Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible.

[jeffatus]

Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible.

I am looking for a new dog for our family. It would be a female (we have a male German Shepherd Dog) and we have three young kids. I have loved Bullmastiffs forever, and I really gravitate towards them. They are so calm, confident, inviting, intimidating, sweet....all at the same time. I also like the English Mastiffs. Here's the rub, my wife is not big on the whole sloppy face, drooling dog thing. Before you say we are looking at the wrong dog, we are ready to accept drooling to some degree, we would just like a dog that "tends" to be less drooly if possible.

We saw an English Mastiff the other day that we just fell in love with. He was very lean for an EM and his mouth seemed less wrinkled and "sloppy". His owner said he was not too bad in that department. Do any of you have any suggestions for me?

Thanks in advance

Jeff

 

[cinnamon roll]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Welcome. Most mastiffs you will find generally drool when excited, after drinking. It is not a constant faucet I wipe my em's face after she drinks to eliminate the mess. Some are even taught to wipe their own mouths.

 

[jeffatus]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Is it true though that some are worse than others?

 

[rdryan]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Funny because I am a complete OCD neat freak and I went out and adopted a Cane Corso/English Mastiff dog. I quickly got used to life with a slop towel and have found ways to keep it to a minimum. Wipe after drinking, drinking outside when the weather complies, wiping after eating etc.... I still find the occasional slop at eye level on the wall if he shakes his head etc.... but I just kind of wipe it up when I spot it and have grown accustomed to the little bit of extra cleaning.

I'm not sure if it differs from breed to breed or from individual dog to individual dog.

 

[Smokeycat]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

I think that it can depend on the line the dog comes from. A dog with a tighter face is likely going to drool less than one with big floppy jowls.

 

[ruthcatrin]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

N GENERAL those two breeds are quite drooly. However Smokey's right. Individual dogs aren't AS BAD, due to having tighter facial skin and less pendulus flews (the outer lips). Which doesn't mean NO drool. Just less.

Even the Tibetan Mastiff, which is considered to be a "dry mouthed breed" can produce drool that has to be seen to be believed.

 

[Smokeycat]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

N GENERAL those two breeds are quite drooly. However Smokey's right. Individual dogs aren't AS BAD, due to having tighter facial skin and less pendulus flews (the outer lips). Which doesn't mean NO drool. Just less.
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That's what their called! (I couldn't remember the right word)

 

[ruthcatrin]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Been studying standards lately, some things stuck lol.

 

[DDSK]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

One of the reasons my wife allowed us to get a Cane Corso is that they are not big droolers, unless food and water is involved.
We have a neighbor with an EM who got out of the yard one morning and my wife corraled him and shoved him back in the yard and then barricaded the broken gate.
She had to change her clothes before going to work due to the drool bath she got.
One more load of clothes to the dry cleaner lol.
We have had almost no drooling with the Cane corso and now we have gotten another puppy, they have fairly dry mouths.

 

[Aqua Beowulf]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

I am looking for a new dog for our family. It would be a female (we have a male German Shepherd Dog) and we have three young kids. I have loved Bullmastiffs forever, and I really gravitate towards them. They are so calm, confident, inviting, intimidating, sweet....all at the same time. I also like the English Mastiffs. Here's the rub, my wife is not big on the whole sloppy face, drooling dog thing. Before you say we are looking at the wrong dog, we are ready to accept drooling to some degree, we would just like a dog that "tends" to be less drooly if possible.

We saw an English Mastiff the other day that we just fell in love with. He was very lean for an EM and his mouth seemed less wrinkled and "sloppy". His owner said he was not too bad in that department. Do any of you have any suggestions for me?

Thanks in advance

Jeff

maybe great dane

 

[juliantrost]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

When we were looking for our new pup, the "boss" (wife) had the prerequisite of no drool. Apparently all mastiffs drool, but some less than others. So, we ended up with a Corso puppy. She is 13-weeks old and so far no drooling. Wonder when does it start?

 

[HayleyMarie]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

One of the reasons I went with a Hound type boerboel is because they have tight lips. Panzer does not drool, unless there is food, but that does not happen that often. He does spread water over the floor after he drink, although that is not from drooling that is from water getting trapped in his lips after drinking.

 

[seeknoxrun]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

I'm a self proclaimed neat-freak, and everyone was so surprised when we brought home not one Mastiff, but two within a 6 month period. But, you really do become accustomed to it. We got fairly lucky, and we don't see too many slingers from our two. I do insist on feeding in the garage and keeping water outside because, like mentioned above, that get can quite messy with even the mild droolers (I just spent 3 hours scrubbing the wall and floor of the garage to attempt to remove the slime and build-up that accumulated over the last year... and I still ended up painting that wall, haha). And, about once a week I go through and wipe window ledges, windows, furniture, floors, and walls. But they really are worth it, and you really do get used it.

 

[dheepakh]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Does boerboel drool like a bullmastiff?

 

[HayleyMarie]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Does boerboel drool like a bullmastiff?

mine does not, but the bigger Boerboels that take on more of the mastiff type do.

 

[ruby55]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

We have 4 bullmastiffs. One (Bella) is dry-mouth, and everyone's right; she doesn't have the big flews. Two of them, Sunny & Ruby, are pretty sloppy. But usually only when they smell food, drink, get excited, or raise their heads from the toilet. (Just kidding). Ally doesn't drool but she seems to catch a lot of "stuff" in her lips. Must be the way her mouth is formed. I'm pretty sure she's taken on the challenge of wiping her grimy mouth on my khakis every day as I'm leaving for work.

I've never owned a cc or boerbel, but I wouldn't lose site of the kind of dog you're looking for. You seem to want a laid back kind of dog. CC & Boerbel owners: are your dogs quiet, non barking,& laid back? Or are they energetic? Just asking. I've only met one CC, & she was really noisy compared to the bm's she lived with. Probably more like a regular dog.

 

[jeffatus]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Thanks for everyones responses. It is confirming what I thought regarding their mouth/flews and the slobber level. As I said, I do think they are worth dealing with slobber and we will get used to it to some degree, but that doesn't stop me from trying to find a pooch that would be a little more tight lipped.

In terms of personality, the EM, Bullmastiff and Boerbel all sound like great dogs around the family. My only concern is when friends and family come over. I need a pooch who can accept friendly strangers and strange kids who are rough housing. I don't care if they are aloof with adult strangers, I just cant have aggression. Bullmastiffs seem like the type who, if they suspected the kids were rough housing too hard, they would just get in the way and give the unblinking stare. I can handle that. Can you guys fill me in on what to expect with the different breeds?

 

[ruthcatrin]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

In the overall scheme of things the EM and the BM sit on the softer end of the scale, while the CC and the Boerboel are generally harder tempered than the EM and BM. Which doesn't mean aggression, especially towards family, it just means that they're less tolerant of strangers.

 

[dheepakh]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

What about DDBs? Do they drool like an EM? How can you compare them to Bullmastiff?

 

[DMikeM]

Re: Looking for Mastiff or Bullmastiff breed....on the less "sloppy" side if possible

Every DDB I have seen were pretty heavy on drooling. The more hound like the Boerboel the less drool. if you look around find a kennel that has BBs with very tight flews and you will get a Bullmastif like dog that is almost a dry mouth. But yes they are less tolerant of strangers and do bond tight to the family unit.