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Paulina
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[*] posted on 4-1-2008 at 11:32 PM


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Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Yes, Paulina I guess you would.

Feel safe that is!:wow:


Meet "Rhubarb", my first English Mastiff. He was 240 lbs. His neck measured 32". He wore a pony blanket in the snow.



He snored horribly. I used to think that if anyone came lurking around my trailer at night and heard him, they would assume a man was sleeping inside. The pair of men's boots that I kept at the door helped as well.

Rhubarb made me feel very safe. One afternoon a car pulled up next to our trailers that contained a couple very much in love with each other, if you catch my drift.

Rhubarb was on a horse lead, tied to the patio and out of sight of this couple. I was alone with my son who was about 6yrs. old at the time. My motherly stink eye didn't do much to encourage the couple to move their make out session to a different beach, so I untied Rhubarb.

As the couple continued about their "business", Rhubarb walked up to the driver's side window. He was eye level with the driver as he looked up from what held his attention, not into my disapproving eyes, but into the eyes of my "man".



Rhubarb opened his mouth and proceeded to gum the drivers window, rubbing his slobbery mouth slowly back and forth across the glass, pressing his tongue and teeth against the window.

I think the drivers head hit the top of his headliner as he bolted up in his seat, turned on the ignition and found reverse gear in 5 seconds flat.

I was laughing so hard, Rhubarb was wondering where his new play toy went and I never had a repeat visit from that loving couple.

Most people in town knew where Rhubarb lived in a very short time and would announce their visits to the trailer by a honk of the horn. There was only one person in town that Rhubarb didn't care for, and I never knew why.

I liked the feeling of security Rhubarb afforded me back then. With times as they are now in Baja, I think I would rest a bit easier with another big guy by our side.

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[*] posted on 4-2-2008 at 05:17 AM


Paulina, I love your photo and times with Rhubarb. I grew up between two gigantic mastiffs, named King and Kong. I have old movies of using them as sleigh-horses pulling my sled and wagons around the countryside. Great animals.


Viva los peros! Not just in Baja, either. We are eternally entwined with the species.




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