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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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Boerboel Index

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...

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Boerboel – 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,...

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Black 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...

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South 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...

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Boerboel Brutus

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Are 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...

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Drunk 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...

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Only in Africa

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Nala 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...

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Tigers 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...

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Beautiful 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...

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FAQs 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...

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Cute 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...

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Holy 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...

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Part 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...

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For Alan, Lesley and Kat

These photos are for my recently  discovered brother, sister and niece!

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Dear 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...

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Linga-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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Growing up in South Africa by Trevor Romain

 

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