Life with an English Mastiff

This is Memphis the Mastiff. He is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever known. I say 'one of' because I had my lab for fourteen years until he passed and anyone who's had a lab, knows that they are very sweet animals. Memphis is still young and finding his way but I have no doubt he'll be one of the best dogs I've ever owned.

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[Infinitelure2008]

Can you state what the dog's daily food intake is, because an English Mastiff featured in the news recently was claimed, by his owner, to eat 14 lbs of meat and biscuits each day. Even though it was an adult male, that seems excessive.

Thanks.

[MemphisMastiff]

He eats 5-7 cups per day. He doesn't eat as much as you might think and feeding a dog meat and biscuits is terrible for the dog. Dogs need a balanced diet. There are plenty of good dog food on the market that can accomodate a healthy diet.

[Chosenoneization]

I would disagree on the meats. I have a perfectly healthy English Mastiff 7 months old and weighs 90 pounds. I have him on a raw diet raw chicken, veggies, fruit etc. The dog foods you are referring to are processed foods that destroy his insides, imagine this, would you eat Mcdonalds 3 times a day every day and live past 50?? I dont think so. Dogs are canines, and when they were orginally bred were fed raw natural foods.. Hmmm I wonder who introduced science produced foods?? What a myth!

[RAW66669]

You can not be angry with him, look at him

[berry0201]

@MemphisMastiff

How is it bad to feed a dog meat? Shouldn't meat be the very basis of dog diet?

[Hdk921]

We have a year old mastiff and she's soooo sweet! She also had some seperation anxietymat first so she tore off wall paper we were planning to change anyhow and also dug into the wall. So in that case it was ok because she kind of said, "You want to take down the wallpaper? That's great I'll help while you're gone, it'll be a big surprise!" It was a lot of chunks of wallpaper too. Not only that but she chewed up a couple shoes too and found out how to open doors without knobs. We love her :)

[dmocsari]

viv1228 is dead right, I hope that no Mastiff owner has to watch their dog go through a twisted bowel. I had a DDB get bloated and require emergency surgery, it is a terrible experience and you should do everything you can to avoid it. Raise their food, try to keep them from eating too fast or directly before exercise. Good luck, beautiful dog.

[42lacey]

Not trying to sound mean but you know you don't have to allow your mastiff the chew on your wood work or drool all over everything. Ours does fine. Your boy is beautiful by the way.

[viv1228]

As a Mastiff lover and owner, I suggest that you raise his food and water into a feeder that at least a foot or two (mine is two feet) higher because he's going to suck in a lot of air while standing if his food is floor level. You want to try to avoid bloat, which can kill giant breed dogs. There are online pet stores that have feeders for giant breeds. Also I keep a bath towel near his bowl so I can wipe his mouth after he drinks. It really helps keep the drool under control. Good luck.

[chicagobearshowell]

@nikigurl08 NOW you just made yourself look like a fucking idiot any DOG even if it was superdog would get hurt from a gun...........And just because there big and bark? i have an English Mastiff....gentle giants?????????? so u want me to call a rottie a gentle midget? man your fucking stupid stop messaging me back .. English Mastiffs are the perfect guard dogs.

[nikigurl08]

@chicagobearshowell I know nothing look at yourself! Jus because a dog barks at ppl and is big, doesn't mean their actually going to stop anyone, especially if that person has a gun or a weapon. ANd English Mastiff are not used in Schultzund training, also know as bite work, because their GENTLE GIANTS!!! I worked w one and its was terrified of a Jack Russel Puppy!

[chicagobearshowell]

@nikigurl08 Done arguing with you..you obviously know nothing stop replying to me now. your obviously stupid.