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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Re: Feeding my OEM
« on: November 09, 2008, 03:38:52 pm »
What I've heard through asking questions about when I should switch my OEM to adult food is that there is no hard and fast rule.  Whenever your puppy stops growing and just starts gaining weight is generally the best time to switch to the adult food.  This means that when your puppy starts gaining fat over the ribs and spine to the point that you can't even feel them its time to switch.  Can't really vouche for it too much, but it's the best answer I've gotten so far...

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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Re: Feeding my OEM
« on: November 06, 2008, 08:18:57 pm »
Hey,
This is assuming you live in the US [which i do not]... Back To Basics is a food made specifically for OEMs.  It don't know if its sold everywhere, but I guess its worth checking.  Just be thankful that you live in the States, your food is much better than ours is in Canada!!

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Introduce Yourself to the Forum / Re: Hi
« on: November 05, 2008, 01:21:32 pm »
Oh, I had seen that in the rules, but didn't think that that was advertising, but I read the rules again and I see that that was definitely against them  :-\.  Won't be doing that again...

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Introduce Yourself to the Forum / Re: Hi
« on: November 05, 2008, 11:50:42 am »
Hi,
I myself just recently got an English Mastiff... He's now just over 7 months old, and so far has kept his loving personality, and I have no worries that it is going to go away.  Obviously I don't consider myself to be anywhere near an expert on the breed, but I did quite a bit of talking with Marley's [my Mastiff] breeder and asked many questions.  I would be happy to attempt to answer any questions you may have in the coming while, and It's possible [especially given the circumstances that brought you your dog] Marley's breeder would be happy to answer any questions you may have.  The breeder's company name is Beowulf Mastiffs, and they do have a website of the same name.

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: List of breeds by country
« on: November 02, 2008, 07:13:52 pm »
It's actually quite amazing how different the dogs are in different parts of the world. I couldn't possibly vouche for the existence of any of those breeds, but I could see it as being possible. I know that I stayed in Spain for 2 weeks a few years ago and was very shocked at the dogs I encountered when I was there, and even how different some of the very common dogs here were there... I frequently encountered a relatively small black dog with a white stripe down it's chest, and when I finally decided to ask somebody what kind of dog it was they told me it was a Black Lab, which left me stunned.  Very pleased to see a large amount of Mastiff-type dogs on the list though!!

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FAQs about puppies / Re: My 5 month old English Mastiff
« on: October 31, 2008, 05:19:03 pm »
Wow... According to your growth chart my 7 month old mastiff is as heavy as yours was at 9 months... Kind of scary considering I just had him at the vet for his last series of shots and the vet said that he looked perfect [meaning you could just feel the ribs and the spine]... I believe since this is one of the breeds that does not have a technical standard for weight and height in the AKC or the CKC [I'm Canadian, and correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure there is no defined standard for either measure] it's pretty tough to say what exactly is a "correct" weight for a certain age... As long as the ribs and spine aren't sticking out, but you can still feel them your dog is generally doing alright.

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