Standoff! - Page 5 - Brown Cafe

ol'browneye · 10-23-2009, 05:30 AM

Watch out Sober! Your warm and fuzzy side is showing!

soberups · 10-23-2009, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MC4YOU2

Got jumped by two French Bulldogs today. They licked my knees and almost tickled me off the porch.

All of the bulldog breeds with the smushed-in faces look to me like they have spent too much time chasing parked cars.

soberups · 10-23-2009, 10:08 PM

This guy weighs in at around 140 lbs. He is only about a year old. His dad is about 175 or so...sometimes they will both jump up in the truck at the same time and they are so damn big I'm afraid they are going to tip it over! These guys slobber, by the time I'm done petting them I need to go find a garden hose to de-slime my hands.

Brown betty · 10-23-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by soberups

This guy weighs in at around 140 lbs. He is only about a year old. His dad is about 175 or so...sometimes they will both jump up in the truck at the same time and they are so damn big I'm afraid they are going to tip it over! These guys slobber, by the time I'm done petting them I need to go find a garden hose to de-slime my hands.

English mastiff.... Great dogs had one once 220 lb big slobbery lap dog!

dilligaf · 10-26-2009, 06:31 AM

They are great dogs. I had a friend that had 2. Male Cayuse 210 lbs, female Elke 180 lbs. Elke was a lover of people. Cayuse not so much. A long story shortened alot - Cayuse bit a cop one night. My friend had her yard posted every 6 ft with beware of dogs signs, but because Elke was such a people person the cop reached over a 4 ft block wall and was petting her. Cayuse didn't like it and let the cop know it. It was absolutely the cops fault but they took Cayuse to the pound anyway. My friend didn't happen to be at home at the time. When she did get home holy hell hit the fan. Not only did the Chief of Police apologize so did the cop that got bit.

rod · 10-26-2009, 08:11 AM

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They are great dogs. I had a friend that had 2. Male Cayuse 210 lbs, female Elke 180 lbs. Elke was a lover of people. Cayuse not so much. A long story shortened alot - Cayuse bit a cop one night. My friend had her yard posted every 6 ft with beware of dogs signs, but because Elke was such a people person the cop reached over a 4 ft block wall and was petting her. Cayuse didn't like it and let the cop know it. It was absolutely the cops fault but they took Cayuse to the pound anyway. My friend didn't happen to be at home at the time. When she did get home holy hell hit the fan. Not only did the Chief of Police apologize so did the cop that got bit.

The cop had no right trying to pet that dog but a 4 ft wall for a dog that the people know is mean? Hell- a chihuahua could jump over a 4 ft. wall. Not what you would call a responsible pet owner.

dilligaf · 10-26-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rod

The cop had no right trying to pet that dog but a 4 ft wall for a dog that the people know is mean? Hell- a chihuahua could jump over a 4 ft. wall. Not what you would call a responsible pet owner.

Under other circumstances I would agree with you but English Mastiffs just don't have the propensity to jump fences. It takes to much energy. Even very young dogs won't waste the energy. Hell, my Boxers won't jump over their 4 ft fence. In all the time I spent around those dogs I never so much as saw them even attempt to put their feet on the fence. And just so we are clear he was not mean. He never charged anyone that I ever saw. But he would protect his property and that included Elke. She was his.

MC4YOU2 · 10-26-2009, 09:52 PM

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Under other circumstances I would agree with you but English Mastiffs just don't have the propensity to jump fences. It takes to much energy. Even very young dogs won't waste the energy. Hell, my Boxers won't jump over their 4 ft fence. In all the time I spent around those dogs I never so much as saw them even attempt to put their feet on the fence. And just so we are clear he was not mean. He never charged anyone that I ever saw. But he would protect his property and that included Elke. She was his.

Rotts are also not big on fence jumping. Seen a lot of them bark in fenced yards and wish they could jump the fence. Not one has even come close in my 20 years.

rod · 10-26-2009, 10:17 PM

"They don't like jumping fences"? That sound an awful lot like "it won't bite"

dilligaf · 10-26-2009, 10:33 PM

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"They don't like jumping fences"? That sound an awful lot like "it won't bite"

LOL Does, doesn't it?