Old English Mastiffs,Dog Houses,Giant Maso Mastiff

Hi Terri,
I just wanted to forward you maggies christmas picture. She was just like a little kid seeing Santa for the first time! I also have to tell you that she means the world to us and don't know what we would ever do without her. I am taking her to the vet next week to have her weighed because we can no longer hold her and weigh her on our scales we think she is atleast 100# if not more! I measured her last week and she is 27' at the shoulder. She has the sweetest disposition and is just the best, we love her so much!

Trish Rhoades

oh yeah please do. It's an awesome pic. It's totally festive. She actually has her back feet on the ground. You can't really see it because of the border but trust me she was trying to get all the way on his lap. And he was like how much does she weigh, I told him a whole whopping 112lbs. lol. Not even a year yet santa is what I told him. She draws so much attention. Everybody who comes in contact with her loves her so much. It's great. In fact Terri do you have business cards you could send me because I tell so many people about your website but they never have paper or a pen handy. Let me know because I'll pass them out if you want. Thanks again Terri, and keep in contact with me about our male. Thanks again.

Casey Heusler
Hi Terry,
I know it is has been forever since I have sent you an update on Rhody. Rhody is a female that we bought from you and your son last March. My two children ages 4 and 6 are in love with her. Rhody is the best dog I have ever met around children. She has been to several show-n- tells in my son's preschool. She attends birthday parties and makes visits to our local elementary school. She has even been to Disney World....needless to say she was a huge hit...she drew quite the crowd!

Rhody is currently 10 months old and last time we weighted her (which was a few months ago) she was 115 pounds...I am sure she is a lot heavier then that now.

Oh I also have to tell you she is a dream on the leash. I take her jogging with me and the kids in the double running stroller and she is wonderful!! We have become celebrities in our neighborhood! We just love her to death!

Anyway, here are a few pictures of Rhody..I thought they came out really well so I wanted to share them with you. My husband is still in Iraq so I was taking pictures of her to send to him but I thought I would pass them on to you as well,.

Hope all is well and hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas! Liz Mras

I also wanted to let you know how truly pleased we are with Bear. He is a real joy and has a great personality, and the bonus is that he is not a big drooler! He is very loving and very family oriented, and is always eager to please. He is also quite sharp and seems to understand a lot. For instance, he knows what the word "present" means and is grateful for all the fun or tasty presents he gets from us. He will prance around the house for a few minutes with the present in his mouth to show his happiness, and then go about playing with it - or eating it depending on what it is. He understands, "clean up your mess", when he knocks his food out of his bowl, and will usually go back and clean up at least some of it. He's also a great walker and absolutely loves going for walks and sits patiently while we put on his collar and leash, then rushes toward the door.

Terri,

Hey Terri! How are you doing? I'm doing great. I don't know if you remember me or not, but you sold me one of your Giant Maso pups to my wife and I back in Februrary of this year (2007). We named her Kahlua. We love her so much. She's our baby. And she always will be. We are currently pregnant now, we are expecting May 1st. We're excited though because Kahlua loves kids. We've brought her around a lot of kids and she gets really excited around kids. She does do the occassional knocking them over though because she's getting so big. But it's so innocent. We get so many comments and compliments about her being such a beautiful and well behaved dog. And they're not exaggerating either. She is a very well behaved dog. We take her everywhere and she's totally part of the family. In fact if we don't bring her everybody asks where she is at. lol. We actually was at the local starbucks and a couple came up to us and ask about her and we told them all about you and your kennel. They have been talking to you. Their names are Kristen and Shawn from California. You have been asking me for a picture of Kahlua and I'm finally going to send you one. In fact this will prove to you how much this dog is spoiled. lol. The picture is of Kahlua at about 10 months, and she's weighing in at about 110lbs. And she's very tall. Thanks so much once again Terri. If I ever get another which I want to someday I will give you another call definitely. Thanks again and happy holidays to you and your family, including your dogs.

Thanks again,

Casey and Anna

Over the past few months we have seen Bea's personality just blossom. She is doing VERY well in traning and really shows up her classmates. She not a barker, which is wonderful. She walks very well and gets so excited when we put the leash on her. She is incredible in the car, she is a perfect angel- no barking or crazy behavior, she is pure zen calm even after a LONG road trip to Michigan. She is very protective of mommy and daddy and makes sure her pack is safe. Her favorite thing is to jump on our laps when we are watching TV and snuggle up with us. When she's not doing that she is trying to sneak onto our bed and barks for us until we come and lay with her. She is too funny... She makes the funniest faces and noises and just seems to communicate her thoughts and feelings so clearly. I know, I know.. she's "just" a dog. But, she really is our "baby," a real member of the family and we love her to pieces!!!! Thank you so SO much for breeding such a perfect, loving dog. You guys really are the best and we make sure to tell EVERYONE what a wonderful farm you have.

Hi Terri,
Goliath is alittle over five
months and at 75lbs. already and everyone at work, home, and anywhere we
take him loves him. They tell us how beautiful he is and well behaved
and good natured and they are amazed for him being so young. He is
really smart, we show him something once and he remembers. He is going
to be such a wonderful service dog. Maine is learning alot about this
breed now and everyone that loves the big dog breeds are so interested
in him. I did have one woman chase me down at work last week to meet
Goliath and ask me lots of questions about the breed because her husband
has been researching them and trying to fine a reputable breeder here in
Maine and I told her there were none in Maine and if she wants a healthy
dog to contact you and I gave here your website. I don't know if she
followed through but your really popular here in Maine now. Goliath is
also microchipped and registered where he is so popular and rare here in
Maine. How is his brother Moose, he must be getting so big as well.

Hi Terri,
Goliath is 7months and 95.6 lbs. Now he seems to grow over night, its
so amazing. I wanted to let you know that I have told many people about
you and the quality dogs from there, especially since Goliath was such a
big hit at the Hospice house (for terminal cancer patients) in
Scarborough Maine. They loved him and he was such a comfort to everyone
there when my father in was passing away. Everyone was amazed that such
a large dog can be so gentle and soothing to everyone, he just seemed to
know just the right thing to do. Thanks so much for allowing us to have
Goliath. He is so wonderful.

Laure Nickerson, AAI
University of Southern Maine
Dept. of Rec. & Leisure Studies

Hi Terri,
Sorry if you received the first email with unfinished note. Goliath is one year old now and 150lbs. and 31" tall so far. He is in perfect health and brings joy to everyone he meets up with as well as our family. He is an enormous asset to me for my health issues but he also seems to spread his gift of calming and feeling loved to everyone he comes in contact with. The College of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of Southern Maine loves him whole heartedly, the faculty, staff and students that all get to see him on a daily basis. Everyone looks for him and loves him to pieces. He is an extremely smart service dog and seems to pick up on my health needs before I can even give him a command, its great. He is so well behaved, good natured and great security in more than one way. Goliath is such a blessing and I don't know what I would ever do without him. Thanks so much for the quality and needs of others you take in to consideration when you breed. The old english mastiff is such a wonderful breed with all your loving care you put into it as well. Maine just loves Goliath and are learning a lot about the breed too.

Oh yeah, how is his brother Moose? Could you send a recent picture of him for the update in our book we keep on Goliath?

Thanks so much.

Laure Nickerson, AAI
University of Southern Maine
Dept. of Rec. & Leisure Studies

Hi Terri,
I just wanted to send a few pictures of LeRoy so you could see how well he's doing. I'm sure you can tell by the look on his face, he absolutely LOVES his Elmo costume! hahaha. He's 10 months old now and 105 lbs. We get nothing but compliments on him everywhere he goes with us! There's a picture of him on my lap, this was the 4th of July and he was scared of the fireworks. Nothing like a 100 lb lap dog! hahaha

Hey Terri,
I can't tell you enough how great of a dog Odin is turning into. Recently, Virginia students have been shocked by the Virginia Tech shootings. I took Odin to campus just so everyone could have some comic relief (he is a goof ball), and he brought smiles to hundreds of faces as he wandered around, greeting everyone in sight with sloppy maso kisses. He accompanied me to the University of Mary Washington Chain of Love and official tolling of the bells ceremony this past Friday. Dressed in a maroon shirt, Odin stood out more than usual, and a professional photographer documenting our ceremony snapped this picture of him, standing guard through the rows of people. I thought you'd enjoy this, as well as knowing that Odin is working hard (not really, he's just his goofy, overly friendly self!) to brighten the days of the students on campus, many of whom are far away from their own pets in this time of mourning. Thanks so much and I'll talk to you soon!

Hello and welcome to Thunderheart Farm, at Lake Anna, Va, At Thunderheart we have some very special breeds of dogs, including Old English Mastiffs, the largest dog in the world, not to be confused with the Bull Mastiff, which is a much smaller breed, and Giant Masos, (the same size as the Old English) a new, healthier, and more active, breed of mastiff, in development, being bred only at Thunderheart and Woodland Farm. The mastiffs in our lives have brought immeasurable love and joy and we hope to bring you the same joy that we have experinced, with the wonderful, loving, and healthy pups that are born here. All of our pups come with an unheard of FIVE YEAR hip and health guarantee. We breed only the best of temperaments for you and your family. Our dogs have many, many close champions in their pedigrees, starting with the grandparentsof the pups.Some of the champions include: CH Enchanted acres Trust Me (Grandfather), CH Creekveiws King Henry of Safe HavenCD,CH Hedgestones Big Man, CH Ironhills Portfolio(Grandfather), CH Burns hall Zackery, CH Ironhills Warwagon, CH Lyon's Lair, CH Semper Fi Gropetti Gargoyle and many, many ,many, more. Our pups are always born in the house, raised on our small farm with children, other dogs, horses, a parrot, a cat, and a chicken and are very well socialized before leaving for their new homes. Most of our mastiffs have big wide heads but also have the tighter lips, as you will notice in the pictures, which means they don't drool at all or drool a whole lot less!!!. That way you can spend more quality, "FUN" time with your dog and less time running around cleaning up. So if you are looking for a great quality, well socialized and healthy companion with a five year guarantee,then you have come to the right place.We always back up what we sell, "because we care" and we have excellent references available.Why settle for less? To get on our waiting list for Old English Mastiffs or Giant Masos), e-mail your interest to ThrtKennel@aol.com. Please read our on-line contract and "how to purchase a pup" pages on our website.Our pups are sold to loving, caring, and responsible homes only. For more information on this please contact me. I hope you enjoy our website and feel free to contact me, even if just to send a smile!

	Friday July 04, 2008