Training

Preventing Dog Bites Takes Understanding

Just outside of San Francisco, on June 18 of last year, a dog fatally bit a child as he played in his grandparents’ backyard. According to the interviews that followed, family and friends stated the dog was never aggressive, never a problem, and they just couldn’t figure out what happened. As you read further, the family admitted that the children were trying to ride the dog. Read More...

Tips and Methods to House Training Your Mastiff Puppy

One of the easiest ways to potty train a puppy is to simply pay attention and watch for signals. Make sure your puppy is always where you can see him when his is loose in the house. You may need to use baby gates or close doors to keep your puppy from wandering off and going potty in the house. When you notice the puppy sniffing around or if you see him start to squat, quickly scoop him up Read More...


Exercising Your Mastiff Puppy

Proper exercise is especially important the first 18 to 20 months of your Mastiff puppy's life. Mastiffs grow extremely rapidly the first 18 months in height and continue to grow in overall size and weight until 3 to 3 1/2 years of age. During this time of rapid growth your puppy will literally grow up to 150-200 times the size it was at birth. Within this time period your Mastiff should not engage...  Read More...

5 Things to do With Your Dog Today

With the frigid weather lately I can admit that my poor puppies haven’t had as much mental stimulation lately as they are used to. It’s out to potty in the backyard and right back in the house. Here are a few great ideas to keep your pups happy and mentally stimulated during these cold winter days or when you’re just running behind and don’t want your dog to be bored. Read More...



Training Your Mastiff

Every dog should be taught at the minimum, basic obedience, however because they are destined to be VERY large dogs, it is necessary for Mastiffs. Most Mastiffs are very easy to train because of their willingness to please their owners. They are a ‘soft’ breed, meaning they require little to no scolding. Read More...

How to Properly Greet a Dog

I've seen alot of talk about this subject lately, and I think we all forget pretty easily how important this is. Being a dog owner myself it drives me up a wall when someone comes squealing up to me to pet my dogs, generally they don't even ask permissions. The funny ones are when they've begun to pet my dog without my permission, then look up at me and ask "does he bite". Really people, come on! How much intelligence does it really take here. I take a breath and try and remind myself that we're representing the breed here and not to fly off the handle at folks like this. Read More...