Owned by the Anderson's in TN.......Tito is a very confident, stoic, and protective dog; he is truly a Farm dog Boerboel.  He takes his job of protecting the farm, family, and his girls (our 2 female dogs) very seriously and is constantly watchful of our surroundings.  We live in a very rural, hilly area with coyotes, bobcats, and lots of snakes living in the vicinity.  With Tito around I don't worry for my son to be outside in the yard and woods.  My husband says Tito is the reason we haven't seen many snakes here in the last few years.  One day this past summer he was working on a playground for our son down in the woods in front of our house.  Our female Tippy started barking at something on the ground at one end of the cleared area.  My husband was on his way over to investigate as he figured it was a snake.  Before he could get to her, Tito came bounding down into the woods where Tippy was, stood back for just a second, then leaped onto the snake and bit it in two.  

Tito poses little threat to and rarely barks at visitors unless needed.  If a stranger approaches he will calmly stroll over and stand in front of me.  He monitors the situation until it is evident that everything is alright and then goes back to whatever he was doing, which is usually sunning himself in the yard with the great dane!

He's a fairly big boy, weighing in around 150# and standing 29.5". In spite of his size, he is the most athletic dog I have had the joy of owning and has the best movement for a dog his size I have seen.

PennHip results: 0.37 (left) 0.29 (right). He is rated in the top 100% of South African Boerboel Mastiffs according to PennHip as of Report Date: 04/07/2009.