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It’s all about us Big Dog Lovers! We love our Big Dogs, other’s Big Dogs, really any Dog!

Welcome to the Herd’s blog: BIGDOGS.BLOG where all the big dog breeds can come to play! We speak Big Dog around here, Big Dog training, Big Dog feeding and caring for your Big Dog - loving Big Dogs comes naturally! Together with your stories, comments and suggestions, we can cover everything from the best Big Dog products to socializing Big Puppies. Pawsome topics like tuff & ruff toys, dog supplements and collars, beginning crating, bowls and pet emergencies.
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It’s all about us Big Dog Lovers! We love our Big Dogs, other’s Big Dogs, really any Dog!

Discover which big dog breeds are most suitable for your family and learn the traits that will help you pick, raise & love on these large and giant breed pups that will zoomie into your heart.

Showcase Big Dog Breed

It’s all about us Big Dog Lovers! We love our Big Dogs, other’s Big Dogs, really any Dog!

Showcase Big Dog Breed

Big Dog‘s Blog is spotlighting a Big Dog breed series each month, from the Akbash to the Saint Bernard. The Bull Mastiff to the Wolfhound, we want to hear whats special about your Big Breed!

From the owners who know them best: the hard work they do daily, them being not so well behaved on a certain day and why they claimed your heart forever!

Send us a couple paragraphs and a picture of your Big Dog Breed!

This Month’s Big Dog Breeds Showcase: The English Mastiff

English Mastiffs

The English Mastiff is considered a Giant Breed, with massive jaws, a large head, muscular body and long legs. Best known to many, as the Mastiff from the movie Sandlot, portraying a vicious guard dog. They did start life fighting, against gladiators and beasts in the violent battles of arenas for royalty’s amusement. Later fighting at these soldiers’ sides, they were willing to give their life to protect them. Next those skills were used to guard property of wealthy landowners to warn off poachers and workhorses for craftsmen. Finally they were recognized as loving, faithful and protective companions for the whole family.

These seemingly scary beasts are actually friendly goofballs, affectionately called house hippos, preferring to spend their time cuddling on the couch with you! They do have some traits that test their fur parents a bit; excessive drool-they are #1 in the that category! Their protective instincts result in plenty of barking to alert you of changes in your surroundings, and they only shed 4 times a year- Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. What you get back from a Mastiff more than makes up for their faults; 200lbs of unbelievable loyalty, an excellent bodyguard and best friend and a never ending source of love, pouring from those soul searching eyes.

Always watching, our herd is ready to jump into action at a moments notice.

IS YOUR DOG A BIG DOG?

Here’s the test:

Very, very gradually over your Big Dog’s life, there is a power shift. You bought your puppy, he/she is yours.

Well as much as anyone can own another being. You tell them what to do, train them. She listens to you and life goes as it should. Until somewhere between 2 to 3 years, when you realize you are doing more listening than him. You may give commands, but who’s actually the boss?

The scenario:

You wake up. Did you wake up yourself, by an alarm clock or by a nuzzle to your cheek? Not sure? Is your cheeks, nose and forehead slimy wet? Just cheeks could be crying during a dream, forehead not so much. Do your lungs feel like they just took their first breath in hours? A big dog just took his massive paws off your chest.

-your Big Dog just told you to get up.

You went to pee, you told them to wait at the door. Are they in there with you anyway?

-your Big Dogs are encouraging you to hurry up.

You start walking to your coffee station, do you make it there, or are you gradually misdirected to food bowls by massive shoulders conveniently at hip level to easily herd you?

-your Big Dog said food first.

They are eating, you are ready for coffee and the paper by yourself. Do you get to read that paper, or do you find yourself wanting to take your coffee to the door? I think that one is a mind trick, I don’t know how, they are not even in the room.

-your Big Dogs were ready to go outside.

You tell them to go potty-they give you that one, they needed to go. You tell them to hurry up and they look at you, then look away.

-they said “It’s not happening, YOU sit, YOU wait".

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