Hounds of war: Let`s see `em!

[barnetmill]

Not my kind of dog, but they are impressive looking for sure.

My sons Serbian Defence ............ The other pictures are of her Sire & Dam. These are a recreation of the Old Serbian Mastiff

Looks like they may have some malinois or german shepherd in them.
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Update on an 8 month old 83 pound puppy.
Watching over the cattle.

[Papa]

D57A7EB3-6782-4CF5-99E6-C9546D27ADD5.jpgWatching over the cattle.

Don't you believe it. Looks more like choir practice to me.

[barnetmill]

A Florida Cur Dog.


Both man and beast in Florida appreciate some good shade.

[barnetmill]

There is some controversy on the origins of Bullmastiffs
http://www.davidhancockondogs.com/ar...0_309/260.html

Below a mention of FARCROFT.

[barnetmill]

Animals of the chase

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What old time blood hounds were really like

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ratting with dogs and almost with mink. It was to hot to deploy the mink.

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Cur dogs in action

[M1A's r Best]

Got the little white guy the last weekend of August. Went home to visit mom and when we stopped at my wife's aunt's house to drop off her mom for the weekend and this "little" guy came running across the road and dropped his butt in the grass right beside me. I petted his head, rubbed his ears and we unloaded. Her aunt told us the owner wanted to give the dog away so we went over to check with them.

Yup, free for the taking. We took him home (up to mom's) with us and he laid down on a couple towels on the seat and was good as gold. I slept on a couch on the porch for three nights to make sure I could hear him if he needed to go off the enclosed porch to use the bathroom. No problems. He never even woke me up until Monday morning, about 0630 when he was whining at the door. Several times, over the course of 3 nights, when I'd wake up to roll over he'd get up, come check on me or sit up and then walk to the door, before looking out towards the road and growling a little. They have some critters (possums, raccoons, etc.) that walk up and down the road at night.

Put him in the car (on the towels) Monday for the 4 to 5 hr. trip back to Richmond and he just laid there quiet as could be. Got him out a couple times to use the bathroom and had to pick him up to get him back in the car).

Got home with him, the other two guys had mixed reactions. The old one accepted him just fine. The younger one had to make sure the new kid knew who the boss was so there was some growling, nose butting, fake runs at him, etc. till the big dog was happy the new kid got the message. I put him in the pen with them and came in the house. About 3 AM I got up to check on them and I could see a white "ghost" jumping/running/rolling all around in the pen. Kind of threw me till I realized I just couldn't see the big black and brindle male the pup was playing with (bright moonlight really makes the white dog stand out.)

After that they have been big buddies. The big dog is 3 years old and about 75 or 80 lbs. The new kid is 6 months old and 58 lbs. Oh yeah, the original owner says he is half Great Pyrenees and half St. Bernard. Lot of folks around home are getting the big GP dogs as guard dogs for their sheep/goats due to an increase in coyote populations in the area (duh!! Bring in the food and the coyotes will come to dinner, if they can.)

I was told he could get to 120 to 140 lbs. I guess we'll see.

Look at those back feet.



He's unbelievably easy going and minds pretty well, most of the time. He's taken over as the yard guard. The black and brindle big guy stays in the dog house now and the new guy sleeps on the dog house porch and barks at anything he feels needs to be barked at. Just lays there and guards his buddies while they sleep in/under the dog house.