Corrina & Misty - Bullmastiffs

Good girl Misty

She has such a gorgeous face! Why hasn't she been snapped up yet?

[size=12]Today I took Misty Neo & Kodi for a great walk on the moor we had great fun, Misty was uninterested in sheep & other animals (very good Misty) Again she was excellent on the lead,& she was on a split lead with Kodi (in one hand & Neo in the other!) I was very pleased with her! Oddly she & Kodi hit it off well.



we met a friend while out who took hold of her lunge rein for me ...







Also, when we got back home Kodis family had arrived & Misty met "children" (9, 5 & 18mths) So if any one wonders what she is like with kids ... she is great!

Now I know this is about Misty, but look what we found!!!!



I wasn't born yesterday but this little lad was!
He is smaller than Neo!

so pleased Misty is being a good girl

Loving the ponies

I got this through from a trainer that had seen Misty before she left here and she said to give you this information to see if it would help you Chris

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Wonderful news about Misty settling in. If you speak to foster carer jsut a couple of tips that may work for the sit. a) when out for a long walk or if on lead and she feels Misty may be getting tired, hold the lead slighlty shorter so as to prevent a 'down', she may then offer a sit instead, reward immediatley with high value treat. b) may take longer but if she sees her in a sit at anytime to reward with high value treat. If high value treats are kept just for this Misty should learn the association that 'sit' gets her a tasty treat, when she offers it a few times she can then add the word 'sit' as shes in a 'sit' Misty should then start to associate the word 'sit' with the behaviour. This is a more positive way of doing it than pushing the bum down which she may object to and i wouldnt recommend. It may take a while to do it this way but if she is offering 'downs' in mean time instead i would say thats great as you can use a down also in most situations such as if she goes off on a chase or sees another dog etc. Though it may help as i didnt get time to carry on working with her on the 'sit'

Thanks Sharon, I am trying hard to get her to sit, down ect but it's just not happening! She is no trouble at all, no accidents for a few days now & asking to go outside so I'd say house training sorted! Good girl Misty! She still steadfastly ignores all Neo's efforts to play with her .....



Although she will play with people & I've noticed she is slowly but surely gathering all Neo's garden toys up & stashing them in her crate lol, her favourites are the squeaky toys she gets very excited by them - Neo has a silly game he plays with his little squeaky's he chews them to squeak then starts howling along .. it is too funny .. Misty really doesn't know what to make of this at all, she stares at him in disbelief then runs in circles I will try & get a video!
She is kind of in her own little world & plods around quite happily but she takes no notice at all of anyone telling her what to do like she just doesn't care!!! She is looking great (had a bit of a messy eye when she got here but that's cleared up now) she's put on a bit of weight & is lovely & shinny.
She is fine with other dogs & good with kids of all ages, like I say no trouble at all, but wont be doing obedience any time soon!! lol

Glad to see Misty is settling in well! Other than her housetraining and a bit of chewing she was perfect as ours.

She is not a playful dog! She will have her own little games with a toy and occasionly would chase Lily if everyone else did.

I had no luck with sit either, took her to a class and although she does a good 'wait!' she is not interested in sit, maybe its just not comfortable for her?

I always miss her noises especially the snoring!

When i took billy to training they said to sit next to him and put my forearm into the bend on his legs and to slightly pull the collar at the back of the neck and say 'sit' as he went into the sit position. I took a while for me to get the technique right but he now happily will do sit but only for a treat! Lovely to see the new pics of misty x

The thing with Misty and Corrina they came from show kennels where they would have been taught to stand and not to sit, from a every early age, when showing your dog you do not want it to sit in the show ring, so they might find the stand command easier to work out and as long as they stand still if they are told if there is danger about I think that is OK instead of a sit, my own dogs although they know the sit command I use stand if I need then to be still and not move, but that is just me and it might explain the girls reluctance to sit

That is a good point, I was not aware that she was from show kennels, that certainly would explain why she does not do it easily, mind you her stubborn streak met mine this morning! I told her to sit for her breakfast, ....she looked at me blankly ..... so I sat & waited her out ... it took an hour & 25 minuets but suddenly a light came on & she sat down, she got lots of praise & of course her breakfast, so I got some treats & had another try ... 10 mins this time! Some dogs you can just press lightly on rear end & down they go but Misty braces against any attempt at that so it is not the way to go it would turn into a struggle that she would probably win & that wouldn't help at all!
It is quite funny how obedient Neo can be I keep tripping over him sitting all over the place waiting for a treat lol.
Yesterday I got both dogs a squeaky toy, oh my goodness does Misty love a squeaky toy! She is having such fun with it & looning around the garden squeaking madly with Neo! I think they are quite liking each other now.

Sounds like you are beginning to win well done

Made me laugh that Neo keeps sitting

If misty and corrina were show dogs, and u have got them Sharon, does that mean they were just discarded when they were of no use??

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If misty and corrina were show dogs, and u have got them Sharon, does that mean they were just discarded when they were of no use??

No not at all, the person had a serious heart attack and although she tried to keep all of her dogs her health would not allow it so she has kept all of the old ones and tried to find homes for the others, some have gone to other rescues and some to show kennels this was a very hard thing for them to do

Oh right, such a shame but at least she done her best for them all.

[size=12]Some nice happy Misty Pic's .......

Relaxing Misty .....


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Posing Misty ...


Pretty Misty ...


Playing Misty ....


& Playing with Neo Misty ... she had just taken toy out of his mouth! ...

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You take some wonderful photo's Chris and Misty looks so happy Love the last one of the her and Neo playing

Well, I've been ordered by a certain party, whose name I cannot reveal because of a super injunction taken out by her husband Howard, to post an update on Corrina. Well she arrived last Monday, a fairly subdued and confused young lady.

The first couple of days her appetite was very suppressed, and aside from being taken on her lead into the garden, she pretty much confined herself to her crate, or to curling up in a corner , if you spoke to her you got a slight tail wag, and a head lift . Taz for some reason steered clear of her and went about his normal day.

no messing , no damage, which is great but equally no enthusiasm.

By day 3 she is starting to wander about more, but seems to have a problem with door ways, especially the french windows, we would all pile into the garden calling her, and she would start to follow, but baulk at the door. Still having to put her lead on to get her into the garden. no resistance to going. She's coming when called in the house, and starting to show affection, but slightly concerned its more a submissive response rather than one of affection. Have given her a soft toy polar bear, and persuaded her that it does in fact need its eyes, this she has confined to her crate and acts as a pillow at nights.

Day 4 more out of herself, but still problem with the door way to the garden, but when daughter arrived home from work a real tail wagging bouncing greeting and a bit of competing with Taz for the attention. Attempted to climb on the sofa to join us that evening, but only managed to cause a bit of laughter as she struggled to get her hind feet up.....

Saturday......We do not encourage Taz to chase cats, in fact in general he ignores them, but he does have a mortal enemy who lives behind us, who persists in sitting on top of the back fence taking the mickey. Mid afternoon , Taz flies out the back door in full voice , and before we could blink Corrina, is off after him also letting cry, but having no idea why. Suddenly she's at the top of the garden with Taz both strutting their stuff.... Not a problem with the door since. In fact since then she has gone flying out of the door after some perceived threat on two occasions. She trots off down the garden now to do her business , even in the dark.

She has one disgusting habit I was not given any warning about, the damned bitch French kisses.... so one cannot utter any words of endearment or encouragement whilst giving a cuddle. She has a tongue that can be compared to a bloody killer whales.

Like her sister , basic commands are alien to her, but we are not pushing it , rather waiting for it to occur naturally , then issuing the command as she does it for herself.

Her appetite is still a bit down, but improving, she's only in her crate at night or post a meal. She's very subdued when on the lead , just follows as if what ever is inevitable . Oh her coat is like a sponge, so you don't want to be the object of her affection if she's just come in from the rain...yuck,

Bad points, none really , Taz is treating her like a little sister, concerned about her, but does not want to be seen with her....if you know what I mean. Only a couple of play episodes between them so far, and both quite brief. I'm not actively encouraging them to play together as I do not want Taz replacing Misty, rather I want an independent Corrina. If she carries on developing as she has not sure she's leaving...

no pictures as Corrina wants to wait till her figure is back in shape !!!!!! or maybe because somebody has been to lazy to get a new camera battery.... take your pick.

Yep ... as I suspected, I got the naughty one!!! I sure don't encourage cat chasing in fact I have a cat, but my cat Monkey does her own dog training! it consists of rolling around the floor & daring the dog to join in! Misty is fine with her & will happily lie with her in the garden. Next doors cat is another matter Im still not sure how it ended up in misty's mouth but it hasn't been back since!
Misty leapt on my sofa once to investigate my parrot but the parrot bit her nose & she has never tried again! I think my animals do a fair job of sorting each other out! lol
Im glad to hear she is settling bless her, both her & Misty must be wondering what the hell is going on. I do hope Corrina feels she is "fit" enough for some pictures soon!

Wonderful updates

Wonderful piccies too Chrissy

Now if a certain lazy sod would get his finger out maybe we could see some pics of Corrina

Glad to hear the girls are making process, i have just rehomed a Pug X who we have renamed Misty as she has the same adorable mouth and makes the same strange noises and we all loved Misty LBDR. Corrina will definatly come out of her shell she just takes a bit of time to trust people, its worth the wait as she is very affectionate and loving she has alot to offer.

Wonderful update on Corrina Pyro, can't wait for the pictures to occur... eventually

Well I have to say I am impressed with Misty, she learns things so quickly! She has the sit totally nailed now - does it all over the place lol! & no more chewing, I've been expecting a relapse to be honest, but no she hasn't even been tempted by things I've deliberately left lying around! She is soooo sweet with her toys it's amazing, I'm guessing she hasn't had them before, she gets them out to play & when she is done carefully puts them in her crate! Better than my kids ever managed! She & Neo play lovely games with them as well & will take them out of each others mouths. Bless her she badly wants to be cuddled & loved, but she knows that Neo is a little jealous of me so doesn't push it!
She had me in fits today, Neo heard something outside & went of barking like a fool, at that she nearly jumped out of her skin then went of to lend support ...... have you heard her doing big barking, even Neo stopped barking just to watch her ... tooooo funny for words! WOOF snort WOOF snort!!!! lmao!!

These are for my favourite nagging woman....(Gilly). Taking pictures of Corrina is not the easiest thing in the world, the world moves at her pace...except when a pigeon has the gall to land on her patch, then things go into hyper drive...looks quite amusing, as she charges off with the hackles on her neck and at the base of her tail raised.

Been with us for two weeks and after a slow adjustment she has settled in quite well. no problems of any real nature to report. Takes most things in her stride. Much prefers a stroll to a walk , will occasionally allow Taz to play with her

Toys are not her thing, though she does seem attached to her polar bear, which has to be inspected every time she goes in her crate.

Her vocal range consists of strange soft cat like mewing and a full on mastiff bark with nothing in between so far.

Her persistent licking has almost gone, now she comes for a genuine cuddle rather than what seemed like appeasement.

Has acquired the knack of getting on the couch and becoming invisible.

Despite seeming very laid back in the extreme she does at the end of the day appear to have all the good Bull Mastiff traits,

Not sure what you mean about the nagging ..............Maybe you aregettng me mixed up with someone else

She is looking quite at home now