English Mastiff puppy and 1 year old

This is the last puppy of the litter playing with our son.

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Pets & Animals

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• English
• Mastiff
• Puppies
• Puppy

[tamyk007]

It is about 6 months ago. In South African, they are called Boerboel. Not so nice to play with kids, dangerous, trust me!

[PittsburghStyle]

No dog is perfect, but the English Mastiff breed is pretty close. My 1 year old will sit on our mastiffs back and yell "Yee Haw" over and over again while she just lays there.

[8122556]

Are Mastiff's hard to train?

[PittsburghStyle]

Mastiffs can be stubborn, but they also get their feelings hurt very easily. They don't want you to be upset, frustrated, or angry with them so they'll try really hard to please. In short, I think it depends on what you're trying to train them to do.

[Lundix]

Any dog can be dangerous if it's not trained correctly. Its attitude has almost nothing to do with breed, the only differences in danger between races are size and musculature etc. As this dog seems to grow up side by side with a baby, it is highly unlikely that the dog will attack babies in the future.

Sweet pup, Pittsburgh;)

[PittsburghStyle]

Good insights.  Cheers.

[pswallace]

Those two are going to grow up as best friends!

[2ndsquad2]

i've had three english mastiff's and i have never heard any cases of them attacking baby's. right now i have a female and she's been around babys and all she does is lay next to them and lick them, and right now she's bestfriends with our imperial teacup shiatszu and all they do is play she likes the shiatszu pull on her cheeks ers face tail and only barks at her when she doesn't want to play anymore. its just not in the breed for them to be agressive unless their master is being hurt

[Dogglebee675]

Aw! How frickin cute!

[fishingfromsand]

I love my OSAD Mastiff. One Stubborn Ass Dog, but they are awesome pups. They are all about loving there people.

[lmbarak]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[gizzygizmo123]

I have a 4yr old yorkie who is very smart, and because Harley .. my 5 month old mastiff is so jealous of him.. He try's to do everything that my yorkie has been trained to do... fetches my slippers and stuff like that... its awesome..

[velvetsnape]

And this is why they're tied for #1 of my favorite breeds. Shared only with the Doberman.

[SPnSSaremint]

@8122556 my mastiff x is the most stubborn dog ive ever had. my lab was so easy to train. oh well love him all the same. but i reckon female dogs are alot easier to train then males so that could be a reason why im having trouble with him (mastiff x) and my female lab was a piece of cake

[tiberias111]

freeze frame at 17 seconds. that may be the most photogenic kid i have ever seen

[FrigginAsian]

This is so adorable! 

[GILLELMORE]

My mastiff was more trainable than our toy poodle, golden retriever, or our Staint Bernard. He is the smartest dog I have ever known. So far...anyway.