Hello all, I just found this amazing website and started to read on it and found a lot of interesting info. I just bought a Presa canario I didn't get her papers but I'm guessing on her shot records shes probably around 7 months which sounds right for being 60 lbs. She is an absolute amazing dog the sweetest, most even tempered dog I've ever had and this is the first one I've actually owned myself but I've had dogs in my family my hole life. She seems to learn very quickly I've had her for 2 weeks and she has a good grasp on going outside to go potty she walks right next to me and doesn't pull, my 5 year old niece walked her like a breeze. The only 2 problems I see are what seems to be very common with mastiffs particularly. I work full time as an electrician and I am a single male and I live alone, but I'm always home when I'm not at work, and she's a dream when I'm with her when I leave she does the normal puppy thing and chews up boxes or tp or whatever else that she finds but she doesn't seem to play with toys that I bought her or the rawhide bone and I don't really want to leave her alone with a bunch of pigs ears, any suggestions to get her to play with toys and not the stuff I need to hide, because I fear she will eat the couch if she doesn't have something lol. The second is she is pretty darn stubborn also common with mastiffs, she did not like the stairs at first and it was hell pushing her up and down the stairs but she has defiantly learned and gotten better also another issue is getting in the car she seems like if she doesn't want to do something she will back up and buck like a bronco then sit down. When she does that I will say her name and come in a firm voice and she looks at me and just stares so I'll say it a couple more times and give her a slight tug on the leash and if she still doesn't come I will give her and slap on the butt nothing crazy just a slight tap but after that she will get up and go in. She's not like that all the time just seems when she's tired maybe, I would just like advice on how to keep her stubborness to a minimum and I know it's not good to leave mastiffs let alone Presa alone for 8 to 12 hours but I don't have a choice shes the type of dog I wanted and I will never get rid of her. Her are some pictures of her and any and all advice is very appreciative.