Most outlandish comment regarding your dogs

[Danté Vivi & Bella's Mom]

Hello!

I thought it might prove interesting if we shared what we feel are the most outlandish comments people have made in passing when observing your Mastiffs.


"What kind of dog is that?" A Cane Corso. "A what? " A Cane Corso. "What's a Cane Corso?" It's an Italian Mastiff. "Oh, he's going to be big then. Where did you get him from? Yeah, I want two of them." I think: Wow. Really? You didn't know even know what kind of dog it was less than a minute ago and you still can't pronounce the name, but you want two of them. These are dogs, not donuts!

 

[dpenning]

Hello!
These are dogs, not donuts!

LOL! I love that line.

 

[Marrowshard]

I guess I've been lucky then ... mostly I get the "usual" mastiff questions: what does he weigh, how much does he eat, what kind of mastiff, etc. I do seem to get a lot of people suggesting small children should/can ride them. I realize most of it is said as a joke, but a LOT of parents turn to their toddler and say "Look honey, he's so big you could RIDE him!". I appreciate the analogy, but I'd hate for your kid to learn to run up and jump on a dog's back.

Sorry, that's not really "outlandish" but it's the best I've got so far.

~Marrow

 

[tyhatts]

I get... "I wouldn't want to be the one picking up that dogs **** "

I find it better then anything under 50 lbs...... because thoose are land mines

 

[Bentley]

I had a very young child ( 18 months maybe, I am terrible with kid's ages) look at Ben in a puzzled way and say "Mama.... moo?" which had me in stitches.

 

[Appa'sMom]

We get "What a cute Shar Pei!" or my favorite.... Guy: "What kind of hound is that?" Me:"He is a full English Mastiff" Guy: "Really? You sure? I've never seen one with that black face." I just said "Ok" and walked on! Ha ha.

 

[Sabrina]

Daaaaaamn that's a mean ass dog....can I breed him to my female pit? Those puppies would be crazy!

 

[AKBull]

Daaaaaamn that's a mean ass dog....can I breed him to my female pit? Those puppies would be crazy!

That one would kind of pi** me off.
From a new Corso owner who saw Junior at the pet store. "You gonna dock his tail and crop his ears?" Um, no.
We used to get the shar pei one all the time.

The funniest exchange I've had was with a neighbor. He's an oooold Asian guy, and I'm sorry if I offend anyone with my attempted Asian accent dialect here...
"Thas ah peebool!"
No, no, no, he's just a little Bullmastiff puppy!
"Go be beeeg peebool! Veya, veya mean! Ea leetle kids!"
Maybe 1 or 2, but only the bad ones!
He was actually a very nice guy, smiling the whole time, and his grown children happen to be visiting at the time and came out to check out Junior. The daughter wanted one in the worst way.

 

[lynnturner65]

Met a group of very small kids at the beach, one of the little girls was petting Zoey and she looked at her mom and said "That's not a dog!" I said well if it's not a dog what is it? She said, "Giddy-up, Giddy-up, Giddy-up" Too cute!

 

[dmouse66]

Mine was a neighbor... she asked what kind of dog, I just said mastiff.. her comment 'you're going to be such a big sweet boy but dumb as a rock!' I so wanted to say the same to her about her 4yr old son standing there but have more class then that. A few weeks later her comment was 'I bet he can bench press you now!' I wanted to say No, but he could rip your throat out on command you keep messing with his Mamma, but again, I have more class...

 

[Cody]

Lmao.
Aurora was once laying on the front lawn while I was gardening and a little girl, I guess about 7, was riding her bike with her Dad. Right before they got to our house she stopped her bike and said "Dad, there's a bear on that lawn" Her Dad kinda laughed and answered; "No honey, it's just a dog". The little girl then slowly started to ride past, still staring and said "No Dad, you are wrong. That's a black bear. It has little ears."
I laughed.
There were 2 idiots one day, I was walking my 2 CC with a friend and her CC down a pretty busy hang out street here, they did the "sick pits" comment. when we said No they are Cane Corso, the one guy was like "Those are awesome! I'll give you 750$ right now for all 3!" Totally serious. We almost pissed ourselves laughing. Said "look buddy you couldn't buy half of one of these dogs for that. good luck dude"
I love people, always good for a laugh.

 

[Danté Vivi & Bella's Mom]

Okay, wiping away the tears from laughing so hard! I just knew it! When you combine mastiff breeds that command a lot of attention with the general public, you are bound to hear some ridiculous remarks (really cute ones from the babes) that you will never forget!

 

[dmouse66]

He also gets confused with a Lab... that's when I laugh and say, he's still just a puppy, has about 6 months of growing to do. Would love to photograph the look I get with that!

 

[suzu600r]

I get the general questions about what he is and how much does he weigh and how big is he supposed to get. When I say english mastiff I always get what is that and wow those must be rare...... I just know I always have that "really?" look on my face after thats said. Once my neighbor said "hell we don't need a ladder around here we could just use Sampson." I guess I never realized he was like 12 feet tall maybe its just me though. LOL! I also get the question how old is he and when I say 10 months I have people ask me if am sure he is only 10 months. I guess I don't know how old he is either. I just love peoples reactions to him. Just one last story and am through. We had a man and his son walking their pits down the street (on my side of the street) and I had Sampson out in the front yard off the leash while the kids were playing. When Sampson saw them coming he stood up and walked closer to me standing between me and the sidewalk and I heard the guy tell his son they needed to hurry up and cross the street cause there was a 300 pound dog standing in that yard. When this happen Sampson was only 9 months old and about 117. I just laughed cause I couldn't do anything else and am sure the guy thought what a b**ch cause I later found out he lived down the street. Oops!!

 

[Ellen Sneve]

I had a lot of people asking me if our bullmastiff was a pug mix when she was a baby...even after she was over 50 pounds....and we were asked if she was a boxer a lot as well.

 

[Daisy Jo]

the first night we brought Daisy home, she came with us to watch one of our sons baseball games. Summer is a crazy time with all 3 of our boys playing ball, we're at the fields 5 nights a week. our baseball parent friends know our crazy/hectic life, and when they saw Daisy, first they wondered what kind of dog she was- either a lab or weimaraner. Shouldve seen the faces when we said, nope, shes a cane corso. A what? An italian mastiff. Oooh. Then the typical comments...she's gonna be huge!...I'd be making those boys go out to pick up the poop...ect. But the best was one of our good buddies says, 'holy shit- u guys must have a death wish.' They have a little purse sized yipper. Lol

 

[STEVSH]

Yes every black or dark brown dog automatically has lab in them or is just a big black lab. Drives me crazy sometimes. I just want to show these people that they live in world that has variety, but I'm not sure that I would get through to some. They like their little bubble.

 

[Shea]

I was out walking Byrdie and my neighbor asked if i had a licence to walk my horse through town...

 

[Sabrina]

I was out walking Byrdie and my neighbor asked if i had a licence to walk my horse through town...

Haha one of my neighbors suggested I strap a saddle on dino

 

[Kandie]

I had a very young child ( 18 months maybe, I am terrible with kid's ages) look at Ben in a puzzled way and say "Mama.... moo?" which had me in stitches.

Met a group of very small kids at the beach, one of the little girls was petting Zoey and she looked at her mom and said "That's not a dog!" I said well if it's not a dog what is it? She said, "Giddy-up, Giddy-up, Giddy-up" Too cute!

Lmao.
Aurora was once laying on the front lawn while I was gardening and a little girl, I guess about 7, was riding her bike with her Dad. Right before they got to our house she stopped her bike and said "Dad, there's a bear on that lawn" Her Dad kinda laughed and answered; "No honey, it's just a dog". The little girl then slowly started to ride past, still staring and said "No Dad, you are wrong. That's a black bear. It has little ears."
I laughed.
There were 2 idiots one day, I was walking my 2 CC with a friend and her CC down a pretty busy hang out street here, they did the "sick pits" comment. when we said No they are Cane Corso, the one guy was like "Those are awesome! I'll give you 750$ right now for all 3!" Totally serious. We almost pissed ourselves laughing. Said "look buddy you couldn't buy half of one of these dogs for that. good luck dude"
I love people, always good for a laugh.

OMG little kids are sooooo funny!!! LOL.