Originally Posted By: TurboLuver
leftlane, Nice looking Mastiff, he has a great head! and 12 years old WOW thats up there for a Mastiff!!
Butkus just turned 5 and at the last vet visit he was 180lbs. Once he has looked you over he loves everyone, he especially loves children and puts up with all their taunts and teases with cheerfulness, but he also has the guarding instinct. When meeting someone new he always positions himself between the stranger and us, also every night before bed he inspects every room in the house, it's actually very interesting to watch.
Strangers see him all the time and say that. They usually say his head is as big as a basketball. I saw a mastiff once with a bigger head and its head was like a bear it was just humongous. People say mine is a big dog then thats not good enough to leave it at that so they usually follow that with "that dog's huge". Funny to see people's reactions. If I got told I was beautiful as much as he does my head would be big too. lol
The most he weighed was 195lbs for a short while before we kept him down to 185lbs. He's outlived all his siblings, most of which died around 8yrs old. Does yours have gas problems? Ive learned that a lot of mastiffs do. Mine did for years until I got him on special food and antibiotics.