Landlord gave me his French Mastiff

[Vetelmo]

Hello, new guy here.

Long story short, my landlord rents out rooms here and works two jobs an hour away, trying to save his home. SO I have been caring for his best friend Cookie. It has been an awesome experience. She is about 5 yrs old, she was also used to breed a few times.

I am moving to be closer to school and when I told my landlord about a place I looked at, he asked if I wanted to take her with me, because he wasn't sure he could care for her, like he wants. I of course said yes.

I think I should get her fixed, as the only reason I would breed her is to keep one for myself and give one to my son. But my thought is, to adopt another as a rescue or whatever. I dont want to deal with selling them off, anyway.

I would like advice on making her a more sociable doggy. She has this thing about dominating other dogs and giving them a nip on the scruff. Especially to nervous small dogs. I have been able to deter cat chasing here, but not without some animal drama. I want to be able to take her on walks by the beach. Should I get her a muzzle? Im not a fan of those.....

 

[Bentley]

Welcome! Is there somewhere you can walk her where there are other dogs but that are not free to bother her, if so walk her there until you know her a little better and can judge her responses better, also how's her fitness levels?

 

[moose]

This breed can be very dominant, and sometimes big dogs just dont like smaller hyper dogs. Are there off leash dogs allowed at the beach? How is she with strangers, I know with moose he can be very suspicious of new people and different things. I would take it slow, like Bentley said, so you can see how she is going to behave.

 

[Vetelmo]

I am pretty keen to her motives, usually, because I have been caring for as my own for over a year now. I believe, that it will be a long course. Pretty cool site!