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Don't try and grow a vegetable patch when you have a 50 kilo mastiff x who thinks that fresh dug dirt is a marvellous place to sleep! :-D Also, in future, try not to get a dog that weighs the same as you... ! (i get good cuddles though)

if you dont mind me asking do you know where he came from?? i'm just wondering if he's related to our mastiff. could you post a piccy by any chance please?? thanks. good luck with him. He's from Sydney, but other than that i'm not sure. the past owner seemed to think the Dad was a rotty but I have trouble seeing it, and I'm not sure how much to trust his judgement anyway. I definately know he's got ridgeback and mastiff in him! I'll get a pic and post it in the next day or so!

Okay I might come along! if you see a small girl being dragged around by a large dog please come up and say hi!

Hi my fiance and I rescused a gorgeous boy, Ridgeback X Mastiff, approx 3 years old, about 8 months ago. Not an "official" rescue but more like "Hi we think we can take better care of your dog than you, would you like to give it to us?" situation (the dog was underfed, kept in a drug den pretty much, never taken to the vets etc). Now he is a big boy, about 50kg, and i'm not much more than that! He's actually very willing to please, sits stays and drops in the house, not agressive towards us, will tolerate us taking his bones from him etc. But obviously, being a big dog, I (or my fiance) need to walk him everyday, and while its not a "nightmare" its quite difficult! He will pull quite hard, and god help me if he see's a cat cause I'm lucky to be able to hold onto him. I can't trust him off the leash if other dogs are around because he will fight male dogs that bark or growl at him (he plays well with other female dogs or dogs that are submissive to him). Obviously that's quite scary - though it always seems more bark than bite. We don't have much experience training dogs or anything, would we be right to take him to a dog training school ? Or is that only for well behaved dogs already? We're in Alexandria so I have considered Eastern Suburbs Dog training school... i guess i'm worried about the following: 1. him starting a fight with another dog 2. Him being generally very naughty - at him 50kg and me being 60kg, he generally goes where he wants to go Also, he's not desexed :-( Is this a problem? I would like for him to be desexed but cost is an issue (and so is the fiance who seems attached to his balls). thanks guys!