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213 pounds of mastiff will win any tug of war contest with almost any human.

Dobermans are very beautiful, imo, a lovely dog and good to live with. Of course, I have come to dearly love the soft eyes and square head of my mastiff...Our breeder had the dogs she needed, she required all dogs she sold to be neutered by six months. I was sort of surprised, until we found out how many people wanted to breed their bitches to our mastiff, chiefly because of his size. She also required that the puppies be raised as house pets, chiefly for the socialization with people.

All mastiffs are guard oriented, but don’t look like it. Until you see one abandoned to sleep jump up, run to the door, and with his back hair straight up, growl in a very menacing way, all within a split second. Like your dog, they don’t SEEM to be on Red Alert all the time, but trust me, they can get there faster than you can blink.

Your Bedford is gorgeous. I used to have photos of mine but cleared off my personal page. He is ~36 inches at the shoulder, a slim 213 pounds that feels very soft until you see his muscles. Kind of catlike, likes to lean, head-bump, snuggle, sleep on his back, look around before going out the door, stuff like that.