I have a couple of friends who have two field trial labs who do very well. They also have two mastiffs. The mastiffs always accompanied them to the field trials. When the youngest one was still a pup he won a ribbon because he went out in the water to retrieve while most of the pups who were bred for it would not. there are also two poodles that field trial. Of course, that’s what they are bred or were bred for. They are water dogs.
Awwww....good Mastiff...:)
Standard Poodles also make excellent police and guard dogs.
They’re an extremely smart and versatile breed.