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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Pugs & Mastiffs

A story about Lurch, a 200 pound Mastiff, that is going to be honored for donating blood 20 times caught my eye today.  The first reason it stuck out to me is because you don’t hear much about canine blood donation.  By donating blood about once every 4 weeks, Lurch has helped dozens of dogs.  But what really stuck with me is Lurch’s other family members - another Mastiff, 4 pugs and 7 kitties.  Lurch and Lucas, the other Mastiff of the house, team up and chow down about 200 pounds of kibble each month.

Lurch’s owner had this to say about Mastiffs, “Mastiffs are just like 200-pound pugs.  They’re just as friendly and just as goofy except they have a couple more zeros at the end of the weight.”

I buy that.  I know my gang sure does have the appetite of a Mastiff.


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christina

02/19/2008

I have always thought that if I let my pugs eat to their heart’s content, I would wake up and find two Mastiff’s in bed with me!  Mastiff’s are great dogs too.  I can’t imagine buying that much food every month though.  Nice going Lurch and Lurch’s parents…I didn’t even know that dogs could donate blood.

allyson

02/20/2008

I have a picture of my Oscar (pug) looking up to Oscean (mastiff). Oscar looks like a minnie me to Ocean. They are both fawn colored with black faces. I love looking at that picture and have always hear folks owning pugs and mastiffs together.

rachel

02/20/2008

I have 3 pugs and will be getting 2 mastiff’s in the near future (gotta get a house on some land first). Pugs and mastiff’s go hand in hand.

Margie

02/20/2008

I had a close-up photo of one of my pugs on my office wall.  I was interviewing a job candidate who happened to breed mastiffs, and she asked me if that was a mastiff.  I sort of chuckled and said that she was a pug and was probably smaller than what most mastiffs eat for lunch.  I also used to see a woman walking her two dogs together…one pug and one mastiff.  It was such a cute sight like Dr. Evil and Mini Me.

Samuel

02/22/2008

I remember seeing a woman with a pug and a mastiff all the time when my mom drove me to school. My mom said that the pug was so fat it looked like he was trying to become a mastiff by eating a lot.

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