| How much do you know about the French Mastiff? | | | | French-mastiff dogs tried to fight for their masters - |
| 1) Do you know, for instance, that is one of the | | | | and many were killed by the revolutionaries who |
| biggest dogs - weighing as it does, an average of 150 | | | | were hell-bend on ousting the elites. Indeed, so many |
| pounds (about 75 kilograms)? This, by the way, is | | | | of the dogs were killed that the breed faced certain |
| more than what many humans weigh. Additionally, | | | | extinction, and was only saved from that fate by |
| the French mastiff typically grows to over 30 inches | | | | one Raymond Triquet. Otherwise, they would be |
| as measured over its shoulders, which makes it as tall | | | | history now. |
| as the average calf. This in turn makes the French | | | | 4) Do you know that the French mastiff, in addition |
| mastiff a darling for people looking to get huge | | | | to being physically strong, is also remarkably mentally |
| strong hounds, and quite a turn off for people looking | | | | strong? Well, in the French-mastiff, we have the |
| to get 'kitten-like' small cuddly dogs. | | | | perfect mix of brain and brawn, in a dog that in |
| 2) Do you also know that the French-mastiff is | | | | addition to being one of the biggest dog breeds, also |
| allegedly a direct descendant of the famous (or | | | | doubles as one of the most intelligent hounds. |
| infamous, depending on one's perspective) war | | | | 5) Do you also know that the French mastiff is a |
| hounds, which the Roman armies that ruled much of | | | | considerably high maintenance dog? Well if you are |
| the world in gone-by eras went to war with. This | | | | looking for a dog that you can really lavish your |
| probably explains the fierceness that can characterize | | | | money on, then the French-mastiff is just the dog |
| the French mastiff, especially when instructed by his | | | | for you. This is a dog which, thanks to the short coat |
| master to 'act.' | | | | it has, you will have to brush at least weekly. It is |
| 3) Do you know that the French-mastiff, at one | | | | also a dog which, if it is to be truly happy, you will |
| point in time, faced extinction? Well, this was in the | | | | have to wash on a bi-weekly basis. Due to the |
| years following the French revolution, and it is only by | | | | enormity of its head, when it comes to having it give |
| luck that someone had the sense to protect this | | | | birth, you may have to pay for a caesarian section |
| remarkable dog breed. As it were, before the French | | | | operation. Yet the French mastiff is not just about |
| revolution, when France was ruled by 'elite | | | | costs and high maintenance. It doesn't just take from |
| aristocrats,' the French mastiff had become their | | | | you, it also gives back: in the form of intelligent |
| choice hound; which served as the guard dog in the | | | | company, as well as guarding services - it being the |
| residences of these French elites. So when the | | | | potentially fierce dog it is. |
| revolution came (and it was quite violent), the | | | | |