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Dan and Joe and my Walk in the Park

Dan and Joe and my Walk in the Park

Mellanie September 30, 2020

 

I remember when I saw my first mastiff. I was walking through the park, and this huge, massive brown dog was walking with his owner beside him. I was a bit wary and guarded at first. As we cross paths, I stopped, and they also stopped, and I couldn’t help but admire this great dog.

The dog owner must have seen the awe on my face that he gave me a chance to meet his dog. I introduced myself, and he said his name is Dan and his mastiff, Joe. I asked him if I can pet Joe. He told the dog to sit, and after a few minutes after talking to Dan, I knelt, and Joe allowed me to pet him. He was so docile and friendly.

I was just transfixed and kept staring at his broad, wrinkled forehead, with his alert, kind, expressive eyes.

His owner then told me that a typical male mastiff could stand at least 30 inches at the shoulder and outweigh a full-grown man.

As I ran my hands from his head down to his body, I can feel the deep and thickly muscled rectangular body of Joe, covered by a short double coat.

Dan shares that mastiffs are patient, lovable companions, and guardians who do best to gentle training. They are protective of family, ever loyal, and have a natural wariness of strangers, making early training and socialization essential, which I said is understandable, especially with such a huge dog. I wouldn’t want to be underneath such an enormous dog.

I then asked him “why this breed”, and Dan said that his family had always had a mastiff. He loves the breed and how they can be gentle giants. He then asked me if I would want to have one in the future.

I said I would have to really think hard and then rethink again because mastiffs have impressive and majestic statures that to bring this powerful giant-breed dog as a pet in my family needs to be considered seriously.

As Joe, the great mastiff stands up, I can see this large, massive dog exuding grandeur and dignity. I continued to watch both of them as they both continued their walk into the park.

After a while, I went on my way, smiled,  and said to myself that this was a good walk after all.

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Mellanie
Mellanie

As long as I can remember, I've always had and loved dogs. I've had 5 dogs for years. Now, I am down to two, my Roxie, a German Shepherd, and Blackie, a German Retriever. I believe that we have a special link with our dogs and I want to highlight that link by sharing knowledge about our dogs and spotlight touching and inspiring stories about dogs and their humans.

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