Well, he is a rescue. We adopted him from a Spanish shelter.(Unplanned, my parents were planning on adopting one from a local shelter but came across this and this photo on a facebook page and immediately messaged the shelter!) He was found on a farm with his brothers and sisters, probably dumped there.
So they can’t say for sure what the breed is, my parents claim Spanish mastiff , but I think he has some other breeds mixed in, probably. He’s as large as a mastiff though! Weighs about 180 pounds, only my dad and I can manage to walk him lol.
She’s a Great Dane/Great Pyrenees cross. Also called “Great Pyredane”. It’s considered a designer breed and the combination is meant to make a sociable, friendly giant dog, but without the territorial instincts. It didn’t seem to work out as planned. She is very protective of us.
Cassie is also a rescue. Her original family had a baby and didn’t think they could care for a child and a dog. I suspect she wasn’t treated right while she was with them. For the first month or two we had her, she would flinch if we tried to touch her and cower if we threw things.
What a wonderful cross! They really do look alike, oddly enough. The photo doesn’t really show off how big she is, but I assume she’s pretty huge as well?
Sad to hear her previous owners might have mistreated her. A bit sad when people don’t ‘plan’ all that much when it comes to adopting dogs. They definitely need just as much love and attention as children, especially when they’re young. I bet she has a great new home now though
This one maybe gives you a better sense of scale. She’s slightly larger than a Labrador I think. When she jumps up and puts her paws on my shoulders, she’s as tall as I am, although I am am the smaller side of average for a woman.
She’s settled in well and she does seem very happy to be taken care of. She’s downright spoiled now.
Oh hey she is rather small then! I’m 5’7 and Fons’ head reaches to my waist, sort of.
I’m glad to hear you spoil her rotten though, bet she found the perfect forever home
Every Goss impulse in my body is telling me to pet all the babies, so in the following essay I will be announcing a tour of america so that I may give every Mountiepet a hug-
After scrolling through and seeing ALL THE ADORABLE ANIMALS, even the fluffy spiders, I thought that it was only right for me to share my own fuzzy old man, father of 6!
He’s sleepy, cuddly, and most importantly, just lovely in general! He was a very good father while he had his pups, but they’re now all grown up dogs themselves, probably having their own kids soon.
I think they’re normally pretty expensive, but he was given away by a friend who couldn’t mind him anymore, back when he was still a bit wobbly on his feet.
What a cute, whiny old man oh god 
