Well we have now had a beloved two Spanish Mastin for two months and both are wonderfully settled and enjoying life.  It has been brilliant for the whole family and especially for me, I have been able to walk them twice a day and the when I can’t My wonderful husband Michael or one of the boys do.  Having lost our last three dogs, Tia (Neopolitan Mastiff) in 2016 aged 13, and both Lady,  (Collie x Doberman) 14 & Toby,  (Siberian Husky) aged 13.5 in 2017 from old age health problems which were impossible to cure, it has been a long time since we were able to walk dogs.

Its been fantastic to be able to give a home to our new furry babies.  Clark is 3.5 yrs and still has a lot of growing to do and Banana is 1.5 yrs and a Mastin x she has still got growing to do.  Neither of them like to be left alone and so someone is always with them.  They love digging holes and running and jumping over each other and although Clark is more dominant than Banana he does allow her to win most of their play-fights.

Clark was found abandoned in Sevilla, Spain and although he loves other dogs and is ok with visiting cats to our garden he is still a little nervous of people he doesn’t know and is more nervous of young children but he is a good dog and moves away from them rather than getting aggressive, he is so affectionate with his family and has great bouncy personality, he really should have been called Tigger!  He had been in a perrera (spanish dog pound) in Sevilla & Cadiz and then in temporary foster care in Malaga, rescued by Save a Mastin, and we adopted him in November 2017.

Banana was abandoned and living in a perrera from the age of 5 weeks!! in Alicante, from where she was rescued again by Save a Mastin, and was fostered nr. Brighton until we adopted her  in December 2017.  Although she was in a perrera from such a young age, she loves all people including children and loves all animals, so she is a credit to her foster carer Fiona.

Should anyone reading this should want to get a dog,so long as you can secure your garden and enough space, please consider fostering or adopting a Spanish Mastin from Save a Mastin (Brigitte Jaquillard) on Facebook.   If you would like to help with the care of these beautiful dogs, Brigitte pays out for all their care in residences including food and having them neutered and vaccinated for the mediterranean diseases and for passports so they can travel to the UK as you can imagine that all comes to a lot of money.  So if you think you are able to donate you would be able to do so on their paypal page of Save a Mastin (Brigitte Jaquillard).