Zero (a 190lb/86kg) Boerboel eating while he guards his territory
This shows how large they are and what good guard dogs. What’s the best though is how good they are with children. Zero’s parents come from Denmark/Norway.
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Umfaan at 3 years, Baden Boerboels My posts about Boerboels are some of the most popular on my blog (second only to Filofaxes!) so I thought I would make an index of my posts so you can easily find...
View ArticleBoerboel – different body types
Hound Type Many Boerboels can be tall with a pronounced tuck up underneath, these dogs are often narrower in the chest, they have flatter sides, they have well constructed fronts that are straight,...
View ArticleBlack Boerboels
Talking about black Boerboels (BBBs) is like bringing up the subject of last wills and testaments, abortion or religion round the table at Sunday lunchtime. Always ends in a fight. Very...
View ArticleSouth African Boerboels
South African Boerboel The South African Boerboel is an extra large Mastiff breed. At 23-28 inches tall and weighing in at 110-200 Lbs, these dogs have short, low maintenance coats that come in...
View ArticleAre Boerboels Dangerous?
Mighty Bonzo This is a question that comes up fairly often. And worryingly, it often comes up AFTER someone has bought one. The trend for people to buy large ‘kickass’ dogs to parade around the streets...
View ArticleDrunk game ranger charges wild elephant
Sometimes I am ashamed to be South African – we have such a beautiful country and such beautiful animals which we should preserve and treat with dignity and respect. And yet there are game rangers who...
View ArticleNala the Boerboel
Today I have some photos for you of Nala the beautiful 7 month old Boerboel from Borås in Sweden. My favourite is the one where she is basking in the sun after a long hard winter. I do that every...
View ArticleTigers and Lions and Amanda
Below is my daughter on a visit to a game farm in South Africa. When the farm has lion cubs they often have them in a corner of the restaurant. And then there was a tiger up a tree. Which is strange...
View ArticleBeautiful Boerboels
These beauties belong to my cousin Mandy Newman-Wakeham. She has a house full of Boerboels and often has lots of puppies as well. Doesn’t that sound like heaven? She also loves her furry family with...
View ArticleFAQs about Boerboels
What is a Boerboel? Can same sex Boerboels live together? Are Boerboels Dangerous? What did the original Boerboel look like? The photos below belong to Coomore Boerboels - visit this site – they have...
View ArticleCute Boerboel Pictures
All these photographs were taken by Yvonne du Randt of Linga-Longa Boerboels. These were part of a feature I did on Yvonne’s dogs but I thought I would gather the cutest ones together – isn’t she a...
View ArticleHoly Rosary Convent 1968 – 1979
Hockey tour to Graaf Reinett HRC Rugby Team Ignore horrible hair – just look at the hats on the hat-rack – remember those bowler efforts we had to wear! Sports Day Matric Farewell Lunch 1979 Biology...
View ArticlePart II of Nostalgia Photographs from Port Elizabeth and HRC 1968 – 1979
Taken at Aandene in PE (Humewood?). That was a little red knitted suit with white boots which I loved. Anyone out there have something similar? Autographed Trevor Rabin photograph that I hung around...
View ArticleFor Alan, Lesley and Kat
These photos are for my recently discovered brother, sister and niece!
View ArticleDear ANC, please leave Mr Mandela alone
On principle I have, until now, not written about this video clip which was released by the ANC via the SABC in April of this year. I didn’t want to add more views to an invasion of privacy which...
View ArticleLinga-Longa TANK
I love Tank. He is a beautiful dog but in addition to that his wonderful personality seems to shine through in photographs, which doesn’t always happen with animals. Tank is owned by Yvonne du Randt...
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