welcome Jessica

Welcome to the forum.

Hi Everyone,
My name is Dana and I live just outside St. John's, NL, Canada.  I am a Construction Safety Officer, previously a paramedic.  We live on approximately 25 acres of land.  We have three children, ages 2 1/2, 11 and 13.  We own a Siamese cat, Nikita, a Chinese Shar Pei, Tai, and our newest addition, our English Mastiff, Thunders Lair Ivory Vision!!!  Ivory was born out of Thunders Lair Mastiffs on August 17, 2009.  I flew to Halifax, NS to get our new girl and I will never ever forget how excited and nervous all at the same time I was while waiting for the breeder to bring Ivory to the hotel to me.  When I first laid eyes on my little girl all I could do was cry!!!  We have wanted an English mastiff for a very long time but the situation was just not right, baby too young, I was working away lots etc.... As soon as everything settled down, we carefully made our decision.  The only other concern we had was how Tai was going to accept her.  Shar Pei's are known to be very unpredictable, but he accepted her with "open paws"!!!  She has taken the house over!!!  Ivory however started to develop diarrhea a few days after she had gotten home.  She would be fine, then diarrhea, fine then diarrhea.  We had her to the vet a few times, fecal samples tested and they all came back fine. All of a sudden she started to drool very large amounts.  She was being fed the same food as the breeder weaned her to.  Thanks to Sue, owner of the dad, she insisted on having her treated for coccidia.  A few nights ago Ivory started to have blood in her stool, throwing up, squatting all over this house like she had to use the bathroom so we rushed her to the vet at 9:30 in the night.  The vet gave her two injections, an anti inflammatory and an anti biotic.  She also sent Ivory home with antibiotics and anti inflammatory medication.  Today she seems a lot better and the drooling has almost completely stopped.  Finally, the vet treated her for what she needed (with us demanding).  I talked to a lot of people about her drooling and nobody has heard of this before but apparently the reason she was drooling was because she had a sore belly.  I am praying this course of medication will make my girl all better.  Sorry to have written so much but when I get started talking about her I just cannot shut up!!!  Til next time, take care everyone!!

Dana

hi to all of you mastiff lovers. I have just one girl names heaven.She is 2 years old and a great protector,and lap dog. We are looking to rescue a mastiff if anyone knows of a puppy for rescue. We in ocean city,md and most rescues are down south,nothing in this area. We love them and want a playmate for our girl. If you have or know of anyone please e-mail me ,thank you.

I am Sandra. I picked up my new baby 2 days ago. Her name is Charlie. I hope to post pictures soon. I went about my decision backward (common for me). I have already brought Charlie home, now I do research. Silly me! I work with children of all ages in a hospital setting and know about sensitive personalities. She is already attached at the hip with me. My lab/mix named 99 has picked Charlie to mother. The other lab/mix is named Max and he acts like he is jealous. I hope the three of them become a great family together.