ABOUT US Harmony is what I experience when I am with my mastiffs thus, it has become the name of my Mastiff home. The picture above is a beautiful and natural visual of harmony and one I took on a sailing vacation to the British Virgin Islands from the back of a catamaran in the spring of 2007. The mastiff in the picture is George, who passed in 2010. Please visit all our pages to see and learn about all of my dogs. My very first experience with a Mastiff was from a rescue organization that dealt with mixed breeds. He was a Mastiff and Fila Brasiliero mix. We thought it was perfect that we could give this boy a home and have a Mastiff (or actually what we thought was a Mastiff) at the same time. He was three years old, needed to be neutered and tested positive for heart worm. There were a few signs of aggression that concerned us shortly after he came to live with us but we took note and hoped it was due to all the changes he had recently gone through. The Fila is known for their leeriness towards strangers and for their very, very protective nature over their families. They also have a very high prey drive as they were bred to hunt large game. So, we had this wonderful, docile, loving dog that was leery of my son's friends and eventually took down one of our livestock. During a six month period, we realized that since we did not socialize him from birth that our home environment left too many opportunities for someone or something to get badly hurt by him. We contacted a large breed specific rescue and they worked quickly and closely with us to re-home our boy. Our hearts had been touched by the Mastiff that was inside him. We knew we had to have another in our life and that we needed to have a puppy from a quality breeder of good, sound, well tempered purebred Mastiffs. Thus, our research began. I spent a lot more time learning about pedigrees, breeders, more about the Mastiff breed characteristics, temperament, etc. In March of 2006, we brought home our first Mastiff - Monty. Before our puppy was ready to come home I had been a spectator at several shows and definitely was infected with the show bug. This was an added plus to the long awaited Mastiff that would in a short time forever change our hearts and lives. December 31, 2011 - An About Us Update: Many changes have taken place in my life since I created this website and wrote this page. I have become a grandma to triplets, which is one of the most wonderful blessings in my life. It is now Spring 2012 and my focus continues to change. I no longer enjoy conformation showing or the politics that go along with it. So, you will most likely not see me in the conformation ring. I will be endeavoring to play around with obedience and rally titles at some point and time. The days of packing 5 mastiffs into a 40 foot fifth wheel toy hauler and heading off to a 2-3 day, even 10 day long dogs show are in the past, but will always be remembered. The last few yeas that I did this I realized I was not enjoying myself anymore. It was a lot of work and while I loved showing my dogs, the politics as a recognized breeder, handler were not something that I found to be a positive influence in my life. So, priorities and times have changed. I am also not affiliated with any other breeders as I have been in the past. As well, I have had my fill of club politics and therefore by choice do not belong to the Mastiff Club of America or the Redwood Empire Mastiff Club any longer. I will continue to belong to the Mastiff Club of Victoria as it is a small and fun club to be part of - even though it is across the pond. I have relocated to the San Lorenzo Valley (Santa Cruz Mountains) . I have also stepped down as the rescue coordinator for the REMC but will still help with referrals and connecting folks as much as I can. I just can no longer foster rescues. I will only breed a litter on rare occasion - so rare that it would be to add a new puppy to our family and if there are puppies that can be placed in family homes I will endeavor to do so. Please contact me if you want to talk mastiffs, always consider a rescued mastiff and if you do desire a purebred, please give me a call so we can help you find the right breeder and a healthy puppy~ |
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