spiritsmom
Posted : 7/13/2009 8:28:01 PM
Thank you jenni, and sorry I missed the bullie info in the post by bonita. I had a brain tuff there! That has been my thought too, that the bull will be easier in temperment, but we are checking into both at this point. I have actually se t on a boerboel breeder IF, and that is a big IF we decide we want one. The thing there is that I DON'T know if they are the same as a rottie.
I am looking for some particular traits in a dog, and having them necessarily bite someone who opnes the gate when they shouldn't isn't one of them. If someone breaks in my house, I hope any dog would take a really big bite out of them, before I shoot them. the bullm. seems like it has the right temperment, I just haven't don as much researching on them as the boerboel so I know less about them. The neighbor has an english mastiff, but that is a whole other ball game.
As for the size, I have a somewhat sparse house, although Kota had a docked tail, and so a tailed dog is going to be a new experience. Bear has a tail, but it is soft and fluffy and she doesn't knock stuff over with it.
it seems that every breed has traits that you don't like, and you just have to decide which traits you don't like that you can live with, and go with that breed. I think if the bullm's worse trait was it was big and bouncy when it was young, I would get a helmet and go for it. :-)
Thanks again everyone for all the good info. I am going to really get into looking at the bullmastiff's next. There is a breeder who in a preliminary conversation sounded good right here in my area, but she is hurt and not breeding right now. Although, if it wasn't too long of a wait, I would wait. J