dpenning
Well-Known Member
I'm beginning the search for my next English Mastiff baby. I went to the OFA website and downloaded the results for Mastiffs for the last three years . From there I started googling kennel names that had at least a few dogs with comprehensive testing. I emailed a few of them and have heard back from the two mentioned above.
Beowulf is a fairly large breeder but I believe they do it right in spite of the volume. They have pups due in the next few days. They are very close to me.
Green meadow mastiffs is a much smaller operation, run out of their home, but they do all the health testing and are active in the show circuit, not that I care about that. They just bred a female last week so too soon to know if they are pregnant. They are in Vermont.
I really prefer the smaller operation but the logistics would be more difficult but not insurmountable. Beowulf is in Arkansas so that is easier for me to visit. I'll be having conversations with both of them over the next week or so, thus far it has just been a couple of emails with each. I will not buy a dog from a breeder where I cannot pick up the pup in person and drive it home. This will be part of the conversation.
Does anyone have any personal experience with either breeder?
Beowulf is a fairly large breeder but I believe they do it right in spite of the volume. They have pups due in the next few days. They are very close to me.
Green meadow mastiffs is a much smaller operation, run out of their home, but they do all the health testing and are active in the show circuit, not that I care about that. They just bred a female last week so too soon to know if they are pregnant. They are in Vermont.
I really prefer the smaller operation but the logistics would be more difficult but not insurmountable. Beowulf is in Arkansas so that is easier for me to visit. I'll be having conversations with both of them over the next week or so, thus far it has just been a couple of emails with each. I will not buy a dog from a breeder where I cannot pick up the pup in person and drive it home. This will be part of the conversation.
Does anyone have any personal experience with either breeder?