Hey Everyone,
I just became a member today. We currently have an Irish Mastiff which is a hybrid of an Irish Wolfhound and an English Mastiff. I didn't see Irish Mastiff on the list for this forum, but I really don't know where else to look. He will be 2 years old on April 24. Our friend has a 3 year old male English mastiff, brindle in color. Our friend is relocating to China and can't take him with and wants us to have the dog, but I want to know the pros/cons of having 2 very large dogs? We keep ours inside (3000 sq. ft. house) and take him for walks to the park a lot and he gets plenty of exercise, so that isn't an issue. I was just wondering if there might be any issues?
I don't know if they get along, but Maximus (our dog) is a very good dog, quite lazy, as most are, and has never even growled before in his life. He is very mellow and docile. The 2 dogs have never met before, but the English Mastiff, Diesel, is much the same. He gets excited when he sees new people, but besides that, he is quite lazy and lays around a lot.
I love the idea of getting another mastiff, but my wife is apprehensive. I think it would be great because when we are gone, they can hang out like buddies and not be lonely, but she thinks we may "neglect" our dog a bit because we will have 2 dogs then.
I need to let our friend know pretty soon, so if anyone could help me out quickly, citing pros/cons, I would really appreciate it!
Here's Maximus:
Here's Diesel
Please give me your thoughts, good or bad.
Thanks so much!!!
I just became a member today. We currently have an Irish Mastiff which is a hybrid of an Irish Wolfhound and an English Mastiff. I didn't see Irish Mastiff on the list for this forum, but I really don't know where else to look. He will be 2 years old on April 24. Our friend has a 3 year old male English mastiff, brindle in color. Our friend is relocating to China and can't take him with and wants us to have the dog, but I want to know the pros/cons of having 2 very large dogs? We keep ours inside (3000 sq. ft. house) and take him for walks to the park a lot and he gets plenty of exercise, so that isn't an issue. I was just wondering if there might be any issues?
I don't know if they get along, but Maximus (our dog) is a very good dog, quite lazy, as most are, and has never even growled before in his life. He is very mellow and docile. The 2 dogs have never met before, but the English Mastiff, Diesel, is much the same. He gets excited when he sees new people, but besides that, he is quite lazy and lays around a lot.
I love the idea of getting another mastiff, but my wife is apprehensive. I think it would be great because when we are gone, they can hang out like buddies and not be lonely, but she thinks we may "neglect" our dog a bit because we will have 2 dogs then.
I need to let our friend know pretty soon, so if anyone could help me out quickly, citing pros/cons, I would really appreciate it!
Here's Maximus:
Here's Diesel
Please give me your thoughts, good or bad.
Thanks so much!!!