I went to the park this afternoon and I couldn’t believe it when I spotted two Neapolitan Mastiff’s! I was very excited, I really wanted to see one last year for my Year of the Dog but unfortunately I didn’t meet any (they are pretty rare), so I couldn’t miss the opportunity to say hello. To make it even more exciting there wasn’t just the two Neapolitan Mastiff’s; their humans also  had two Rhodesian Ridgebacks, two German Shepherds and two Border Terriers with them, they own 9 dogs in total (one was at home)! What a lovely group of dogs they are, I got to give nearly all of them a fuss. One of the Neapolitan Mastiff’s is a little shy so Bella offered her services to pose for me! Bella is a very friendly girl, I gave her lots of strokes! Bella went to live with her current human when she was 2 years old, her previous owners didn’t know what they were taking on and decided they weren’t the right humans for her to live with. She’s very happy with her 8 dog siblings now!

 

Name: Bella

Breed: Neapolitan Mastiff

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Meat!

Favourite toy: Bella doesn’t play with toys

Favourite pastime: Going for walks and disappearing!

 

Shortly after I said goodbye to the gorgeous gang of doggies I spotted a Boston Terrier, again another one of my favourite dogs that I don’t get to see very often; happy days! Ollie was with his doggy best pal Teddy, a Maltese and Shih Tzu cross; what a lovely friendly pair.

 

Name: Oliver (Ollie)

Breed: Boston Terrier

Age: 8 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Any human food!

Favourite toy: Any rope toy!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping

Name: Teddy

Breed: Maltese Terrier and Shih Tzu cross

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Pizza and Pringles!

Favourite toy: Balls, slippers and socks!

Favourite pastime: Teddy has a mad 5 minutes when he gets back into the house. He runs around and skids across the floor which he really loves!