Just wanted to give y'all an update... Maggie is here and doing well, though she is very spoiled and used to having things her way, we are learning about and from each other, and she is tolerating my other guys pretty well. When everybody is outside playing, usually rough and tumble with Jesse, Frankie, and sometimes Imani, Maggie will run into the middle of the mix barking at each as if to tell them to settle down and behave themselves. She is used to sleeping in her owner's bed, and tried very quickly to establish the same habit here, but no way could I let "the new kid" sleep with me if I don't let the other three, and of course four mastiffs in my bed would mean I was on the floor or couch, so it ain't happening. They each have their own beds at various places around my bed, and more beds around Kim's (daughter's) bed, as well as a nice comfy leather couch in the livingroom they could sleep on, so there are plenty of choices for everyone.
I honestly think the rescue experience has been harder on Maggie than it is on most others as she came from a wonderful, loving home and does not understand why she is here with us; though we treat her well, it still cannot be better than what she had before. She seems to be a little stiff on getting up, so I have started her on glucosamine and chondroitin supplements, but I am sure a lot of that has to do with age.
She has a large shaved spot, and a huge scar (stitches and staples have just been removed) from a surgery to remove a large mass from her right hip area that turned out to be benign, which her previous owner wanted taken care of before she let her go to rescue, but that will heal up quickly and probably not be noticable once the hair grows back.
She is supposed to be English Mastiff, but we have no info from her breeder, and she looks a lot more like a bull mastiff than an English. She is beautiful, and has the most beautiful dark puppy eyes I have ever seen.
