Showing posts with label mastiff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mastiff. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Best to Take Boerboel Puppies to the vet | Veterinary Health Check

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

African Boerboels vs The American Bulldog!

In this video, we explore the two breeds the American Bulldog and the South African Boerboel. The similarities and the differences. Believe it or not, even though these two breeds are from 2 totally different areas of the world they share some very similar characteristics and some fundamental differences. They are suited for different types of threats based on the areas of the world that they were born and raised in.      

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Boerboel Obesity

Often I hear of people requesting the largest puppy. Let me tell you that is worrying because in the back of my mind I am wondering is this person going to try to grow this puppy as big and fast as possible. Extra size does not add up to a better dog.

Is a one hundred and fifty pound dog large enough. If not how big do you need your Boerboel to be. Let me warn you that this is the best way to ruin your puppy. there are numerous health risk that are associated with dogs being overweight. It almost as bad as it is with people. Actually the statistics mirror those of people. Diabetes osteoarthritis high blood pressure heart disease are ailment just to name a few that obese dogs suffer from.

I have heard of some outrageous things that people do to make the dog feel as if they are loved. you heard it hear first the dogs love is unconditional. there is nothing you can do to make the dog love feel extra love. Including feeding your puppy food that you should not even eat like Macaroni and cheese.

The truth is that your are doing the dog a huge disservice and even could go as far to say that you are shortening the dogs lifespan. It can be a hard pill to swallow but the truth is this type of spoiling that you may apply to your son or daughter is just as counterproductive. Any person who is under the school of thought that only the largest dog will do let me point you in the direction of our latest post on our updated website. Have a look before you decide to over feed.

Matter of fact let me be the one to recommend fasting your dog one day a week. for more in depth information please visit our post dedicated to eliminating canine obesity.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

South African Boerboel puppies for sale. Really?

These days the South African Boerboel breed not what I thought it would be when I first began my path as a south african Boerboel breeder. The breed is going down the same path as the Cane Corso. backyard breeders popping up everywhere. I saw some one had bred what looked to be a 75 pound "boerboel". I thought that boerboels were big strong and muscular at least the breeding dogs i select must be. Right now there are just too many people looking to cash in on the big beautiful mastiff from South Africa.

This post is for the novice boerboel buyer. Forr the person who is just looking for a dog to love and love them back. Every "boerboel" is not a boerboel. The quality of the puppies is in the parents and the parents before them. What we must remember with these dogs is that the gene poole was very limited from the onset. Witht that being said we do not have many different bloodlines to choose from. So as breeders we must choose wisely.Being a breeder means that your breeding dogs are carefully selected. not just bred because you have a dog and so an so has a female dog so lets make some puppies.

Quality does not just happen by chance it is actively and diligently pursued. Not forget this on your quest uin looking for the real deal SAB's.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

You want to breed Boerboel Dogs

Breeding South African boerboels is a monumental task. So much effort goes into a single litter of puppies books have been written on the subject. I decided to make make a check list for my readers to help us stay focused when there is a litter of South African Boerboel puppies to be cared for.

Before we even decide to breed south african boerboel puppies for sale we must ask ourselves some very serious questions. When want to be sure that we have the time energy and resources to properly care for the puppies and even more resources in case there is a problem.

After your resources are quantified and met. Then you must have a warm, secure, dry, area for mom to have puppies. This area should be nice and comfortable for mom and away from other dogs.

There are some universal principle in success. First thing you have to have is a clear cut goal.For a South African Boerboel dog breeder that would mean what is my mission long term and short term. What am I breeding for. What is the goal of type of dog that I am trying to produce. Set your eyes on the prize then focus all of your energy in the achieving your goal.

Only the best and most healthy specimens should qualify as breeding stock. Seek all the knowledge that you can find about the boerboel breed. Learn the risks in the breed. Find out what line are know for what if that info is available. Talk to some breeders find out what they are doing and are they happy with the results. Become all about what you need to be successful. Learn what other people who are successful in your field are doing. Study the best of the best and you will find they are experts in their chosen field knowing their subject like a book.

To breed boerboels you need to be very knowledgeable about the caring for dogs and puppies. There is much work involved and you still have to feed your dogs. We can only tell you the best ways we have found that work for us. Cleaning and good animal husbandry is the key to having healthy puppies and dogs.

Before you can have puppies health of your breeding stock is vital. If your male is not healthy when it is time to breed then he willl have a low sperm count. Full health means that the boerboel is not animal is not suffering from any infections recovering fromwoundshas a ggod healthy weight has can breed without any veterinary assistance. The idea is to have dogs that would be able to survive and breed in the wild and that takes a strong healthy dog.

More to come

Friday, October 30, 2009

So far she has had 11 puppies

All the puppies are living. 6 males and 5 females. Healthy strong boerboel puppies. These puppies have some good coloring so far many of them look like they will be the dark reds with heavy black mask. The puppies have good drive so far. Its funny to see them driving to the teat. They push hard. With so many puppies I must begin to prepare for bottle feeding. There are a couple of nice thick robust males that I can see already. Stay tuned to my boerboel puppies for sale page for pictures and updates on this litter