Rhodesian Ridgeback and houndy Boerboel: kissing cousins?
Resist the Hounds — When It Comes to Boerboel Type, That Is
Recently on Facebook — where else? — I came across a graphic showing different “types” of Boerboels. Hound type, Terrier type, Mastiff type. All that was missing was ... Boerboel type.
In Search of the Gamekeeper and His Night Dog
I have had Bullmastiffs since 1980. It was love at first sight.
That L Word: Let's Talk About Loins
I hate to start a Sunday morning with a four-letter word, but here goes: LOIN.
Size Matters: Just How Big is Big?
How big is big? When does a breed become “giant”? What’s the difference between “large” and “medium-large”? Can a true Molosser be termed “medium” sized?

When seen from the side, a Bullmastiff should give the idea of squareness, like this 2017 Crufts winner, photographed by Karl Donvil.
It’s Hip to Be Square (If You’re a Bullmastiff, That Is)
How important is shape? To a dog breed, I mean. (It’s also relevant when you’re surveying yourself in the mirror in jeans that stubbornly won’t zip, but that’s another discussion entirely.)

Leave the long legs to the ponies, thank you!
How Deep Is Your Love? It’s All in the Ribcage, Baby!
It’s one of those cliches of dog-show judging: Oftentimes, the odd man out in the ring is in fact the correct one. Said another way: If it looks like nothing else, it’s probably the one to point at.

Rhodesian Ridgeback and houndy Boerboel: kissing cousins?

When seen from the side, a Bullmastiff should give the idea of squareness, like this 2017 Crufts winner, photographed by Karl Donvil.

Leave the long legs to the ponies, thank you!

New and Noteworthy

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY


Photo courtesy James Boatwright.

Demystifying "Tail Chevrons" in Bullmastiffs and Mastiffs

You zig, I'll zag.

Crescent Rowena, born in 1923, had a grandmother who was a Bullmastiff.

Hidden Deep: The Bullmastiff Contribution to the Mastiff

A forgotten letter revives a rarely mentioned ancestor.  

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