and no one one earth but us would put up with her, but we love her and cant imagine the house without her!  We are also owned by a female Newfoundland Beezle, another displaced dog who stayed on after a few failed attepts at placement because she just plain won't house break (we have a dog door here, so it works, plus what's one more big dog anyway??), who is a happy, licking, bear of a dog who adores kids more then words can say and makes me smile every time I look down into her big wookie face and happy brown eyes!  And last but not least, our wonderful cat, the token feline!

I tried to attach pictures showing them all, I think we have at least one pic of everyone!

We are very involved with Mastiff and Great Dane rescue, rescue all around really and that takes up most of our time, but we also really enjoy showing and competitive obedience and try to stay involved and up to speed in that arena too.  We just love the breed and we will always be owned by mastiffs!

I really enjoy this forum and have learned a lot by reading the posts on various topics, keep up the good work and thanks for starting this thread!

Hi All,   This is my first of any kind of forum, so please bear with me if I make mistakes. I am a 34 year old mom of three. I have two degree's in physical science and have spent most of my career as a Naturalist. At the moment I am a stay at home mom to our 2 year old son (he was our miracle baby born Christmas day 2004 with a heart defect and instantly took top place over work) and to Mouse (Max's Mighty Mouse) my dream dog. I have always had more active breeds and agility dogs (one of which will always hold a special place in my heart) but I have wanted a mastiff since I was very young and my babysitter had a Dane and a Mastiff. I remember them as as the biggest, sweetest and gentlest friends I ever had (Kong the mastiff being my favorite). Growing up I was always told we didn't have the room or money for a dog like that , then came college and small housing and on to raising a family. I did a lot of  research and continued to believe that this breed would be a perfect fit.Now I am home most of the time and we have a small farm where we raise alpacas and plenty of room. SO the time was right to find my dream dog. Enter...Mouse,   I have only had him for 10 weeks now and he is 16 weeks old and I already can't imagine living without him. He is the funniest and sweetest creature ever to grace our lives. Not to mention a little weird..which fits me fine. I know already there will be more of these great dogs joining us soon. We all fell instantly in love with this breed. I am even thinking of showing him when he gets older...to me he seems the the very image of "mastiff". This seemed like the best place to learn and share on this fantastic dog, so I am trying my hand at my very first forum and hoping to make a lot of Mastiff friends.

Hey I am Lindsey, and I am from WV. Although I am not so new to the mastiff world, I am attempting to break into the mastiff show world. I have owned mastiffs for about 8 years, and I guess you can say I'm addicted to them, and I live think and beathe mastiff! I have put in a picture of my baby, Gracie, she is 15 months old and I am working with her on getting her certified as a therapy dog, as well as participating in a CGC class. I am also getting a new puppy SOON...from Shamill Mastiffs, his litter is nominated for futurity, and I believe I am going to keep his litter name, Crisco...and he is going to be a doll baby...more pictures to come at his homecoming!! Thanks so much Sharon Miller for allowing me the opportunity to own such a beautiful mastiff!!

Hello my name is john from Liverpool, England and have had mastiffs since 1988, my dogs are all pure Bredwardine line bought directly from Richard and peter who are now great friends, I recently started showing again and have caught the bug big time again, I look foward to chatting fighting etc and will try to keep you guys infomed on the show scene he in england including results for each champ show if thats ok....anyway happy to be on board ...John Mcgimpsey (Coudalere mastiffs)

I am Connie and I have a beautiful 4 year old Mastiff.  His name is Maxwell Sebastian. He is silver with a black mask.  I fell in love the minute I saw his picture.  His birth parents named him Silver after the Lone Ranger because of his color.  He has grown and grown and well you know.  He now weighs 227 lbs.  I had to take him to the Big animal vet to weigh him.  I think he is beautiful.  I hope you think so as well.  The first pic is when he was 1 1/2 and the other was when he was 3.  He is my baby and his job is to sleep bedside my bed and snore me to sleep!  What a life...

Hello to everyone. I live in Ocean City, Maryland and have a 10 week old English Mastiff girl. I am nervous, trying so hard to do the right thing in every way! In the past, we've had Fila Brasileiros but read about the temperament of the English and thought it might be a better choice for us. If anyone has any general "words of wisdom" we would love to hear them! We do not live on a large piece of property as many of you do, but are hoping to provide our baby with many great walks on the beach, boardwalk & by the bay. Our only problem at the present time is getting her to be happy walking on a leash. We waited too long to introduce it, I think! My husband is annoyed every time someone asks him, "Is that a Puggle?" - it's happened quite a bit! No photos yet, but hopefully soon.

Hi Everyone, my name is Kim. I have two mastiffs. One is 14 months one is 2 1/2 months. My husband has always wanted a mastiff since he was a child and has been trying to talk me into it for 20 years. The only thing I can say about that is I'm sorry I waited  so long. We have two kids, one in college and one in his last year of high school. I'm really enjoying learning everything I can about this beautiful breed. Doing research all those years cant compare to living with one of these guys. Looking forward to looking around here and learning. Thanks- Kim