English Bull Mastiff

[munkey]

I picked the new family member (Buddy) last friday and brought him home on Saturday. As I recall someone on here purchased one not to long ago...

Any advise or tips on trainging?

So far everthing has gone extremely smooth considering he's only 5 weeks old. Other than chewing on everthing around him he's very mellow and well tempered.

~Picks to follow when my lap is fixed...~

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by tyton75

You could also buy a Kong rubber chew toy... I got a red one for my lab... you can actually put treats inside of it or peanut butter for them to start chewing on it..

Yeah, I actually have two of those (a big black one and a smaller red one) but my APBT doesn't really like them that much. I used to put peanut butter in there for him to mess with, but he would just lick the peanut butter and leave it alone after that.

For some reason my dog just loves chewing on something hard, and once I got him a Galileo he has never left it alone. He even keeps it right next to him when he goes to sleep.

[UTChief]

I sudgest strongly that you feed an exspencive large breed puppy food because of the size of your dog, the large breed puppy dog food will controle the growth of the dog so it dosn't grow too fast, he is going to be 160lbs to 180lbs nomater what, if he grows to fast you will end up with joint problems and other helth problems. If your tight with money and think you are wasting money $39.00 per 44lbs is what I pay, wait untill the vet bills start rolling in I have went through this first hand and the breed of dog wasn't that large. I recomend the nutro brand, dogs like the tast and it's a premium grade dog food and you can buy it at most petsmart stores.
I am a big fan of the bullmastiff I almost bought them to breed but I settled on Boxers mainly because of the shorter life of the mastiff 10 years I get too atached.

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by UTChief

I sudgest strongly that you feed an exspencive large breed puppy food because of the size of your dog, the large breed puppy dog food will controle the growth of the dog so it dosn't grow too fast, he is going to be 160lbs to 180lbs nomater what, if he grows to fast you will end up with joint problems and other helth problems. If your tight with money and think you are wasting money $39.00 per 44lbs is what I pay, wait untill the vet bills start rolling in I have went through this first hand and the breed of dog wasn't that large. I recomend the nutro brand, dogs like the tast and it's a premium grade dog food and you can buy it at most petsmart stores.
I am a big fan of the bullmastiff I almost bought them to breed but I settled on Boxers mainly because of the shorter life of the mastiff 10 years I get too atached.

I 2nd the Nutro brand dog food, it is high quality, much better then the crap they sell at places like Walmart. If you are getting a quality dog you need to feed it a quality dog food.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by eazyb81

I 2nd the Nutro brand dog food, it is high quality, much better then the crap they sell at places like Walmart. If you are getting a quality dog you need to feed it a quality dog food.

I 3rd Nutro, though they seem to have recently changed their formula. It's still good stuff. Someone on here is actually a pet food sales rep, I believe. Can't remember who, though.

[Bill Lundberg]

Originally Posted by UTChief

I sudgest strongly that you feed an exspencive large breed puppy food because of the size of your dog, the large breed puppy dog food will controle the growth of the dog so it dosn't grow too fast, he is going to be 160lbs to 180lbs nomater what, if he grows to fast you will end up with joint problems and other helth problems. If your tight with money and think you are wasting money $39.00 per 44lbs is what I pay, wait untill the vet bills start rolling in I have went through this first hand and the breed of dog wasn't that large. I recomend the nutro brand, dogs like the tast and it's a premium grade dog food and you can buy it at most petsmart stores.
I am a big fan of the bullmastiff I almost bought them to breed but I settled on Boxers mainly because of the shorter life of the mastiff 10 years I get too atached.

Boxers' life span is generally only 10-12 years.

[Bwana]

Ha, good for you. I got my English Mastiff last year not knowing what to expect and he is a great dog. He is now 9 months old and 140 pounds. He should be 250 plus when he's done. Here is a shot of Justice from about 10 days ago.

[UTChief]

Originally Posted by Bill Lundberg

Boxers' life span is generally only 10-12 years.

Not acording to American Boxer club 14 years

[Bill Lundberg]

Originally Posted by UTChief

Not acording to American Boxer club 14 years

I hope you're right. I did a search on "Boxer Life Span" and 90% of the sites say 10-12.

Meet Tanner

[UTChief]

Originally Posted by Bill Lundberg

I hope you're right. I did a search on "Boxer Life Span" and 90% of the sites say 10-12.

Meet Tanner

It looks like you are closer to being right than me, I tryed to find were I read that and I missread it, it said upto 14 but most 10 to 12. nice looking dog I will find a pick of mine and edit this post and post in a few.

[Bill Lundberg]

What great looking dogs! I've decided my next one will be a brindle. There's not much cuter than a boxer pup.

[munkey]

Here's some pics...

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Bill Lundberg

I hope you're right. I did a search on "Boxer Life Span" and 90% of the sites say 10-12.

Meet Tanner

Most big dog breeds don't live very long.

That is one thing I hate about dogs. Why do they only live 10, 15 or 20 years at the most? Sucks.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by munkey

Here's some pics...

Sweet looking shots munkey. He reminds me of Justice 8 months ago.