new to the site and a new owner of mastador pup

my rotty recently passed away and i came across gus a mastador. I found him on craigs list 100 miles away at a dog rescue. He's half chocolate lab and ? mastiff. i got him a 8 months and now he's 10 months. He is seriously the best dog. He has a superb temperment and is very affectionate. He can be left alone all day and not do any damage whatsoever to the house and has never had an accident inside. he was the perfect match for our family and lifestyle.

thumbs way up for the mastador

the pups now....ripley and milo.

father/daughter on right...mother/son on left.son has his mother's brawn, but his father's agility..and a typical male neo voice. daughter retrieves shoes and toys, sometimes two at a time..is very sweet, but has a neos protection instinct...and she's very smart/crafty like her father.

all dogs are well behaved.bart speaks french and english.maggie, milo and ripley are trined in english and some german.

the litter was eight strong. we adopted out six.(all pups went out the door with vaccinations).all pups had neo tempraments.in the remaining pack members shown, the two males hve been neutered.there were some dominance issues, but those have been taken care of....its pretty much a peaceable kingdom here.

father and son.

bart with his son milo in central park. milo was about 3.5 months old.you should see him now.

Togo is now two

Togo just recently turned two years old. Some one told me once, that dogs are puppies until they are two and then they are just plain dogs. Well, he might be officially a "dog" but he will always be puppy to me.

He has definitely calmed down though, he is not quite as crazy as he used to be. He certainly gets excited and all that, but in general, much calmer.

Do your dogs have naturally the "chase" instinct? Togo has none of that, he just don't know that he can chase things... we have some stray cats that come to our back yard, and the first time Togo saw them, he just sat down next to them and stared at them drooling. (A snack?) We had to chase the cats and show Togo how it is done. He was a fast learner though, now we just open the door and say:"Where are the kitties?" and he runs out to chase them. No more stray cats hanging out in our back yard.

It is starting to look a lot like fall here in Atlanta, finally the day temperatures are hovering around 65 - 70 degrees and it goes down to upper 40s or low 50s at night. I was getting tired of the constant 80s - I am truly a fall person. Have a great fall everyone!